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Terminology aside, reading books by disabled authors and that prominently feature disabled characters is a great, supportive way to see what living as a disabled person is actually like — and ...
In the first book of the series, Adam becomes deaf in his left ear due to abuse. [13] 2012 Hazel Grace Lancaster, Augustus Waters, and several other characters The Fault in our Stars: John Green: The book is about characters with several types of cancer and resulting disabilities including a blind character and one with a prosthetic leg. [14 ...
Stuck in Neutral is a young adult novel by Terry Trueman. It focuses deeply on the subject of cerebral palsy, quality of life, and euthanasia. The main character is Shawn McDaniel, a fourteen-year-old who has cerebral palsy. The story, told from Shawn's perspective, also focuses on how his family copes with the condition.
Freak the Mighty is a young adult novel by Rodman Philbrick.Published in 1993, it was followed by the novel Max the Mighty in 1998. The primary characters are friends Maxwell Kane, a large, developmentally disabled, but kind-hearted boy, and Kevin Avery, nicknamed "Freak", who is physically disabled but very intelligent.
It was 2010 when author Sharon M. Draper introduced readers to Melody, an 11-year-old girl with cerebral palsy, in the book Out of My Mind. The character immediately resonated with readers not ...
He is also disabled. The character is referred to as a “hunchback” by a rude rival in the books — an example of the attitude of the Tudor period, with no allowance or acceptance of differences.
Every character in the story represents a different disability. 2022 Picture book ABC Let's Celebrate You and Me [20] Sugar Snap Studio Features several characters with limb differences, including a boy with a prosthetic right leg, a boy with a prosthetic left leg, a boy with two short fingers on his left hand, and a girl without a left hand. 2021
The story is told in pictures when telling Rose's story. This book won the Schneider Family Book Award - Middle School Winner 2012. It was made into a film in 2017 called Wonderstruck. YA Fiction 2011 Five Flavors of Dumb: Antony John This book's main character is Piper who is Deaf and uses ASL to communicate.