 | "Aunt Katie's Visit"
"Aunt Katie's Visit" is a great first book on disabilities for children and adults to read and have a conversation about people with disabilities. |
| "IQ of 63-So What!" Going Beyond Everybody Else's Expectations
Ben shares his story. His message is clear as explains why Inclusion in the classroom is so important for students with disabilities. |
| A Child called It: One child's courage to survive
Dave Peltzer's own journey as a young child who was severely abused by his mother. It is a remarkable story of survival that describes the failures of the system to recognize and treat his "challenging behavior" as a symptom of something more serious.
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| A Client Called Noah
This is the third of three books about Noah and his family. This book tells about Noah's transition from living with his family to living in a variety of institutional and group home settings during his teenage and young adult years. |
| A Different Kind of Boy: A Father's Memoir About Raising a Gifted Child With Autism
A book about the joys, fears, frustration, and exhaustion involved in raising a gifted child with autism. |
| A Good and Perfect Gift: Faith, Expectations, and a Little Girl Named Penny
A mom wrote this book about the first years of her daughter's life. Her daughter was born with Down syndrome. |
| A Life Beyond Reason
An article written by the father of a boy with severe cognitive and physical disabilities. The father talks about how his son has impacted his family's life. |
| A man named Dave: A story of triumph and forgiveness
This sequel to "A child called it" and "The lost boy" tells about the late adolescence and young adulthood of a man terribly abused by his mother. The story describes the continuing effect of a lifetime "in the system." |
| A Mind Apart: Travels in a Neurodiverse World
This book explains autism and other neurological differences in a positive, normal way. |
| A Pattern of Silent Tears
This is the first novel by a Latina woman who has cerebral palsy. It is about women in Costa Rica and their struggle to survive among people reluctant to give up suffocating traditions of male oppression and strict interpretation of religious doctrine.
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| A Personal Matter
This semi-autobiographical novel describes a man's struggle to come to terms with the coming birth of his son, who will have a disability. While Oe is Japanese, his story's discussion of internal struggle in the face of life changing events is universal. |
| A Self-Determined Future with Asperger Syndrome: Solution Focused Approaches
This book is about how people with Asperger's syndrome move through their day and have a high quality of life.
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| A Thorn in My Pocket: Temple Grandin's Mother Tells the Family Story
This book explains the experience of raising a child who had autism in the 1950's. |
| A Very Special Wedding
A TIME magazine article about a couple with Down syndrome who decided to take the plunge and get married. |
| A World Without Words
This book tells the story of two children who were deaf-blind and had intellectual disabilities. |
| Adventure in the Mainstream: Coming of Age with Down Syndrome
This book documents the transition of the author's son, who has Down Syndrome, from high school to work. It is the journey of a young man with Down Syndrome from childhood to adulthood. |
| Against tall odds: Being a David in a Goliath World
This true story is about a man born with diastrophic dwarfism. It tells about his courtship and marriage to woman he met at the Little People of American convention, and their children as well as his careers in movies and computers. |
| Against the Current
A book written by a man with Cerebral Palsy about his life. The entire book can be read on the website or downloaded in .PDF without charge. Books bought at the author’s website are tax deductible. |
| Aidan's Way: The Story of a Boy's Life and a Father's Journey
Sam Crane was unprepared to be the father of a boy who would never walk, talk or see. Aidan’s Way is an account of parental love and devotion, of the lessons of ancient eastern philosophy and of what it means, ultimately, to be human. (Barnes and Noble) |
| Alex the Boy: Episodes from a family's life with autism
A book written by the father of a boy who was born premature and has autism. He talks about how their family handles issues such as eating, sleeping, school, and public behavior. |
| Alex: The Fathering of a Preemie
A 21-ounce special-needs preemie's first five years of life, written by the father. |
| Alone Together: Making an Asperger Marriage Work
This book is about what it's like to be married to a person who has Asperger's Syndrome. |
| An Asperger Marriage
This book is about a married couple in which one person has Asperger's syndrome.
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| An Expendable Man: The near-execution of Earl Washington Jr.
Earl Washington Jr. is a man with an intellectual disability who was 9 days from being executed for a murder he did not commit. This book tells his story.
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| Annie's Coming Out
The true story of Annie, a girl with Cerebral Palsy who lived in an Australian institution. She learns to communicate using symbols. |
| Appreciating Asperger Syndrome
This book explains the traits of people who have Asperger's syndrome. It shows how they help these people get through the day, and also how people with Asperger's make the world a better place. |
| As We Grew Up with Barbara
This is a common sense book and personal account by a mother about her daughter's growth and their adult relationship. |
| Asperger Syndrome and Alcohol Drinking to Cope?
This book is about people with ASD using alcohol to cope with problems. |
| Aspergers from the Inside Out: A Supportive and Practical Guide for Anyone with Asperger's Syndrome
This book is about a man with Asperger Syndrom who wasn't diagnosed until he was thirty six years old. His diagnosis came when his son was also found to be affected by the disorder. |
| Aspergirls Empowering Females with Asperger Syndrome
This books covers many aspects of the lives of girls who have autism. |
| At 77, First Man Diagnosed With Autism Doing Just Fine
This article is about the life of the first man to have been diagnosed with Autism. |
| Autism All-Stars How We Use Our Autism and Asperger Traits to Shine in Life
This book has personal stories from successful people who have Autism Spectrum Disorder. |
| Autism and the Myth of the Person Alone
This book challenges some common views about people with Autism. Many of the ideas and examples come directly from people who have autism. |
| Autistics' Guide to Dating: A Book By Autistics, For Autistics and Those Who Love Them or Who Are in Love with Them [Paperback]
A book co-written by a husband and wife who both have autism. In the book they reflect on their personal experiences and give advice on relationships. |
| Autobiography of a Face
This book recounts the author's experiences with childhood cancer, and her life, dealing with the aftermath of a surgery that removed half of her jaw. |
| Away From the Public Gaze
This is an extensive document that chronicles the history of the Fairview institution in Oregon and the experiences of the residents. |
| Barbara and Fred, Grownups Now Living Fully With Developmental Disabilities
This book explores the issues and achievements of a mature couple, tracing their growth from birth through significant, intimate relationships. It encourages a deeper understanding and acceptance of people with disabilities (Cypress House). |
| Be Different: Adventures of a Free-Range Aspergian with Practical Advice for Aspergians, Misfits, Families & Teachers
The book is about the author's life with autism. He also offers advice to others who have autism or who know someone who does. |
| Beyond Ramps: Disability at the End of the Social Contract: A Warning from an Uppity Crip.
In this book, Russell provideds an analysis of the social cpntract and its failure to cover people with disabilities and their families. |
| Beyond The Silence: My life, the World and Autism
This work is an autobiographical narration of a young poet who has autism and it includes a collection of his selected poems with a foreword by Lorna Wing |
| Beyond the Wall: Personal Experiences with Autism and Asperger Syndrome, 2ndEd.
