Mother Tongue
Sara Novic
Some disabilities are visible while others are less apparent, but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Fortunately, there are a wealth of stories out there just waiting to be heard. This collection includes nonfiction highlighting the lives of trailblazers, first-person memoirs, and fiction exploring characters with disabilities—all helping to stamp out ableism and tell the full story of the human experience from all perspectives, backgrounds, and abilities. Our libraries are chock-full of such stories, and this collection includes many of our favorites that give voice to people living with disability. —The Audible Editors
Memoirs
Catching Sight
Deni Elliott and Graham Buck
The Quiet Ear
Raymond Antrobus
Pieces You'll Never Get Back
Samina Ali
You with the Sad Eyes
Christina Applegate
It Wasn't Meant to Be Perfect
Gaelynn Lea
Unseen
Molly Burke
I Identify as Blind
Lachi and Tim Vandehey
The Body Is a Doorway: A Memoir
Sophie Strand
I'll Look So Hot in a Coffin
Carla Sosenko
The Hard Parts
Oksana Masters and Cassidy Randall - contributor
Articulate
Rachel Kolb
Connecting Dots
Joshua A. Miele and Wendell Jamieson - contributor
On My Own Two Feet
Amy Purdy and Michelle Burford
The Deaf Girl
Abigail Heringer
Soundtrack of Silence
Matt Hay
A Life Impossible
Steve Gleason and Jeff Duncan
The Country of the Blind
Andrew Leland
I'll Pray for You
Hannah Setzer
Sipping Dom Pérignon Through a Straw
Eddie Ndopu
Flying without Wings
Arnold R. Beisser
One More Step
Bonner Paddock and Neal Bascomb
Deaf Utopia
Nyle DiMarco and Robert Siebert
Relentless
Katherine Itacy
Losing Music
John Cotter
A Patriot's Promise
Senior Master Sergeant (Ret.) Israel "DT" Del Toro Jr. and T. L. Heyer
Being Seen
Elsa Sjunneson
Sitting Pretty
Rebekah Taussig
Fiction
A Lady’s Handbook to Gadgets and Guile
Angela Bell
The Chemistry Test
Georgina Frankie
It's All in Your Head
Sabina Nordqvist
Knot My Type
Evie Mitchell
Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros
A Dance of Lies
Brittney Arena
Death of the Author
Nnedi Okorafor
Sorrowland
Rivers Solomon
Someone You Can Build a Nest In
Get a Life, Chloe Brown
Talia Hibbert
Hunchback
Saou Ichikawa
A Sign of Her Own
Sarah Marsh
The Break Up Artist
Erin Clark and Laura Lovely
Just by Looking at Him
Ryan O'Connell
The Centaur's Wife
Amanda Leduc
True Biz
Sara Novic
Always Only You
Chloe Liese
So Lucky
Nicola Griffith
Good Kings Bad Kings
Susan Nussbaum
The Colony
Jillian Weise
Nonfiction
Notes From A Queer Cripple
Andrew Gurza
Inspiration Porn
Ryan O'Connell
Dating Disability
Emily Goodson
Sex with a Brain Injury
Annie Liontas
Interabled
Shane Burcaw and Hannah Burcaw
You Are More than Your Body
Jennifer Caspari Phd
To Be a Problem
Dara Baldwin and Keith P. Jones - foreword
How to Do Life with a Chronic Illness
Pippa Stacey
The Anti-Ableist Manifesto
Tiffany Yu
Dateable
Jessica Slice and Caroline Cupp
Disability Intimacy
Alice Wong
Beautiful People
Melissa Blake
Blind Not Broken
Lucy Edwards
Access Your Drive and Enjoy the Ride
Lauren Spencer
Loving Our Own Bones
Julia Watts Belser
Against Technoableism
Ashley Shew
The Pretty One
Keah Brown
Enabling Acts
Lennard Davis
Disability Pride
Ben Mattlin
Breadth of Bodies
Emmaly Wiederholt and Silva Laukkanen
The Architecture of Disability
David Gissen
Decarcerating Disability
Liat Ben-Moshe
All Our Families
Jennifer Natalya Fink
Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century
Alice Wong
About Us
Andrew Solomon - foreword and Peter Catapano - editor and Rosemarie Garland-Thomson - editor
Disfigured
Amanda Leduc
Exile and Pride
Eli Clare
Care Work
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Family Listens
Hazel's Best Day
Adiba Nelson and DeAnn Wiley
Owning It
Various
The Secret of Haven Point
Lisette Auton
El Deafo
Cece Bell
The Amazing Edie Eckhart
Rosie Jones and Natalie Smillie
