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Bestsellers
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Unmasking Autism
- Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
- By: Devon Price PhD
- Narrated by: Devon Price PhD
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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In Unmasking Autism, Dr. Devon Price shares their personal experience with masking and blends history, social science research, prescriptions, and personal profiles to tell a story of neurodivergence that has thus far been dominated by those on the outside looking....
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Disappointing
- By Debra M. Givin on 11-12-22
By: Devon Price PhD
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The Boys of Riverside
- A Deaf Football Team and a Quest for Glory
- By: Thomas Fuller
- Narrated by: Thomas Fuller
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Thomas Fuller shares the incredible story of an all-deaf high school football team’s triumphant climb from underdog to undefeated, their inspirational brotherhood, a fascinating portrait of deafness in America, and the indefatigable head coach who spearheaded the team....
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Fascinating and Uplifting
- By Anonymous User on 10-14-24
By: Thomas Fuller
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NeuroTribes
- The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity
- By: Steve Silberman
- Narrated by: William Hughes
- Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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What is autism: a lifelong disability or a naturally occurring form of cognitive difference akin to certain forms of genius? In truth it is both of these things and more....
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The long hard road to proper identity on the Autistic spectrum.
- By Lorijorn on 10-29-15
By: Steve Silberman
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All Secure
- A Special Operations Soldier's Fight to Survive on the Battlefield and the Homefront
- By: Tom Satterly, Steve Jackson
- Narrated by: Tom Satterly
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the most highly regarded Tier One Delta Force operators in American military history shares his war stories and personal battle with PTSD....
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- One of those books that truly make a difference
- By henry on 12-21-19
By: Tom Satterly, and others
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Visual Thinking
- The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions
- By: Temple Grandin PhD
- Narrated by: Andrea Gallo, Temple Grandin PhD
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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A quarter of a century after her memoir, Thinking in Pictures, forever changed how the world understood autism, Temple Grandin—the “anthropologist from Mars,” as Oliver Sacks dubbed her—transforms our awareness of the different ways our brains are wired....
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Too much focus on productivity and capitalist return; a lot of “I’m better” undertones
- By Anonymous User on 01-02-23
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Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century
- Unabridged Selections
- By: Alice Wong
- Narrated by: Alejandra Ospina, Alice Wong
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent - but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture....
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Missing stories
- By Adrianna A. on 11-19-20
By: Alice Wong
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Unmasking Autism
- Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
- By: Devon Price PhD
- Narrated by: Devon Price PhD
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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In Unmasking Autism, Dr. Devon Price shares their personal experience with masking and blends history, social science research, prescriptions, and personal profiles to tell a story of neurodivergence that has thus far been dominated by those on the outside looking....
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Disappointing
- By Debra M. Givin on 11-12-22
By: Devon Price PhD
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The Boys of Riverside
- A Deaf Football Team and a Quest for Glory
- By: Thomas Fuller
- Narrated by: Thomas Fuller
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Thomas Fuller shares the incredible story of an all-deaf high school football team’s triumphant climb from underdog to undefeated, their inspirational brotherhood, a fascinating portrait of deafness in America, and the indefatigable head coach who spearheaded the team....
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Fascinating and Uplifting
- By Anonymous User on 10-14-24
By: Thomas Fuller
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NeuroTribes
- The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity
- By: Steve Silberman
- Narrated by: William Hughes
- Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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What is autism: a lifelong disability or a naturally occurring form of cognitive difference akin to certain forms of genius? In truth it is both of these things and more....
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The long hard road to proper identity on the Autistic spectrum.
- By Lorijorn on 10-29-15
By: Steve Silberman
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All Secure
- A Special Operations Soldier's Fight to Survive on the Battlefield and the Homefront
- By: Tom Satterly, Steve Jackson
- Narrated by: Tom Satterly
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the most highly regarded Tier One Delta Force operators in American military history shares his war stories and personal battle with PTSD....
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- One of those books that truly make a difference
- By henry on 12-21-19
By: Tom Satterly, and others
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Visual Thinking
- The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions
- By: Temple Grandin PhD
- Narrated by: Andrea Gallo, Temple Grandin PhD
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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A quarter of a century after her memoir, Thinking in Pictures, forever changed how the world understood autism, Temple Grandin—the “anthropologist from Mars,” as Oliver Sacks dubbed her—transforms our awareness of the different ways our brains are wired....
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Too much focus on productivity and capitalist return; a lot of “I’m better” undertones
- By Anonymous User on 01-02-23
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Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century
- Unabridged Selections
- By: Alice Wong
- Narrated by: Alejandra Ospina, Alice Wong
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent - but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture....