A book written by a man with Asperger Syndrome about his life. This book is for professionals as well as people who have Asperger Syndrome to help them better understand the syndrome. |
| Body, Remember
In this memoir, Kenny Fries explores his life and experiences with his disability. |
| Born on a Blue Day
This is the first of two books written by Daniel, a 27-year-old man with Asperger's syndrome. He writes about his life and his disability. |
| Born on the Wrong Planet
This book is the life story of a woman who has autism. |
| Bright Splinters of the Mind: A Personal Story of Research with Autistic Savants
This is the story of several people with autism who have amazing skills in math, music, art, languages, or poetry. The author did research to find out how they developed their skills. |
| Bringing up a challenging child at home: When love is not enough
A mother's story of having with a daughter with a learning disability and mental illness. |
| Bus Girl: Poems
This book is a thought-provoking, often humorous collection of poems from a woman born with Down syndrome. |
| Carly's Voice: Breaking Through Autism
This book is about a young woman with autism. It was written by her dad with her help. |
| Catch a Falling Star: A tale from the Iris the Dragon Series
This book is written for children, from a child's viewpoint. It is about living with and rising above mental health problems.
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| Changed by a Child
This book describes the inner needs and range of issues that parents with children with disabities face. |
| Choosing Naia: A Family's Journey
This is the story of a family who decides to give birth to a child who was pre-natally diagnosed with Down Syndrome, despite the challenges that they knew the conditions of the baby will pose. |
| Community Lost and Found
The authors of this book have decades of experience on the streets and with people who have been excluded. They have created sucessful programs for people who most say cannot succeed. |
| Count Us In: Growing Up with Down Syndrome
At ages nineteen and twenty-two, respectively, Jason Kingsley and Mitchell Levitz shared their innermost thoughts, feelings, hopes, and dreams, their lifelong friendship and their experiences growing up with Down syndrome |
| Dazed and Fatigued in the Toxic 21st century
This book provides a first person experience in recovering from chronic fatigue syndrome. Written in an alternative voice that is raw and at times wildly spontaneous, the story weaves poetry with ironic insights and commentaries. ... Amazon.com |
| Developing Talents: Careers for Individuals with Asperger's Syndrome and High-functioning Autism
This book gives advice to help people with high functioning autism to develop their talents and find jobs. |
| Different...Not Less: Inspiring Stories of Achievement and Successful Employment
This book has success stories written by people who lie on the autism spectrum. |
| Disabled and Challenged: Reach for Your Dreams!
Terry Scott is a young adult with disabilities. He writes about living a full life. He gives ideas about practical topics, such as relationships, jobs, and planning for the future. |
| DO You Understand Me?
This book offers an insider's view of life as a child with autism who attends a mainstream school. It is helpful to all children in understanding their classmates with disabilities like autism. |
| Does She Know She's There?
In this book, Nicola Schaefer shares her experiences of being the mother of a child with cerebral palsy (Mennonite Brethren Herald, 2001). |
| Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
This autobiography of a quadriplegic cartoonist is by turns hilarious, sad, sick, inspiring and illustrated with the funniest cartoons since The Far Side. |
| Emergence labeled autistic
This is the true story of Temple Grandin, a woman with autism, told in her words. |
| Exile & Pride
This is an essay on the politics and poetics of queer disability |
| Exiting Nirvana: A Daughter's Life with Autism
A mother's description of her amazing, multitalented autistic-savant daughter. |
| Expecting Adam, A True Story of Birth, Rebirth, and Everyday Magic
An autobiographical tale of a Harvard couple who conceive a baby with Down's syndrome and decide to carry him to term. |
| Family Experiences of Bipolar Disorder: The Ups, The Downs and the Bits In Between
This book is about people with the mental illness of bipolar disorder.
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| Father's Day: A Journey into the Mind and Heart of My Extraordinary Son
In this book, the author tells a story about a road trip he took with his son who has an intellectual disability. It was written by the author of Friday Night Lights which was a successful book, movie and T.V series. |
| Finally, Dreams Coming True
This book describes the life, challenges, and accomplishments of Jacqueline Speciner. Jacqueline was a woman with cerebral palsy, and a strong advocate for people with disabilties in Maryland. |
| Flourish: People with Disabilities Living Life with Passion
This book has many stories of people with disabilities who have followed their dreams. It also tells the stories of the people who provided support. |
| From Stumbling Blocks to Stepping Stones: Help and hope for special needs kids
Shari tells her story about growing up with disabilities. She also offers great advice for people with disabilities and families. Shari is a certified teacher and has a child with a disability. |
| Front of the Class
A book and film that tell the true story of a man with Tourette syndrome who landed his dream job of becoming a teacher. |
| Getting Life
A fictional story of young adults living in a nursing home who fight to live independently. |
| Ghost Girl
This is the story of a young girl who begins school unwilling to speak. The girl had been sexually and emotionally abused. Told by her teacher the book tells how this girl was able to get the help she needed. |
| Gifts: Mothers Reflect on How Children with Down Syndrome Enrich Their Lives
This book is a collection of stories written by mothers who have children with Down Syndrome. |
| Gravity Pulls You In Perspectives on Parenting Children on the Autism Spectrum
This book is about the experience of parenting children with autism. |
| Hear My Voice: Stories Told By Albertans With Developmental Disabilities Who Were Once Institutionalized
Stories told by people with developmental disabilities who lived in institutions for many years and survived to live meaningful lives in the community. |
| Hope Will Find You: My Search for the Wisdom to Stop Waiting and Start Living
A book written by a Jewish Rabbi. She tells of her journey as a parent of a child with a disability. |
| I don't want to be inside anymore: Messages from an Autistic Mind
Judged incurably autistic, mute since the age of two, Sellin astonished the world when, at the age of 18, he began to express himself in writing, pouring out thoughts and feelings that no one suspected he understood. |
| I had no means to shout
Hale, a man with autism, discovered the communication technique of facilitated communication (FC) when he was 36 years old. This book chronicles his life before and after he began to use FC. |
| In This Sign
The highly acclaimed novel of a family whose love and courage enable them to survive in the silent world of the deaf |
| Incurably Human
By piecing together a personal journey of discovery, the author explores the deeper meaning of inclusion. |
| It's OK to be Scared
A book for self-advocates with Down Syndrome. |
| Jenny Fox’s Search for Semi-Independent Living in Hennepin County
A letter from parents of a young adult with a developmental disability to the Minnesota Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities. The letter talks about the concerns these parents have with county services, especially services for housing. |
