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DD14 is looking to read books that feature disabled characters. Children's, Young Adult or Adult are all fine. I think she's looking more for LD/2e but is open to all suggestions.

I suggested the Percy Jackson series as well as The Miracle Worker. She said she's been on the lookout for My Name is Brian and Fish in a Tree which I am going in search of today. (We need audio versions for a road trip so off to the library...) Any other ideas?

TIA

Adding a link to this old post: Train Go Sorry: Inside a Deaf World, by Leah Hager Cohen
Amazon description here.

Adding a link to this old post: Out of My Mind, by Sharon Draper
Goodreads description here.
Amazon author credits here.

Physical challenges:
- Any of the autobiographical books by Bethany Hamilton, who lost her left arm to a tiger shark attack at age 13.
- My Brief History, a memoir, by the genius Stephen Hawking who was diagnosed with ALS at age 21.
Amazon Look-Inside and reviews here. Also Travelling to Infinity: My life with Stephen, by Jane Hawking.

Specifically 2e:
- The Spark: A Mother's Story of Nurturing, Genius, and Autism, the story of Jacob Barnett, authored by his mother.
- Autobiographical books by Daniel Tammet, who has autism.

List:
- Goodreads Listopia: Children's Fiction with Positive Images of Disability

Out of my mind...great.
Wonder....great
The curious incident of the dog in the nighttime...I don’t remember how appropriate it is...but I liked it.

This might not be what she's looking for, nor it is fiction, but Far From the Tree is an excellent collection of accounts of parents and children living with a wide variety of exceptionalities.
https://www.amazon.com/Far-Tree-Parents-Children-Identity/dp/0743236726/

Big sigh... I got Fish in a Tree on audio for our road trip. Put DD into a funk as the description of life as a kid with LD was a bit too real... Fortunately about an hour into listening a character was introduced that seemed to get it and DD perked up.

The wounds are very real. Even though she is a success story hearzing about another person's experience - even fictional - is tough. I'm wondering if these books with disabled characters will help or if it will just remain rough for her.

Offhand I'm not sure for her age group, but you can find a number of reading lists online if you google for "YA disabled characters" or "YA special needs"

Disability & Different Ability in YA Fiction: https://portlandlibrary.bibliocommo...lity_amp_different_ability_in_ya_fiction

Disability in Fiction: http://booksbyintisar.com/2017/01/09/disability-fiction-top-ten-sff-ya-books-tsana-dolichva/