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Missing stories
- By Adrianna A. on 11-19-20
By: Alice Wong
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Demystifying Disability
- What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally
- By: Emily Ladau
- Narrated by: Emily Ladau
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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An approachable guide to being a thoughtful, informed ally to disabled people, with actionable steps for what to say and do (and what not to do) and how you can help make the world a more accessible, inclusive place....
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Mildly useful
- By Dvdmon on 10-23-22
By: Emily Ladau
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Far from the Tree
- Parents, Children and the Search for Identity
- By: Andrew Solomon
- Narrated by: Andrew Solomon
- Length: 40 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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A brilliant and utterly original thinker, Andrew Solomon's journey began from his experience of being the gay child of straight parents.....
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A Gripping Masterpiece
- By C. Beaton on 12-14-12
By: Andrew Solomon
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Social Security Simplified
- A Comprehensive Guide to Maximize Your Benefits, Understand Your Options, and Secure Your Retirement for Financial Independence
- By: Retire Wise
- Narrated by: Jeremy Diener
- Length: 3 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Don’t even think about navigating YOUR social security benefits until you listen to this essential guide – Understand your options and secure your retirement for financial independence, even if you’re just starting your journey.
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Average.
- By JohnnyBamboy on 08-11-24
By: Retire Wise
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The Country of the Blind
- A Memoir at the End of Sight
- By: Andrew Leland
- Narrated by: Andrew Leland
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Witty, winning, and revelatory, The Country of the Blind is a personal narrative of the author’s transition from sightedness to blindness and his quest to learn about blindness as a rich culture all its own.
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Lovely and accurate depiction of the world of the partially sighted or blind
- By Vanessa on 09-21-23
By: Andrew Leland
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Being Heumann
- An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist
- By: Judith Heumann, Kristen Joiner
- Narrated by: Ali Stroker
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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A story of fighting to belong in a world that wasn't built for all of us and of one woman's activism - from the streets of Brooklyn and San Francisco to inside the halls of Washington - Being Heumann recounts Judy Heumann's lifelong battle to achieve respect....
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A must read for everyone
- By Anonymous User on 09-28-20
By: Judith Heumann, and others
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Sitting Pretty
- The View from My Ordinary, Resilient, Disabled Body
- By: Rebekah Taussig
- Narrated by: Rebekah Taussig
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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A memoir-in-essays from disability advocate and creator of the Instagram account @sitting_pretty Rebekah Taussig, processing a lifetime of memories to paint a beautiful, nuanced portrait of a body that looks and moves differently than most....
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AMPLIFY this type of constructive, imaginative, and uplifting voice!!
- By Anonymous User on 09-01-20
By: Rebekah Taussig
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Disability Intimacy
- Essays on Love, Care, and Desire
- By: Alice Wong
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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From the author of the groundbreaking anthology Disability Visibility comes another revolutionary collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience, and intimacy in all its myriad forms....
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Great mix of perspectives
- By Alyssum M. Pohl on 08-13-24
By: Alice Wong
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A Disability History of the United States
- By: Kim E. Nielsen
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Engrossing and profound, A Disability History of the United States fundamentally reinterprets how we view our nation’s past: from a stifling master narrative to a shared history that encompasses us all....
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This is a beautiful book!
- By Anonymous User on 02-21-21
By: Kim E. Nielsen
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Unmasking for Life
- The Autistic Person's Guide to Connecting, Loving, and Living Authentically
- By: Devon Price PhD
- Narrated by: Devon Price PhD
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Live your best, unashamedly unmasked Autistic life with this invaluable resource featuring tools for navigating friendships, family, work, love, and life, from the author of Unmasking Autism.
By: Devon Price PhD
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In a Different Key
- The Story of Autism
- By: John Donvan, Caren Zucker
- Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
- Length: 23 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1938, Donald Triplett of Forest, Mississippi, became the first child diagnosed with autism. Beginning with his family’s odyssey, In a Different Key tells the extraordinary story of this often misunderstood condition....
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The New Book on Autism
- By Gadget on 02-26-16
By: John Donvan, and others
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Disability and the Church
- A Vision for Diversity and Inclusion
- By: Lamar Hardwick, Bill Gaventa - foreword
- Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Lamar Hardwick was thirty-six years old when he found out he was on the autism spectrum. While this revelation helped him understand and process his own experience, it also prompted a difficult re-evaluation of who he was as a person....
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Misuse of Scripture and one occurrence of foul language
- By Anonymous User on 01-30-24
By: Lamar Hardwick, and others
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Disfigured
- On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space
- By: Amanda Leduc
- Narrated by: Amanda Barker
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Fairy tales shape how we see the world, so what happens when you identify more with the Beast than Beauty? Amanda Leduc looks at fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm to Disney, showing us how they influence our expectations and behaviour....