| Jill’s Journey, A Victory Over the “R” Word
The true story of a woman with an intellectual disability who
helped change federal law, eliminating the use of the "R" word. |
| Just Another Kid
This book tells the story of the children with autism and other disabilities. The story is told by their teacher, Torey Hayden |
| Just this side of normal
This is a powerful story of a parent's search for understanding in a world that sometimes makes no sense. It was one of the first books written by a parent about what it is like to raise a child with autism. |
| Learning the Hidden Curriculum: The Odyssey of One Autistic Adult
This book helps people who have Autism learn about social cues. It is written by a woman with first hand experience. |
| Letting Ruth Go
This is a story written by a mother. It tells about the challenges her family had in adopting a child with disabilities, the hard work and joy as her daughter grew given love and therapy, and the grief they all felt when the child died suddenly. |
| Life as We Know It: A Father, Family, and an Exceptional Child
Berube tells how he and his wife came to know this astonishing new person, born with Down Syndrome, as their son, an individual like their other son. Yet, to the world, he was not an individual but the syndrome itself. |
| Life at the Edge and Beyond Living with ADHD and Asperger Syndrome
This book is about a mother's experiences with having a son who has Asperger's Syndrome and ADHD. |
| Life Landscapes: Parents talk about raising children with disabilities
This is the first in the Life Landscapes series; this installment features stories written by parents and photographs of families across a range of ages, cultures, geographic locations in the province of Saskatchwean, and disability. |
| Life Landscapes: Saskatchewan advocate stories of success
This book tells the stories of people with disabilities. They are from Canada and involved in the self-advocacy movement. |
| Life Landscapes: Siblings share their experiences of living with brothers and sisters with disabilities
This book has stories and photos of siblings of people with disabilities. |
| Like Color to the Blind
Continuing the story of her life begun in "Nobody, Nowhere" and "Somebody, Somewhere," Williams takes the reader into the mind of an intelligent, high-functioning autistic person and lets us see the thought processes that are taking place |
| Living the Edges: A Disabled Woman’s Reader
A book that is a collection of stories of Canadian women with physical and mental disabilities. |
| Living the Good Life with Autism
This book is written by a man who has Asperger's syndrome about his life experiences. |
| Look me in the eye...My life with Asperger's
This is the true story of the sound engineer for the band KISS who learned at age 40 he had Asperger's. The title refers to how he was most often scolded as a child. |
| Lost in a Desert World: The Autobiography of Roland Johnson
This is the story of Roland Johnson. He was put in an institution as a child where he was abused. As an adult, Roland became the president of "Speaking for Ourselves," a large and well known self-advocacy organization in Pennsylvania. |
| Loving Mr. Spock: Understanding a Lover with Asperger's Syndrome
This book is about a woman in love with a man who has Asperger's Syndrome. |
| Loving the Tasmanian Devil - Reflections on Marriage and Asperger Syndrome
The author of this book is married to a person with Asperger's syndrome, and also has three "aspie" sons. |
| Lucy's Story: Autism and Other Adventures
In her autobiography, Lucy Blackman provides an insider's view of autism both before and after she learned to communicate through typing. |
| Making a Difference: Profiles in Abilities
A book about the author's journey across Canada and through time, as he brings you inspirational stories about Canadians with disabilities who have gone the distance. |
| Maternity Rolls Pregnancy, Childbirth and Disability
A life story written by a woman who uses a wheelchair and has two children. |
| Meditations from A Movable Chair: Essays
A series of essays about the people who have meant the most to the author, a man with physical disabilities. These people helped him understand the holiness, even sacramentality, of everyday life, which he describes in explicitly Catholic terms. |
| Melanie, Bird with a Broken Wing
A story written by a mother of a child with cerebral palsy who died before she was six years old. |
| More precious than gold: The fiery trial of a family's faith
True story about a mom and her two year old daughter who survived severe burns. |
| More Than a Mom: Living a Full and Balanced Life When Your Child has Special Needs
A book which explores how women can lead rich, fulfilling personal lives while parenting a child with special needs. |
| More Than Little Professors-Children with Asperger Syndrome: In Their Own Words
This book explains what it is like to have Asperger's syndrome using the words of children and youth. |
| Movie Stars and Sensuous Scars: Essays on the Journey from Disability Shame to Disability Pride
Essays about living with a disability. |
| Moving Violations: War Zone, Wheelchairs, and Declarations of Independence
The story of ABC correspondent Hockenberry, who was left a paraplegic after a 1976 car accident. He writes of living life from a wheelchair.
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| My Body of Knowledge: Stories of Illness, Disability, Healing, and Life
My Body of Knowledge is a collection of writing by people with disabilities. Honest, humorous and poignant, it includes cancer, depression, Crohn's disease, CFIDS, Lyme disease, muscular dystrophy, RSI, multiple sclerosis, paralysis, AIDS, etc. |
| My Body Politic
This book is a life story of Linton's personal journey -- from flower child "walkie" in 1971 to disability-rights/human rights advocate in 2005. |
| My Brother Charlie
This is a children's book telling the true story of a boy who has autism. It is written by his twin sister and their mother. |
| My Son Fred - Living with Autism: How Could You Manage? I Couldn't. I Did It Anyway
This book is a mother's story about living with her son Fred. Fred has an intellectual disability and autism. |
| Navigating College: A Handbook Written for Autistic Students by Autistic Adults
This handbook was written for people with autism who want to go to college. |
| News from the Border: A mother's memoir of her autistic son
A true story of a boy with autism who went to college. |
| Nobody nowhere
True story told by a woman with autism who grew up in England. |
| Nothing About Us Without Us: Disability Oppression and Empowerment
The first book in the literature on disability to provide a theoretical overview of disability oppression. It shows its similarities to, and differences from, racism, sexism, and colonialism. |
| Now I See The Moon: A Mother, a Son, a Miracle
This book is about the experience of adopting a child and then finding he has autism. |
| One of Us: A Family's Life with Autism
A book by a professor. It is a true story about the struggles and triumphs of a family whose child has severe autism. |
| One Person at a Time
"One Person at a Time" is a book about life stories and agency changes that occur when each person is listened to and supported one person at time. |
| Paper Words: Discovering and Living with My Autism
This book is written by a person with autism about her life experiences. |
| Parenting an Adult with Disabilities or Special Needs: Everything You Need to Know to Plan for and Protect Your Child's Future
This book is about the concerns parents have when their adult children with a disabilities go out into the world, and what to do about addressing those concerns. |
| Petey
