Bestsellers
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The Tennis Partner
- A Doctor's Story of Friendship and Loss
- By: Abraham Verghese
- Narrated by: Neil Shah
- Length: 13 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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When Abraham Verghese, a physician whose marriage is unraveling, relocates to El Paso, Texas, he hopes to make a fresh start as a staff member at the county hospital....
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Friendship, loss, compassion
- By Robin W. on 05-16-24
By: Abraham Verghese
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A Life Impossible
- Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence
- By: Steve Gleason, Jeff Duncan
- Narrated by: Daniel Cummings
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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In 2011, three years after leaving the NFL, Steve Gleason was diagnosed with ALS, a terminal disease that paralyzes the entire body. Doctors gave him three years to live. He was thirty-four years old. As Steve says, he is now ten years past his expiration date....
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A life impossible
- By Pedro on 05-18-24
By: Steve Gleason, and others
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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....
By: Alice Wong
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No Time Like the Future
- An Optimist Considers Mortality
- By: Michael J. Fox
- Narrated by: Michael J. Fox
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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A moving account of resilience, hope, fear, and mortality and how these things resonate in our lives, by actor and advocate Michael J. Fox....
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Thankful
- By Michelle J Swanson on 11-18-20
By: Michael J. Fox
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But Everyone Feels This Way
- How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life
- By: Paige Layle
- Narrated by: Paige Layle
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Paige Layle was normal. She lived in the countryside with her mom, dad, and brother Graham. She went to school, hung out with friends, and all the while everything seemed so much harder than it needed to be. A break in routine threw off the whole day....
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Very helpful perspective about growing up uniquely
- By Schuyler on 04-13-24
By: Paige Layle
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Autism in Heels
- The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum
- By: Jennifer Cook O'Toole
- Narrated by: Jennifer O'Toole
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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This intimate memoir reveals the woman inside one of autism’s most prominent figures, Jennifer O'Toole. At the age of 35, Jennifer was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, and for the first time in her life, things made sense....
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Somewhat relatable but not really.
- By M Bond on 02-26-23
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The Tennis Partner
- A Doctor's Story of Friendship and Loss
- By: Abraham Verghese
- Narrated by: Neil Shah
- Length: 13 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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When Abraham Verghese, a physician whose marriage is unraveling, relocates to El Paso, Texas, he hopes to make a fresh start as a staff member at the county hospital....
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Friendship, loss, compassion
- By Robin W. on 05-16-24
By: Abraham Verghese
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A Life Impossible
- Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence
- By: Steve Gleason, Jeff Duncan
- Narrated by: Daniel Cummings
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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In 2011, three years after leaving the NFL, Steve Gleason was diagnosed with ALS, a terminal disease that paralyzes the entire body. Doctors gave him three years to live. He was thirty-four years old. As Steve says, he is now ten years past his expiration date....
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A life impossible
- By Pedro on 05-18-24
By: Steve Gleason, and others
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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....
By: Alice Wong
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No Time Like the Future
- An Optimist Considers Mortality
- By: Michael J. Fox
- Narrated by: Michael J. Fox
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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A moving account of resilience, hope, fear, and mortality and how these things resonate in our lives, by actor and advocate Michael J. Fox....
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Thankful
- By Michelle J Swanson on 11-18-20
By: Michael J. Fox
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But Everyone Feels This Way
- How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life
- By: Paige Layle
- Narrated by: Paige Layle
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Paige Layle was normal. She lived in the countryside with her mom, dad, and brother Graham. She went to school, hung out with friends, and all the while everything seemed so much harder than it needed to be. A break in routine threw off the whole day....
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Very helpful perspective about growing up uniquely
- By Schuyler on 04-13-24
By: Paige Layle
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Autism in Heels
- The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum
- By: Jennifer Cook O'Toole
- Narrated by: Jennifer O'Toole
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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This intimate memoir reveals the woman inside one of autism’s most prominent figures, Jennifer O'Toole. At the age of 35, Jennifer was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, and for the first time in her life, things made sense....
