Disability Pride Month

Disability Pride Month occurs worldwide, usually in July. Disability Pride has evolved from a day of celebration to a month-long event.

It originated in the United States to commemorate the passing of the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in July 1990. People with disabilities make up 15% of the world's population, representing all ages, races, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, religions, and socio-economic backgrounds.

Disability Pride Month celebrates people with disabilities, their identities, their culture, and their contributions to society. It also seeks to change the way people think about and define disability, to end the stigma of disability, and to promote the belief that disability is a natural part of human diversity in which people living with disabilities can celebrate and take pride. It's a chance for people with disabilities to come together and celebrate being themselves, no matter their differences. It's also a chance to raise awareness of the challenges they still face every day to be treated equally.

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Kids

Farther Than the Moon by Lindsay Lackey (Book)
Hunter's Tall Tales by Rosalie Mastaler (Book)
Sam's Super Seats by Keah Brown (Book, Overdrive eBook)
My City Speaks by Darren LeBeuf (Book, Overdrive eBook, Hoopla eBook)
My Friend Is Deaf by Kirsten Chang (Book, Hoopla eBook)
Dancing Hands: A Story of Friendship in Filipino Sign Language by Joanna Que (Book, Hoopla eBook)
Her own two feet : a Rwandan girl's brave fight to walk by Meredith Davis (Book, Hoopla eAudiobook)
Sports of the Paralympic Games by Aaron Derr (Book, Hoopla eBook
Figure it Out, Henri Weldon by Tanita Davis (Book, Hoopla eBook, Hoopla eAudioBook)

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Teens

Conditions of a Heart by Bethany Mangle (Book)
The Bite of the Mango by Mariata Kamara (Book, Hoopla eBook)
The Oracle Code by Marieke Nijkamp (Book, Hoopla eBook)
Give Me a Sign by Anna Sortino (Book)
Sick Kids in Love by Hannah Moskowitz (Book, Hoopla eBook, Hoopla eAudiobook)
Ghost Boy by Martin Pistorius (Book, Hoopla eBook, Hoopla eAudiobook)
This is Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kacen Callender (Book, Hoopla eAudiobook)
Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens by Various (Book)
A Time to Dance by Padma Venkatraman (Book)
Breathe and Count Back From Ten by Natalia Sylvester (Book, Hoopla eBook, Hoopla eAudioBook)

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Adults

Deaf Utopia: A Memoir and a Love Letter to a Way of Life by Nyle DiMarco (Book, Hoopla eBook, Hoopla eAudioBook)
Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Advocate by Judith Heumann (Book)
Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to be an Ally by Emily Ladau (Book)
A Disability History of the United States by Kim E. Nielsen (Book)
No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality by Michael J. Fox (Book)
The Story of a Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon (Audiobook)
The Way I See It: A Personal Look at Autism and Asperger's by Temple Grandin (Book)