Reading List

Books and articles on living with impairments and dis-ability justice concepts

Books

These are books suggested by patients and our research team. We are not responsible for the content or its accuracy. If you would like to suggest a book, please email us at bettermobilitylab@ucalgary.ca

 

BookAuthor
A Time to DancePadma Venkatrama
Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable OptimistMichael J. Fox
Avery and the Special ShoeJeff Somers
Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights ActivistJudith Heumann
Crip Kinship: The Disability Justice & Art Activism of Sins InvalidShayda Kafai
Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an AllyEmily Ladau
Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories From the Twenty-First CenturyAlice Wong
Haben: The Deafblind Woman who Conquered Harvard Law Haben Grima
I'll Do It Myself: Cerebral Palsy Can't Stop MeGlenda Hyatt
If At Birth You Don’t Succeed: My adventures with disaster and destinyZach Anner
My Opportunities Just Dress Up As ObstaclesAshley Gowanlock
Not So Different: What You Really Want to Ask About Having a DisabilityShane Burcaw
Sitting Pretty: The View From My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body Rebekah Taussig
Slow DanceBonnie Sherr Klein
Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled IdentityErving Goffman
Terry Fox: His StoryLeslie Scrivener
The Body SilentRobert Murphy
The Politics of DisablementMichael Oliver
The Pretty One Keah Brown