International Day of Persons with Disabilities Booklist

December 3 is International Day for Persons with Disabilities and the theme for 2025 is Fostering disability inclusive societies for advancing social progress.

UBC Okanagan Library has put together a display in the library and curated a list of books to help recognize this important day and promote the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities.

Browse the list below and click on the links to borrow each item listed through UBC Library. 

The Queen of Distraction: How Women with ADHD Can Conquer Chaos, Find Focus, and Get More Done by Terry Matlen

True biz: a novel by Sara Nović

A freshman survival guide for college students with autism spectrum disorders : the stuff nobody tells you about! by Haley Moss

Disability visibility: first-person stories from the Twenty-first century edited by Alice Wong

Divergent mind: thriving in a world that wasn’t designed for you by Jenara Nerenberg

 

---

A freshman survival guide for college students with autism spectrum disorders : the stuff nobody tells you about! by Haley Moss

Ableism in education: rethinking school practices and policies by Gillian Parekh

Accessibility in the laboratory edited by Ellen Sweet, Wendy Strobel Gower, Carl E. Heltzel

Adults on the autism spectrum leave the nest: achieving supported independence by Nancy Perry

Against technoableism: rethinking who needs improvement by Ashley Shew

Be a revolution : how everyday people are fighting oppression and changing the world-and how you can, too by Ijeoma Oluo

Beauty is a verb: the new poetry of disability edited by Jennifer Bartlett, Sheila Black, & Michael Northen

Becoming a great inclusive educator edited by Scot Danforth

Camouflage : the hidden lives of autistic women by Sarah Bargiela; art by Sophie Standing 

Choosing Down syndrome: ethics and new prenatal testing technologies by Chris Kaposy

Concerto for the left hand: disability and the defamiliar body by Michael Davidson

Constructing the (m)other: narratives of disability, motherhood, and the politics of normal edited by Priya Lalvani

Contours of ableism: the production of disability and abledness by Fiona Kumari Campbell

Crip times: disability, globalization, and resistance by Robert McRuer

Defying disability: the lives and legacies of nine disabled leaders by Mary Wilkinson

Disability and mothering : liminal spaces of embodied knowledge edited by Cynthia Lewiecki-Wilson and Jen Cellio

Disability politics and theory by A.J. Withers

Disability politics in a global economy: essays in honour of Marta Russell edited by Ravi Malhotra

Disability rights by Deborah Stienstra

Disability studies: an interdisciplinary by Dan Goodley

Disability visibility: first-person stories from the Twenty-first century edited by Alice Wong

Disability, public space performance and spectatorship: unconscious performers by Bree Hadley

DisAppearing : encounters in disability studies edited by Tanya Titchkosky, Elaine Cagulada, and Madeleine DeWelles, with Efrat Gold. 

Divergent mind: thriving in a world that wasn’t designed for you by Jenara Nerenberg

Eliminating inequities for women with disabilities: an agenda for health and wellness 
by Miles-Cohen, Shari E; Signore, Caroline 

Enacting disability critical race theory: from the personal to the global edited by Beth A. Ferri, David J. Connor, and Subini A. Annamma

Exploring disability identity and disability rights through narratives: finding a voice of their own by Ravi Malhotra and Morgan Rowe

Fall down 7 times get up 8: a young man’s voice from the silence of autism by Naoki Higashida; translated by K.A. Yoshida and David Mitchell

From disability to diversity: college success for students with learning disabilities, ADHD, and autism spectrum disorder by Lynne C. Shea, Linda Hecker, and Adam R. Lalor

Helping Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder Express their Thoughts and Knowledge in Writing: Tips and Exercises for Developing Writing Skills by Elise Geither and Lisa Meeks

Independence, Social, and Study Strategies for Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: The BASICS College Curriculum by Michelle Rigler, Amy Rutherford and Emily Quinn

Know the night: a memoir of survival in the small hours by Maria Mutch

Living with chronic illness and disability: principles for nursing practice edited by Esther Chang, Amanda Johnson. 

Parties, Dorms and Social Norms: A Crash Course in Safe Living for Young Adults on the Autism Spectrum by Lisa M. Meeks and Tracy Loye Masterson

Pathways to inclusion: building a new story with people and communities by John Lord, Peggy Hutchison

Positive behavior supports for adults with disabilities in employment, community, and residential settings : practical strategies that work by Keith Storey

Sex and disability edited by Robert McRuer and Anna Mollow

Social work with disadvantaged and marginalised people by Jonathan Parker, Sara Ashencaen Crabtree

Swimming up Niagara Falls! : the battle to get disability rights added to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  by M. David Lepofsky

The myth of normal: trauma, illness and healing in a toxic culture by Gabor Maté with Daniel Maté 

The Queen of Distraction: How Women with ADHD Can Conquer Chaos, Find Focus, and Get More Done by Terry Matlen

The road ahead: transition to adult life for persons with disabilities edited by Keith Storey, Paul Bates, Dawn Hunter.

Disability and social policy in Canada edited by Mary Ann McColl and Lyn Jongbloed

The short bus: a journey beyond normal by Jonathan Mooney

True biz: a novel by Sara Nović