This novel is about the relationship between a teenager and a man mistakenly institutionalized for much of his life. |
| Petroglyphs - Book & Video tape
This photo essay shows why inclusive classes are important for high school students with disabilities. There is a book and a movie. |
| Pretending to be Normal
The story of a woman with Asperger's Syndrome who learned to embrace her disability with thanksgiving and joy. |
| Raising Martians - from Crash-landing to Leaving Home How to Help a Child with Asperger Syndrome or High-functioning Autism
This book is written by a man who has Asperger's Syndrome about his experiences growing up. |
| Reflections From A Different Journey: What Adults With Disabilities Want All Parents to Know
This book is a collection of essays written by adults with various disabilities with advice for parents of children with disabilities. |
| Remembering the Soul of Our Work
A book of stories written by direct support staff who work with an innovative agency. |
| Retarded Isn't Stupid Mom
True story about a young woman with intellectual disabilities told by her mother. |
| Riding The Bus With My Sister: A True Life Journey
A true story about a woman with a developmental disability, her professor sister, and the city bus trip that brings them back to each other. |
| Road Map to Holland
A book about a mother's experience raising a child with down syndrome. |
| Roger Ebert: The Essential Man
This is an article about Roger Ebert, a famous movie critic and former host of a national TV show. Mr. Ebert lives with cancer and has lost his ability to eat and speak. |
| Safely Home, Profile of a Futures Planning Group
Is community inclusion possible? This book shows how a family found the Futures Planning method and made dreams happen for their son. They hope their story will show methods for effective planning for other families. |
| Safety Skills for Asperger Women How to Save a Perfectly Good Female Life
This book explains how women who have Aspergers syndrome can stay safe. The author is a woman with first-hand experience. |
| Schuyler's Monster: A Father's Journey with His Wordless Daughter
A book by Robert Rummel-Hudson about his experiences with his daughter Schuyler and her disability. |
| Secret Girl
A former Baltimore lawyer writes of her life-altering decision to meet her sister for the first time. Her sister has an intellectual disability. |
| Self-Directed Employment
A book of stories from seven people with disabilities who achieved their goals of getting their dream job. |
| Siblings and Autism Stories Spanning Generations and Cultures
This is a collection of stories written by the brothers and sisters of people who have autism. |
| Skallagrigg
This fictional story describes the lives of several children with disabilities who met in an institution in England in 1927. |
| Somebody somewhere: Breaking free from the world of autism
This book tells the true story of Donna Williams life with autism. It is also available as an audio book. |
| Son Rise
This book tells the true story of the first 30 months of life of Raun who has autism. |
| Son Rise: The Miracle Continues
Story about a boy with autism and how his family supported him. |
| Songs of the Gorilla Nation - My Journey Through Autism
In this memoir, Prince-Hughes explores how working with gorillas helped her escape the feelings of isolation she encountered as someone with Asperger's syndrome |
| Speakeasy-People with mental handicaps talk about their lives in institutions and in the community
In this book the author interviews people with intellectual disabilities who have lived in institutions and in the community. |
| Speaking Out: Gifts of Ministering Undeterred by Disabilities
This book is about people with disabilities who are ministers in the Methodist church. |
| Special Siblings: Growing Up with Someone with a Disability"
In this honest book, Mary McHugh reveals what it is like to be the sister of a man with cerebral palsy and an intellectual disability. She shares what others have learned about being and having a “special sibling.” |
| Sticks and Stones: Disabled People’s Stories of Abuse, Defiance and Resilience
A book that is a collection of over fifty stories about people with disabilities facing abuse and violence. |
| Still Me
This true story tells about Christopher Reeve (Superman) after he broke his neck in a horse back riding accident. |
| Stuck in Neutral
A fictional story about a 14-year-old with cerebral palsy and his relationship with his father, who might want to end his son's life through euthanasia. |
| The Able Life of Cody Jane
This is the life story of a woman who has spina bifada. It is written through the eyes of her mother. |
| The Aspie Teen's Survival Guide: Candid Advice for Teens, Tweens, and Parents
This book is about being a teen with Asperger's syndrome. The author is an adult who has Asperger's. |
| The Best Worst Brother
A children's book with an endearing and realistic look at how a relationship evolves between a typically developing older sister and her younger brother with a developmental disability. |
| The Boy in the Moon: A Father's Journey to Understand His Extraordinary Son
A book written by a father of a boy with disabilities. |
| The broken cord
This true story tells about Adam who grew up with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. |
| The child who never grew
The true story of Pearl Buck's daughter who was born with intellectual disabilities in the 1920's. |
| The Common Thread
A collection of stories about friendship and community building |
| The Company of Others
"The Company of Others" addresses ways in which caring relationships can reduce loneliness and isolation. |
| The Goode Life: Memoirs of Disability Rights Activist Barb Goode
This is the autobiography of Barb Goode, a self-advocate and leader in the disability rights movement of Canada for more than 35 years. |
| The Horse Boy: A Father's Quest to Heal His Son
A story from a father who has a son with autism. His family travels to Mongolia to find a way to enter into their son's world. This story is available as a book, and as a documentary film. |
| The Lost boy: A foster child's search for the love of a family
True story of a teenager in the foster care system because he had been severely abused by his mother. |
| The Me in the Mirror
This book is the autobiography of Connie Panzarino. She was born with a rare muscular disease, and tells her life story of her personal and political growth. |
| The Memory Keeper's Daughter
An award-winning novel that shows how views of people with down sydrome have changed over the last forty years. |
| The Multiple Sclerosis Manifesto: Action to Take, Principles to Live By
This book is about having MS. |
| The Power of the Powerless
De Vinck's true account of the life of his brother with severe handicaps. It is a powerful, inspirational statement on the value of life. |
| The Real Rain Man
This is the story of Kim Peek. Kim has autism. His life was the example for Dustin Hoffman in the Movie "Rain Main". Kim is described as a megasavant. His father wrote the book. |
| The Ride Together
This is a book about growing up with a brother who has Autism. It was written by a brother & sister who each tells the story in a different way. The sister uses words while the brother uses cartoons. |
| The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal
A book about a man on a journey to meet people who have been labeled abnormal. He learns that word "disability" should never define a person. |
| The Social Meaning of Mental Retardation: Two Life Stories
What does it mean to be "mentally retarded"? Ed and Pattie, former inmates of institutions, tell us in their own words. This new edition concludes with a postscript that discusses what happened to Ed and Pattie in the ensuing decade (alibris.com).