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Somewhat relatable but not really.
- By M Bond on 02-26-23
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Mean Baby
- A Memoir of Growing Up
- By: Selma Blair
- Narrated by: Selma Blair
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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In a memoir that is as wildly funny as it is emotionally shattering, Selma Blair tells the captivating story of growing up and finding her truth....
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Poor little privileged girl...
- By Tesa Fisher on 09-20-22
By: Selma Blair
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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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We meet Andrew Leland as he’s suspended in the liminal state of the soon-to-be blind: he’s midway through his life with retinitis pigmentosa, a condition that ushers those who live with it from sightedness to blindness over years, even decades....
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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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Look Me in the Eye
- My Life with Asperger's
- By: John Elder Robison
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Ever since he was small, John Robison had longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits had earned him the label "social deviant"....
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Interesting autobiography; not autism-informative
- By Steener on 03-13-15
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Ghost Boy
- The Miraculous Escape of a Misdiagnosed Boy Trapped Inside His Own Body
- By: Martin Pistorius
- Narrated by: Simon Bubb
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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They all thought he was gone. But he was alive and trapped inside his own body for ten years....
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Best Book In Years
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 11-19-17
By: Martin Pistorius
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Thinking in Pictures
- My Life with Autism
- By: Temple Grandin
- Narrated by: Deborah Marlowe
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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In this unprecedented book, Grandin delivers a report from the country of autism....
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Interesting look Inside Autism
- By Sean on 07-11-10
By: Temple Grandin
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1% Better
- Reaching My Full Potential and How You Can Too
- By: Chris Nikic, Nik Nikic, Don Yaeger
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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What would your life look like if you measured success by your improvements instead of your victories? Chris Nikic, the first person with Down syndrome to ever complete an IRONMAN triathlon, inspires others to achieve their goals by getting one percent better better every day....
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Great athlete and great person
- By Katie Williams on 03-09-23
By: Chris Nikic, and others
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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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Normal Sucks
- How to Live, Learn, and Thrive, Outside the Lines
- By: Jonathan Mooney
- Narrated by: Jonathan Mooney
- Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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A neuro-diverse writer, advocate, and father meditates on his life, offering the radical message that we should stop trying to fix people and start empowering them to succeed....
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Beautiful
- By Tasha on 09-30-19
By: Jonathan Mooney
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The PDA Paradox
- The Highs and Lows of My Life on a Little-Known Part of the Autism Spectrum
- By: Harry Thompson, Felicity Evans - foreword
- Narrated by: Elliot Chapman
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Diagnosed with pathological demand avoidance (PDA) in his teenage years, Harry Thompson looks back with wit and humour at the ups and downs of family and romantic relationships, school, work and mental health, as well as his teenage struggle with drugs and alcohol....
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A great resource for PDAers & their loved ones
- By Rochelle Esser on 12-18-21
By: Harry Thompson, 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 Nish on 09-01-20
By: Rebekah Taussig
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Ido in Autismland
- Climbing Out of Autism's Silent Prison
- By: Ido Kedar
- Narrated by: Eli Bildner
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Ido in Autismland opens a window into non-verbal autism through dozens of short, autobiographical essays each offering new insights into autism symptoms, effective and ineffective treatments, and the inner emotional life of a severely autistic boy....
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Great inside view from a non- speaking person
- By Jason and Christy on 03-29-24
By: Ido Kedar
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Year of the Tiger
- An Activist's Life
- By: Alice Wong
- Narrated by: Nancy Wu
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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This groundbreaking memoir offers a glimpse into an activist's journey to finding and cultivating community and the continued fight for disability justice, from the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project....
