AccessAbility 2003
Titles For and About Persons with Disabilities

Key to formats of books listed: BR: braille, LP: large print, RC: recorded. Please ask at your local library for any of these titles.

Autism
by Elaine Landau
Franklin Watts, (c)2001
616.8982 l (RC 55463)
Coping with this widespread disorder.

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
by Jean-Dominique Bauby
Knopf, (c)1997
362.1968 b (RC 46844)
The memoir of a body trapped, a mind that soars.

Heartsongs
by Mattie J.T. Stepanek
VSP Books, (c)2001
811 Stepanek (BR 13761) (RC 53296)
Muscular dystrophy cannot quell the author's poetry celebrating life.

Kissing Doorknobs
by Terry Hesser
Delacorte Press, (c)1998
Fic H (BR 12306) (LP)
The bizarre quirks of a girl with an obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Lefty Carmichael Has a Fit
by Don Trembath
Orca, (c)1999
Fic T (RC 50407)
Lefty's world is turned upside-down by epilepsy.

Life in the Fat Lane
by Cherie Bennett
Delacorte Press, (c)1998
Fic B (BR 11737) (LP)
Lara's beauty pageant days end with a sudden weight gain caused by a rare metabolic disorder.

Lisa, Bright and Dark
by John Neufeld
Signet, (c)1969
Fic N (BR 1554)
Mental anguish leads teenaged Lisa to attempt suicide.

Of Sound Mind
by Jean Ferris
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (c)2001
Fic F (RC 53735)
Theo is the only hearing member of a deaf family.

Petey
by Ben Mikaelsen
Hyperion Books for Children, (c)1998
J Fic M (RC 47984)
The story of Petey's survival in a time when cerebral palsy was considered "mental illness."

Probably Still Nick Swanson
by Virginia Euwer Wolff
H. Holt, (c)1998
Fic W (RC 33074)
Nick and Shana's friendship is tested when Shana leaves special education.

Sees Behind Trees
by Michael Dorris
Hyperion Books for Children, (c)1996
J Fic D (RC 43898)
A young Indian brave, Walnut, who has poor vision, earns the name "Sees Behind Trees."

Stop Pretending
by Sonya Sones
HarperCollins Publishers, (c)1999
Fic S
Memories in verse describe life after an older sister's mental breakdown.

Stuck in Neutral
by Terry Trueman
HarperCollins Publishers, (c)2000
Fic T (BR 14082)
How can 14-year-old Shawn, mute with cerebral palsy, tell someone his father is trying to kill him?

Tangerine
by Edward Bloor
Harcourt Brace, (c)1997
Fic  B (RC 46159)
A legally blind goalie knows the truth about his evil brother.

When Nothing Matters Anymore
by Bev Cobain
Free Spirit, (c)1998
616.8527 C
Practical, caring tips are given for teens suffering from depression.

Production of this booklist was partially supported by the New York State Coordinated Outreach Services Grant.

Produced by the Services for Persons with Disabilities Booklist Committee. Selectors: Agnes Beck, Mary Jane Tacchi, and Jodi Weisz. Susan Gitman, Chair.

Office of Community Outreach Services, May 2003