Shiny Misfits
Maysoon Zayid
Show Me a Sign
Ann Clare LeZotte
The Chance to Fly
Ali Stroker and Stacy Davidowitz
Hummingbird
Natalie Lloyd
Piece by Piece
David Aguilar and Ferran Aguilar and Lawrence Schimel - translator
Demystifying Disability
Emily Ladau
I Am Not a Label
Cerrie Burnell and Lauren Mark Baldo - illustrator
Listen
Shannon Stocker
Roll with It
Jamie Sumner
For Teen and Young Adults
Stops Along the Way
Anna Sortino
Chronically Dolores
Maya Van Wagenen
The Gravewood
Kelly Andrew
The Unexpected Consequence of Bleeding on a Tuesday
Kelsey B. Toney
Unbroken
Marieke Nijkamp
Give Me a Sign
Anna Sortino
Where You See Yourself
Claire Forrest
The Secret Summer Promise
Keah Brown
A Face for Picasso
Ariel Henley
Semi-Famous
Josh Sundquist
One for All
Lillie Lainoff
Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults)
Alice Wong - editor
Sick Kids In Love
Hannah Moskowitz
The Silence Between Us
Alison Gervais
The Ables
Jeremy Scott
That's Not What Happened
Kody Keplinger
When the Angels Left the Old Country
Sacha Lamb
Parenting and Caregiving
Featured Content
June 15, 2026
What does a “Mother Tongue” mean to you?
Beginning as letters to her two sons, Sara Nović‘s memoir is both a collection of deaf history and a celebration of life in “the middle.”
October 8, 2024
“The Anti-Ableist Manifesto” is a must-listen guide to building a disability-inclusive world
With contributions from other disability advocates and scholars, Tiffany Yu’s self-narrated audiobook is a revolutionary guide on allyship and building more inclusive habits.
June 27, 2024
These disability memoirs confront ableism and champion accessibility
In honor of Disability Pride Month, this collection of unforgettable memoirs highlights the voices and lived experiences of disabled writers, activists, and creatives.
April 30, 2024
Alice Wong wants you to rethink the parameters of intimacy
The prolific author and activist delves into popular misconceptions around what constitutes closeness and shares what disabled people have in common with the queer community.
January 7, 2024
What Matt Hay wants listeners to know about deafness
"Soundtrack of Silence" is a moving ode to the highs, lows, and daily rhythms of living with hearing loss.
November 30, 2023
Memoirist Lucy Webster is combating ableism and sexism
In "The View From Down Here," the journalist shares insights into her life as a disabled woman.
July 18, 2022
Josh Sundquist on Fame and the Pursuit of Happiness
Join the Paralympian, Halloween-costume aficionado, and social media star on this laugh-filled journey of finding out if fame and happiness really can coexist.
March 21, 2022
Actor and activist Mickey Rowe on taking pride in our differences
Autistic stage actor Mickey Rowe takes on ableism in the arts in his smart, inspirational new memoir, "Fearlessly Different."
April 22, 2021
Leigh Bardugo Unites the Grishaverse's Found Family With 'Rule of Wolves'
The best-selling young adult fantasy author sets the Grishaverse to rest after the epic, explosive conclusion to the King of Scars duology.
March 2, 2021
Why Nnedi Okorafor Keeps Coming Back to Coming-of-Age Stories
The Nebula- and Hugo Award-winning writer traces a young heroine’s discovery of her terrifying powers in ‘Remote Control,’ a new sci-fi novella that expands on Okorafor’s signature themes.
September 8, 2020
After 'The Wreckage,' You Won’t Leave Unscathed
Audible Sessions podcast host Robin Morgan-Bentley's debut thriller spotlights issues around male mental health as one young man’s journey collides with an unsuspecting woman, changing them both forever.
October 5, 2018
Kody Keplinger on why diversity in kidlit must include people with disabilities
The author of 'That's Not What Happened' and 'The Duff' caught up with editor Rachael to talk about representation, how geek girls find their way, and how audiobooks aid accessibility.