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| The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
A book about the encounter between a Hmong family and the American medical community over a child with seizures. The book deals with some fundamental issues surrounding scientific progress, cultural traditions and beliefs, and humanity. |
| The Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships: Decoding Social Mysteries Through the Unique Perspectives of Autism
The authors of this book use stories from their lives to talk about social relationships and autism. |
| The Way I See It, 2nd EDITION: A Personal Look at Autism and Asperger's
This book explains what it is like to live with Autism. |
| The Year of Our Lord: Faith, Hope and Harmony in the Mississippi Delta
This book tells the story of Lucas, a man with cerebral palsy who is an important and valued member of his church. It has both photographs and text. |
| There's A Boy In Here: Emerging from the Bonds of Autism
This is an autobiography written by a young man and his mother. |
| They Created Us
This book is about the Mercado family and what happens when they find their son has a condition called Hflu Meningitis. To help their son have a good life, the family works through a system that is hard to understand and doesn't listen to what they need. |
| Thicker than Water Essays by Adult Siblings of People with Disabilities
This book shares the stories of adults who have a brother or sister with a disability. |
| Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism (Revised Edition, Edition Number 2)
The author of this book talks about living with autism. |
| Too Late to Die Young: Nearly True Tales from a Life
Life story of Harriet Johnson, who was born with a congenital neuromuscular disease. She went on to a distinguished career in the law, a life as an activist for people with disabilities, and a rich network of friends and colleagues |
| Under the Eye of the Clock
Autobiography of Christopher Nolan, who was born with brain damage and
cerebral palsy, paralyzed and mute |
| Unspeakable: The Story of Junius Wilson
This is the true story of Junius Wilson's life, a deaf Black man put into an institution at a young age after being accused of rape. |
| Views from Our Shoes: Growing Up with a Brother or Sister with Special Needs
A book of stories written by children who have a brother or sister who has disabilities. The book also contains easy to understand descriptions of many disabilities, such as cerebral palsy, and spina bifida. |
| Voices From the Spectrum: Parents, Grandparents, Siblings, People With Autism, And Professionals Share Their Wisdom
A collection of sixty personal accounts from people on the autism spectrum and those who care for them—parents, family members, and professionals. |
| Waddie Welcome and the Beloved Community
This is the story of a remarkable man and the people who surrounded him to make their whole community stronger. It is a life lesson in community building from people who became masterful by doing it.
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| Waist-high in the World: A life among the Disabled
In this book which blends intimate memoir and passionate advocacy, Nancy Mairs takes on the subject woven through all her writing: disability and its effect on life, work, and spirit.
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| Walking Isn’t Everything
Giving a glimpse of how the delivery of medical services have changed since the polio edpidemics of the early 1950s, the book describes what it was like to be a woman with a disability in that era.
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| We Are All Welcome Here
A novel about woman with polio and her 13-year-old daughter. They work miracles from their Tupelo, Miss., home during the summer of 1964. |
| We Dance Together: A Painted Essay about My Education with Katie
A book about the story of the author’s education with her daughter Katie. The journey begins when Basford is told that her daughter has a disability and it continues for the next twenty-six years. |
| What About Me? Growing Up with a Developmentally Disabled Sibling
A compassionate and accessible guide on living with and caring for a sibling with developmental disabilities. |
| What Happened to You? Writing by Disabled Women
This book of poetry about life is written by women with disabilities. |
| What I Wish I'd Known about Raising a Child with Autism: The First 5 Years
This book is coauthored by a mother and a psychologist. |
| What Should We Do for Jay? The Edges of Life and Cognitive Disability
This article asks how and on what grounds you should make end-of-life-decisions for a person with intellectual disability. |
| What's wrong with Timmy?
This children's book is a short story about a girl who becomes friends with a boy named Timmy who has intellectual disabilities. |
| Where is the Mango Princess?
This is a story about the author's husband's brain injury and the subsequent fallout. Crimmins tackles the life-wrenching drama of witnessing her husband's near death and ensuing rebirth as a very different person. |
| Why I Burned My Book and Other Essays on Disability
This book talks about discrimination against people with disabilities. |
| Wilson Buswell: A story about how inclusion can work for everyone
A news story about a man with cerebral palsy who helps new teachers learn about inclusion. |
| Women with Disabilities: Found Voices
This book was written by women with disabilities and those who work with them. |
| X Stories: The Personal Side of fragile X syndrome
This book has writings from the families and caregivers of people with fragile X syndrome. |
| Yes! She Knows She's There
This book celebrates Catherine's 35th birthday and the 10th anniversary of her move into her own home. |
| "The deed to a new life for Fair Lawn autistic man" (News Article)
An online news article about a man with autism from New Jersey who bought his own home. |
| "Voices Beyond the Mirror"
These are ten short videos showing people with disabilities. |
| “And That’s How I got Free of My Isolation” Conversations on Isolation
A short documentary in which self-advocate leaders are interviewed about how they became more independent in their lives. |
| 24/7
This film is about the challenges that families face when they provide care in the home for their loved ones who have developmental disabilities. |
| A Bit Missing Blog
A blog by a mother whose son has an intellectual disability. |
| A Child called It: One child's courage to survive
Dave Peltzer's own journey as a young child who was severely abused by his mother. It is a remarkable story of survival that describes the failures of the system to recognize and treat his "challenging behavior" as a symptom of something more serious.
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| A Friend Indeed - The Bill Sackter Story
This film tells the story of a man named Bill Sackter. Bill moved out of an institution to live in the community. |
| A Gift From God
A Gift From God, directed by Asma Ahmed Khouri, tells the story of one family with a child with Down Syndrome in the United Arab Emirates, where children with disabilities are often viewed as shameful and embarrassing. |
| A Passion for Justice
A video about the work of Robert Perske, advocate with people who have developmental disabilities and have been convicted of serious crimes they did not commit. |
| A Possible Dream
This film is about a women named Andrea who has Down syndrome and has overcome the challenges that come with that. |
| Acting Normal
This film is a documentary about people who attend a performing arts studio for people with disabilities. |
| Align Your Dreams with Your Power: How to Succeed With a Disability DVD
This DVD has inspirational stories about people with disabilities. |
| Alone in a Crowded Room
This film tells the stories of four adults with autism. |
| Anything is possible
A short video of a boy whose little sister has Angelman Syndrome. Angelman Syndrome is a rare genetic disorder. Through a poem he wrote, we see the strong bond that exists between these siblings.
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| Autism and Me
This is an award-winning short film by Rory Hoy, an 18-year-old filmmaker with autism. It provides a picture into his autistic world, letting us take a journey through his everyday experience and see it through his eyes. |
| Autism is a World
The "Autism is a World" DVD speaks from the perspective of a woman who lives with Autism Spectrum Disorder. It provides a glimpse of this often-misunderstood disorder through the eyes of a real person. |
| Autism Times Two
A DVD with the story of the Cauley family. They have two sons with autism. They have developed an enviable system of supports for school, home and community for their family. |
| Autism: The Musical
"Autism: The Musical" is a documentary film that follows children with autism and their families as the children collaborate to create a musical. |
| Bearing Witness: Luke Melchior
This DVD tells the story of Luke, a young man with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. |
| Beautiful Son
A documentary about one family's struggle to heal their son from autism.
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| Becoming Independent
This film is about 3 young adults with disabilities, and shows them at work and home. It explains their lives, hopes and dreams for the future. |
| Best Boy
Best Boy is an Academy Award winning video about Philly, a man with an intellectual disability who lived with his parents. The story documents his parents failing health, and Philly's entry into the adult services support system.
