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Powered by Inclusivity: Celebrating Disability Awareness

In October, we celebrate National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). This month, we do not merely spread awareness about disabilities, but awareness on how to be an inclusive organization.

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  • Too Sticky!

    Sensory Issues With Autism

    Malia, Jen,
    With help from her family and teacher, Holly overcomes her dislike of having sticky hands to participate in a science experiment.
    Picture BookChicago, Illinois : Albert Whitman & Company, 2020 — JPB MALIA,J
  • Little Bear feels the world around him. He feels the floor shake when someone stomps to get his attention - but something is missing. Little Bear is not sure what is happening. All around him he hears the familiar refrain: "Can bears ski?"
    Picture BookSomerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2020 — JPB ANTROBUS,R
  • Beautiful photos of real-life families showcase all types of movement, while poetic text builds both vocabulary and family connection. On-the-go helps families and educators celebrate mobility and ability at home and in the classroom
    Board BookBerkeley, CA : Little Feminist, [2020] — JBB WE
  • Twelve-year-old Della Kelly of Maryville, North Carolina, tries to come to terms with her mother's mental illness while her father struggles to save the farm from a record-breaking drought
    BookNew York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018] — J BALDWIN,C
  • El Deafo

    Superpowered Edition

    Bell, Cece,
    Starting a new school is scary, even more so with a giant hearing aid strapped to your chest. At her old school, everyone in Cece's class was deaf. Here she is different.
    BookNew York, NY : Amulet Books, 2020 — JB BELL,C
  • A suicidal teen fighting the symptoms of Tourette syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder creates a bucket list of ten goals to achieve by the tenth anniversary of his diagnosis, before a newcomer with her own troubled history…
    BookNew York : Sterling Teen, [2021] — Fiction GOMEZ,H
  • "Depicts young teen Ricky Bloom's struggles with her recent juvenile inflammatory disease diagnosis, which comes amid family upheaval and challenges at school."--Provided by publisher
    BookWatertown, MA : Charlesbridge Teen, [2019] — Fiction SILVERSTEIN,K
  • Unbroken

    13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens

    An anthology of stories in various genres, featuring disabled characters and written by disabled creators, ranging from established best selling authors to debut authors.
    BookNew York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2018 — Short Story UNBROKEN
  • The Pretty One

    on Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love With Me

    Brown, Keah,
    "From the disability rights advocate and creator of the #DisabledAndCute viral campaign, a thoughtful, inspiring, and charming collection of essays exploring what it means to be black and disabled in a mostly able-bodied white America.
    BookNew York : Atria Paperback, 2019 — B BROWN,K
  • "A heartwarming and refreshing debut novel that proves one thing: there's not enough data in the world to predict what will make your heart tick. Stella Lane thinks math is the only thing that unites the universe.
    BookNew York : Jove, 2018 — Romance HOANG,H
  • Eleven-year-old knuckleball pitcher Vivy Cohen, who has autism, becomes pen pals with her favorite Major League baseball player after writing a letter to him as an assignment for her social skills class
    BookNew York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [2020] — J KAPIT,S