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Mixed bag
- By Anonymous User on 01-18-22
By: Amanda Leduc
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It's Not as Bad as It Sounds (My Life with Ms & Fibro)
- My Life with Multiple Sclerosis and Fibromyalgia (Living with These 2 Conditions and Making Life Better)
- By: Yvonne Decelis
- Narrated by: Dawn Hartwell
- Length: 2 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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While finishing off her degree in Gerontology at Umass Boston, Yvonne Decelis started writing about her life in the hope of showing others with similar conditions that they are not alone in the trials they face....
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Pretty surface level
- By Melissa Mikell on 06-04-23
By: Yvonne Decelis
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The Way I See It: A Personal Look at Autism: 5th Edition: Revised & Expanded
- By: Temple Grandin
- Narrated by: Stephanie Barry
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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In the beloved classic book The Way I See It, Dr. Temple Grandin gets to the real issues of autism — the ones parents, teachers, and individuals on the spectrum face every day....
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Well Done
- By trent on 03-19-21
By: Temple Grandin
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The Science of Making Friends
- Helping Socially Challenged Teens and Young Adults
- By: Elizabeth Laugeson
- Narrated by: Carol Grace Anderson
- Length: 14 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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The groundbreaking book that puts the focus on teens and young adults with social challenges.
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Helpful information, good narration
- By Anonymous User on 12-11-24
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Mad World
- The Politics of Mental Health (Outspoken by Pluto)
- By: Micha Frazer-Carroll
- Narrated by: Micha Frazer-Carroll
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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It's time to reclaim our mental health....
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Thank you
- By Anonymous User on 01-22-24
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How Ableism Fuels Racism
- Dismantling the Hierarchy of Bodies in the Church
- By: Lamar Hardwick
- Narrated by: Diontae Black
- Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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As a Black autistic pastor and disability scholar, author Lamar Hardwick lives at the intersection of disability, race, and religion. How Ableism Fuels Racism helps Christian communities engage in critical conversations about race by addressing issues of ableism....
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So much worthy of praise
- By Matthew Honeycutt on 11-30-24
By: Lamar Hardwick
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Radio Head Gal
- A Memoir of Hearing Loss and Self-Worth
- By: Rebecca Knill
- Narrated by: Carolyn Durkalski
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Acclaimed TED speaker Rebecca Knill guides us through a life shaped by hearing loss. Throughout, Knill offers eye-opening insights into disability and celebrates the power of technology to level the playing field.
By: Rebecca Knill
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Seeing Voices
- A Journey Into the World of the Deaf
- By: Oliver Sacks
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Oliver Sacks - introduction
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Like The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, this is a fascinating voyage into a strange and wonderful land, a provocative meditation on communication, biology, adaptation, and culture....
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A Rich Experience
- By Douglas on 11-27-12
By: Oliver Sacks
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Poor Little Sick Girls
- A Love Letter to Unacceptable Women
- By: Ione Gamble
- Narrated by: Ione Gamble
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Wellness is oppressive, self-love is a trap, hustling is a health risk and it's all the patriarchy's fault. Poor Little Sick Girls is the book for femmes who are online and want more from activism and life....
By: Ione Gamble
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Disability Pride
- Dispatches from a Post-ADA World
- By: Ben Mattlin
- Narrated by: Anthony Michael Lopez
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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An eye-opening portrait of the diverse disability community as it is today, and how disability attitudes, activism, and representation have evolved since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)....
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Do Read
- By Anonymous User on 02-04-23
By: Ben Mattlin
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Not Atypical Motherhood
- The Guide for Navigating a Child's New Autism Diagnosis
- By: Amber Arrington
- Narrated by: Amber Arrington
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Enter the world of 'Not Atypical Motherhood,' your comforting companion as the daunting words 'autism diagnosis' resonate in your thoughts.
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Great resource, relatable
- By Anonymous User on 11-16-24
By: Amber Arrington
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Crashing Through
- The Extraordinary True Story of the Man Who Dared to See
- By: Robert Kurson
- Narrated by: Doug Ordunio
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Blinded at age three, Mike May defied expectations and never yearned for vision. Then, in 1999, came startling news: a revolutionary stem-cell transplant surgery could restore May's sight....
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Outstanding!
- By Anonymous User on 06-27-07
By: Robert Kurson
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Social Security Disability Revealed
- By: Spencer Bishins
- Narrated by: Spencer Bishins
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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A former Social Security Administration (SSA) attorney goes behind the scenes to show you why it’s so difficult to win a Social Security Disability case. Working as an attorney advisor for over 10 years, the author drafted and reviewed thousands of disability decisions....
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Objective explanation of the process
- By Ashley on 05-16-24
By: Spencer Bishins