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| Best Man
This movie follows Philly 20 years after he moves into a group home. Told by his cousin, Ira Wohl, this movie describes how Philly becomes more independent. It also shares Philly's integration into the Jewish community and religious life at age 70.
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| Between Optical Area and Amygdala
This is a short 4 minute film about a young man with Asperger's Syndrome(a form of autism) who was born in Germany. In this film he describes what his life has been like. |
| Beyond Disability: The Fe Fe Stories
This is a 26-minute film developed by the Empowered Fe Fe's--a group of young women with disabilities in Chicago. The women take to the streets to explore issues surrounding disabilities. |
| Big City Dick: Richard Peterson's first movie
The true story of a man with significant disabilities who is an excellent trumpet player. His talents have made him famous throughout Seattle, yet he lives a difficult life in poverty. |
| Billy the Kid
This movie is about a 15 year-old who seemed by the filmmaker to be left out of things. After this film was made it was learned he had Asperger's syndrome.
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| Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy
"Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy" is a documentary film about the friendship of two self-advocates. Their advocacy efforts helped other people with disabilities to lead more independent lives. |
| Borderline
Film about a woman with disabilities who was wrongly accused of murdering a child. |
| Brain Injury Dialogues
This is a film about the impact that brain injury has had on a person and on other people with brain injuries. |
| Brain Man
This documentary film is about the life of Daniel Tammet, a British man with autism who is a savant. |
| Brothers in Giron
A film about two pairs of brothers living in Sweden, above the North Arctic Circle. Both pairs have chosen to live together for most of their lives, but for different reasons.
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| Burt
In this video, a man named Burt gives a chronological history of his life and times, beginning in 1936 when he was 15 years old and living in a large institution. |
| Bye
A short film about Jayden, a two and half year old diagnosed with autism. The film follows Jayden through his first months of school in the Bronx.
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| Can We Get Married?
This is a BBC documentary about Emma and Ben, who each have Down syndrome. They have been living together for six years and are thinking about getting married. It is on YouTube. |
| Carmela
This is a film about a mother with polio and her son with Down syndrome. Despite their disabilities, they survive and overcome the daily challenges of living in Mexico City. In Spanish with English Subtitles. |
| Cassilly: How I Got To College
A documentary film about a young woman who overcame barriers to attend college. |
| Celebrating Diversity: A Universal Message from the Real Rain Man
You've met Dustin Hoffman's remarkable Rain Man character, Raymond Babbitt. Now meet the real Rain Man; Kim Peek, the one-of-a-kind mega savant who was the inspiration for the Academy Award winning motion picture, |
| Challenge
A film about outdoor sports. Participation enriches everyone's lives, including people with physical and developmental disabilities. |
| Christopher Reeve: Hope in Motion
On May 27th, 1995, Christopher Reeve, known to the world as Superman, was paralyzed from the neck down in a riding accident. This DVD follows him closely over many months of treatment.
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| Clay Marzo: Just Add Water
This movie is about Clay Marzo, a professional surfer who learned he had Asperger's syndrome when he was a teenager. The film is known for great surfing shots, and a positive look at living with Asperger's syndrome. |
| Cocktails with Ben
This movie tells the story of an amazing young man with Williams Syndrome named Ben Monkaba. It is narrated by his mother. |
| Crossing Tahoe
This film is about a women with Down syndrome who has the goal of being the first woman to cross Lake Tahoe in late September. |
| Dad's In Heaven With Nixon
This film is the story of a boy’s journey from the darkness of brain damage, to a diagnosis autism, to his life today — as an acclaimed artist. It is also a story of mental illness, the damage it caused, and the ultimate triumph of the human spirit.
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| Darius Goes West
"Darius Goes West" is a documentary film about a young man name Darius who has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). Darius had never been out of the state of Georgia, and his friends took him on a road trip for his first look at the West. |
| Departing Rosewood
This movie shows what it is like to move out of an institution and live in the community. You can watch it online and order your own copy for free. |
| Different Moms
A documentary about parents with developmental disabilities. |
| DISaBUZZ
A website that has short videos about what it means to live with a disability. |
| Distinctively
This film is about identical twins, one who has Down syndrome and the other who does not. |
| Drona & me
This film tells the story of Drona, a 9 year old boy who has Autism. The story is told by his brother, Arjun. Drona and Arjun live in the Netherlands. |
| Ed Roberts Tribute
A webpage that is dedicated to the life and work of Ed Roberts. It is on the Minnesota Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities website. Ed Roberts was an early leader in the disability rights movement. |
| Ed Roberts: Wheelchair Genius
A CD-ROM about Ed Roberts, an important civil rights leader for people with disabilities. The content is written for younger readers. |
| Educating Peter
Documentary of a third-grader with Down Syndrome. |
| Emma's Gifts
A film about Emma who was born with Down Syndrome, which makes her different from her twin sister, Abigale. Emma's story is told through the eyes of her parents. |
| End the silence
This is a video about self-advocates speaking out about their personal experiences as victims of crime. |
| Eternal High (DVD)
A short film about a filmmaker who captured his
true-life battle with depression and suicide.
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| Everyday Heroes
This video tells stories about direct support professionals and how they have made it possible for people with disabilities to achieve their dreams. |
| Fanlight Productions
A leading distributor of new film and video works on the social issues of our time |
| Far from the Sun
A film about a family from Argentina who inmigrates to the United States in hopes for a better life. The story is told from the point of view of a son who has Down syndrome. |
| Fathers' Voices (Film)
A film about men raising children with developmental disabilities. |
| Flourish: People with Disabilities Living Life with Passion
This book has many stories of people with disabilities who have followed their dreams. It also tells the stories of the people who provided support. |
| Forrest Gump
This PG-13 movie is a fictional story about a man with intellectual disability. |
| Fragile X Family
A documentary film about woman with Fragile X Syndrome who is
struggling to raise three children with the syndrome.
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| Fred's Roman Holiday
A sequel to Fred's Story, this is the story of his dream trip to Italy. With his traveling companions, the trip becomes an exploration of what sustains a person's strength through years of hardship, loss of identity and institutional control. |
| Front of the Class
A book and film that tell the true story of a man with Tourette syndrome who landed his dream job of becoming a teacher. |
| Her Name is Sabine
A documentary film aimed directly at the French government. It tells the story of two sisters - Sandrine, one of France's most successful actresses, and that of her severely autistic sister Sabine. |
| How Come You Walk Funny?
This film presents parents who have chosen to enroll their non-disabled kids in a kindergarten program designed to promote inclusive behavior in able-bodied children and self-advocacy skills in those with disabilities. |
| How I Am
A documentary film of a young man with autism who shares the difficulties of his life through the words he types into his computer. |
| I'm Tyler...don't be surprised
"I'm Tyler...don't be surprised" is a video created by a high school student named Tyler who has cerebral palsy. In this video, Tyler highlights what he calls "ability awareness"--focusing on what a person can do rather than what they can't. |
| In My Hands: A Story of Marfan Syndrome
A documentary film about a little-known disorder called Marfan Syndrome. It uses interviews with doctors and people who have Marfan Syndrome to help viewers better understand Marfan Syndrome and how it impacts the lives of people. |
| In My Own Words
This web page contains testimonials written by people who have developmental disabilities, and also by parents. The page can be read in either English or Spanish. It is part of the Georgetown University UCEDD Web site. |
| In Search of Everyday Life: Self-Determination
A video featuring the stories of 3 people with significant disabilities who now practice self-determination. Issues of control, money and support systems are addressed in this look at the lives of Carolyn, Cindy and Richard. Tom Nerney narrates. |
| It's a Different World
A documentary film about two brothers and a sister who all have autism. Each child was given a video camera to help explore their thoughts and feelings about autism. |
| It's Our Story
A project that seeks to create an online database that gives people with disabilities a voice. The project hopes to make thousands of videos, written testimonies and photographs available for free online. |
| Jacob's Turn
A short documentary about a boy with Down syndrome and his love of baseball.
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| James Castle: Portrait of an Artist
This is a film about the life of James Castle, a man who was born deaf, but refused to read, write, sign or finger-spell. Instead he communicated through art and has gained world recognition as an artist |
| Johnny the Bagger
A true story of how a young man who worked at a grocery store went beyond his expected job description and had a large impact on the store. The story can read and heard through two different YouTube videos. |
| Judith Snow Blogs
Two blogs by Judith Snow. In her blogs she shares real life experiences of people with disabilities, including some from her own life. |
| KidAbility
This fast-paced video is crafted to foster sensitivity toward others and acceptance of people with disabilities. It is hosted by children who educate themselves and viewers about disabilities. |
| King Gimp
Documentary spanning 13 years in the life of Dan Keplinger, an artist with cerebral palsy. |
| King of Camp
This video tells the story of Viru, a self-proclaimed music buff, and how he survived his first day at summer camp. The acting and musical performances feature people with developmental disabilities. |
| Kiss My Wheels
Kiss My Wheels follows the Zia Hot Shots. The Hot Shots are a nationally ranked junior wheelchair basketball team. This video shows a season of training and tournament competition. |
| Lest We Forget: Silent Voices
A collection of stories as told by people with disabilities who lived in state institutions. There are also stories from the families they left behind. |
| Life. Support. Music.
This film is about a guitarist named Jason. He suffered a brain hemorrhage during a concert in Manhattan. |
| Lifestyles of the Poor and Unknown
A film telling the true story about the married life between two people who both have developmental disabilities. |
| Living Proof: The Right to Live in the Community
"Living Proof: The Right to Live in the Community" is a 30-minute film that documents individuals with disabilities in Zagreb, Croatia who have moved out of institutions and now lead lives in the community. Subtitles in English. |
| Look Who's Laughing
This funny and compelling documentary is about the lives, experiences, and humor of six working comedians who have various types of disabilities. |
| Look, I'm In College!
The story of what happens when four young men with autism, from a public school, are chosen to pilot a college inclusion program in New York City. |
| Love Rolls On: Disability and Marriage
This is the web site of Megan and Barton Cutter. Married since 2004, Barton has a disability and Megan does not. |
| Make Me Normal
A documentary film that follows the lives of four students from London who have autism. |
| Mayor of the West Side
A documentary film that tells the coming-of-age story of Mark Puddington, a teenager with multiple disabilities who is a local celebrity in his NYC neighborhood. |
| Monica & David
A film about the marriage of two adults with Down syndrome and their families. |
| Movin' On: Stories from the Recovery Road
This is a video of three stories of recovery/healing from mental illness as told by three people who have mental illness. |
| Mr. Blue Sky
A love story about a woman with Down syndrome and a man without a disability.
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| Mr. Positive
"Mr. Positive" is a 28-minute film following Carl Bentson, a man with a disability who makes a big impact on the community in which he lives. |
| Muliple
A film about actor and director Alison Peebles. She has been keeping a secret for six years: she has mutiple sclerosis. |
| Muslimah Next Door (Blog)
A blog by an American Muslim who has a son with autism. Her blog posts are about faith, family and autism. |
| My Classic Life as an Artist
A documentary film about the life of an artist who has autism. |
| My Favorite Child
This film showcases footage from "Think of Me First as a Person," a film made in the 60’s and 70’s and narrated by a loving father about his son, a boy with Down syndrome. |
| My Flesh and Blood
"My Flesh and Blood" documents a year in the life of the Tom family--single mother Susan Tom, her two biological children, and her eleven adopted children with disabilities. |
| My Left Foot
Autobiography of a man with cerebral palsy who uses his foot to accomplish most daily activities. On DVD rated R. |
| My Life, My Choice
A DVD about seven adults with disabilities who have taken their futures into their own hands. They live in Windsor, Ontario (Canada) and are tired of relying on a limited number of programs and services to direct their lives.
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| Navigating College: A Handbook Written for Autistic Students by Autistic Adults
This handbook was written for people with autism who want to go to college. |
| Not on the Sidelines: Living and Playing with a Disability
This video is about four ordinary people whose lives were suddenly changed by accident, injury or illness when they were teens or young adults. |
| Nowhere You Are
A documentary film that follows an adult woman with high functioning autism. |
| Now't As Queer As Folk
A short film that shows the life of a person with Aspeger's Syndrome. |
| Okay, Let's Talk About Me
This film is about Eddie and the things that happen as he turns 18 and prepares to leave school. |
| On A Roll (Documentary)
Video documentary on Greg Smith, host of the radio program "On A Roll." |
| Open the Door, Get 'Em A Locker. Educating Nursing Students with Disabilities
This short film is about Victoria, a Registered Hurse who is also a wheelchair-user. The film tells about her experiences as a nursing student and graduation. |
| Our House
This flim tells the story of three people who have disabilities. They are living outside an institution for the first time in years. |
| Outside/Inside
A short film about a young man who has autism and doesn't speak. Through a communication board and a camera he is able to share about his life. |
| Outsider: the life and art of Judith Scott
A film about a woman who is an artist. She also has Down Syndrome, is deaf and doesn't speak. |
| Petroglyphs - Book & Video tape
This photo essay shows why inclusive classes are important for high school students with disabilities. There is a book and a movie. |
| Plan F
Film about an occupational therapist who lost his eyesight at the age of twenty to a degenerative disease. |
| Praying with Lior
This documentary film is about a Jewish boy who has Down syndrome. It shows his bar mitzvah, and the influence his deep faith has on others in his congregation. |
| Profiles in Achievement: Amazing People with Learning Differences
A collection of stories meant to inspire and encourage those with Learning Differences. The stories will help those who don't have a learning difference understand what it is like to have it and that people with LD can go far in life. |
| Rain Man
Academy award winning movie about a man with autism and his brother. |
| Rainman Goes to RocKwiz
This film follows a man from Australia as he prepares to be on a live TV quiz show. Though he is nearly blind and has Asperger's Syndrome, he is very talented. Click on the "Web Links" tab above to see a clip on YouTube or hear a radio interview now.
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| Ready or Not
This film is about three high school seniors who have different disabilities. The film follows them as they graduate and make plans for their future. |
| Refrigerator Mothers
"Refrigerator Mothers" is a video featuring the stories of mothers of their adult children with autism. |
| Roll On DVD
This DVD has stories about children who have disabilities. They are told by parents and the kids themselves. |
| Rolling Around in My Head
The personal blog of David Hingsburger, an author and leader in the field of disability for over 30 years. David lives in Toronto, Canada |
| Sarah Stup: Are Your Eyes Listening?
A website by Sarah Stup, a writer with autism. She is the author of many books, gift collections, poems and essays about autism. |
| Self-Determination: In Search of An Everday Life
This is a video about self-determination as described by self-advocates. |
| Sheri & Paul
A short film about a couple who share their thoughts on love and marriage. Both people have disabilities. |
| Siblings
A film about people who have grown up with a sibling who has a developmental disability. |
| Sidecars
A film about a friendship between a young man and a young woman. Justin has autism and Lyndsley who is Justin's art student has a condition called Polymyositis. |
| Stairway to Heaven
Short documentary on Temple Grandin, a professor with autism attempting to build a more humane slaughterhouse. |
| Strong Love
A film about the life of two people who decide to get married. Both were born with Down syndrome and one of them is a World-class weight lifter |
| Succeeding through Autism DVD: A Video Presentation by Sean Barron
Sean Barron is a man who has autism and works as a journalist. In this DVD, he tells his story. |
| Temple Grandin - DVD
This DVD is about a woman who has autism. She has done more in her life than many "normal" folks. |
| Temple Grandin Website
A website of Dr. Temple Grandin. She is an animal scientist and autism self-advocate who is known all over the world. |
| The ABCs of Living with My Disabilitiy
A DVD video by a woman who has lived with cerebral palsy since birth. She uses the alphabet in a poem to share her life experiences. |
| The Collector of Bedford Street
Documentary of a man with developmental disabilities. |
| The Gillian Film
This is a film about a young woman who has a developmental disability. She works at a local veterinary clinic, rides horses, and takes dance classes. When Gillian decides to move out, her mother must come to terms with letting go. |
| The Horse Boy
A documentary film about a boy with autism and his parents. This family travels to Mongolia in search of a way for the parents to enter into their son's life. |
| The Horse Boy: A Father's Quest to Heal His Son
A story from a father who has a son with autism. His family travels to Mongolia to find a way to enter into their son's world. This story is available as a book, and as a documentary film. |
| The Key of G
THE KEY OF G is an award-winning documentary about disability, caregiving and interdependence. |
| The People App
An internet blog that tells true stories of people applying Person Centered Practices. |
| The Teachings of Jon
A film about a 40-year old man with Down Syndrome who doesn't speak, and how a family allowed themselves to change, grow and succeed because of him. |
| The Third Parent
A short film about the relationship between an eleven-year-old girl and her noon-verbal five-year-old brother who has autism. |
| The Ties that Bind
This is a film about the struggles of a young man and his family as he transitions to a more independent life. |
| Through the Same Door: Inclusion Includes College
A 25-minute film about Micah Fialka-Feldman, a college student at Michigan's Oakland University, who has a cognitive disability. This film highlights inclusion in college settings. |
| Through the Same Door: Inclusion Includes College
This DVD tells the story of Janice's son, Micah. Micah has an intellectual disability and is going to college. |
| TrueTube: Disability - Love & Disability
The video is about Alex and Sarah, a couple in a relationship. Sarah has a disability, Alex does not. |
| Unlikely Travellers
This film is about six people with disabilities who go on a two week trip to Egypt. |
| Untold Desires
This film gives a strong and clear message that the sexuality of people with disabilities is as diverse as that of everyone else. It can be purchased as a DVD. |
| Up Syndrome
A film about one year in the life of Rene Moreno, a twenty-three year old man with Down Syndrome. He grew up with "normal boys" and now faces a not-normal adult life.
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| Ups of Downs
A short film about a young and independent man from the UK who has Down syndrome |
| WAITING FOR RONALD
This DVD contains a story of a 34-year old man with a developmental disability who leaves the institution where he has spent most of his years. With only his suitcase, fears and humor, he ventures out to meet his best friend and start a new life. |
| We Thought You'd Never Ask: Voices of People with Autism
A film in which six adults with autism talk about issues related to autism. |
| We Watch the City: Stories in the Shadow of 9/11
Documentary video (DVD) examining the experiences of New Yorkers with developmental disabilities and those who support them in the aftermath of 9/11.
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| We’re Living Well But Dying Matters
A DVD with people who have learning disabilities talking about death and dying. |
| We're Normally Different
A film about the lives of four Dutch actors, all of whom have intellectual/developmental disabilities. |
| What Does Normal Mean?
A compelling documentary film about the “inclusion” of children with disabilities in public schools. The film follows seven children— elementary to high-schoolers— with a broad range of disabilities, over an academic year. |
| What the Silenced Say: An Evening with Jonathan Mooney
“What the Silenced Say” is a call for educational revolution for all of us concerned with cognitive diversity. Jonathan Mooney is quickly emerging as one of the foremost leaders in alternative education.
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| What’s Disability to Me?
This short, web-based film is about the everyday life of Bernard. He is a man with a disability who is a leader in his community. |
| When Billy Broke his Head
This breakthrough film blends humor with politics, and individual experience with a chorus of voices, to explore what it is really like to live with a disability in America... |
| Where's Molly?
This film chronicles the reunion of Jeff Daly and his sister Molly. Molly was sent to live in an institution at age 3, so they had not seen each other for 47 years. Their story explores the conditions of the institution Molly lived in. |
| Without Pity: A film about abilities
This HBO documentary, narrated by Christopher Reeve, celebrates the efforts of people with disabilities to live full, productive lives. |
| www.SelfAdvocateNet.com
An interactive, global website for people with intellectual disabilities and their supporters. |
| Yoshi's Dream
A short film about Yoshi, a 14 year-old young man who has Aspergers syndrome....and he also has a dream. Yoshi lives in Japan. |