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Alice Wong is rad
- By H on 09-16-22
By: Alice Wong
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Easy Beauty
- By: Chloé Cooper Jones
- Narrated by: Chloé Cooper Jones
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
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So begins Chloé Cooper Jones’s bold, revealing account of moving through the world in a body that looks different than most. Jones learned early on to factor “pain calculations” into every plan, every situation.
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Understanding Disabilities Increased
- By Gwendolyn Lewis on 06-10-22
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Haben
- The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law
- By: Haben Girma
- Narrated by: Haben Girma
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
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The incredible life story of Haben Girma, the first Deafblind graduate of Harvard Law School, and her amazing journey from isolation to the world stage....
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Wonderful story, told in her own voice.
- By Calucin on 08-10-19
By: Haben Girma
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Thunder Dog
- The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust at Ground Zero
- By: Michael Hingson, Susy Flory, Larry King - foreword
- Narrated by: Christopher Prince
- Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Follow Michael and his guide dog, Roselle, as their lives are changed forever by two explosions and 1,463 stairs. In this harrowing story of trust and courage, discover how blindness and a bond between dog and man saved lives and brought hope during one of America’s darkest days....
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Amazing story, some issues with the writing
- By Matthew on 04-08-22
By: Michael Hingson, and others
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Tough as They Come
- By: Travis Mills, Marcus Brotherton, Gary Sinise - foreword
- Narrated by: Travis Mills
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Thousands have been wounded in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Five have survived quadruple-amputee injuries. This is one soldier's story....
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So-so
- By Rachael Shook on 02-16-19
By: Travis Mills, and others
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Devout
- A Memoir of Doubt
- By: Anna Gazmarian
- Narrated by: Rachel LeBlang
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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In this revelatory memoir, Anna Gazmarian tells the story of how her evangelical upbringing in North Carolina failed to help her understand the mental health diagnosis she received, and the work she had to do to find proper medical treatment while also maintaining her faith....
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Beautifully Real
- By Kathleen Boone on 04-14-24
By: Anna Gazmarian
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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 Christopher A Cawthon on 09-28-20
By: Judith Heumann, and others
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#butGod
- The Power of Hope When Catastrophe Crashes In
- By: Jeremy Freeman, David Platt - foreword
- Narrated by: Emily Freeman, John Behrens, Gabe Wicks, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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When Jeremy and Emily Freeman’s teenage son Caleb was in a devastating car accident, doctors gave him a 10 percent chance of survival. Fear of losing a child was all too fresh for the Freemans—their son, Trey, had died just four years earlier from a genetic immunodeficiency....
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Beautiful and Inspiring
- By turtle on 06-27-23
By: Jeremy Freeman, and others
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Living with No Excuses
- The Remarkable Rebirth of an American Soldier
- By: Noah Galloway
- Narrated by: Noah Galloway
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Inspirational, humorous, and thought provoking, Noah Galloway's Living with No Excuses sheds light on his upbringing in rural Alabama, his military experience, and the battle he faced....
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Not what you expect but far better
- By Ginger on 08-28-16
By: Noah Galloway
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Vision
- A Memoir of Blindness and Justice
- By: David S. Tatel
- Narrated by: John Lescault, David S. Tatel
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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A memoir by one of America’s most accomplished public servants and legal thinkers—who spent years denying and working around his blindness, before finally embracing it as an essential part of his identity....
By: David S. Tatel
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Golem Girl
- A Memoir
- By: Riva Lehrer
- Narrated by: Riva Lehrer, Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 14 hrs
- Unabridged
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In 1958, Riva is one of the first children born with spina bifida to survive. Her parents and doctors are determined to "fix" her, sending the message over and over again that she is broken....
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One of the best disability themed books I’ve ever read
- By Justin & Ben on 01-18-23
By: Riva Lehrer
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Leg
- The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It
- By: Greg Marshall
- Narrated by: Greg Marshall
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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In this hilarious and poignant memoir, Greg Marshall grapples with family, disability, and coming of age in two closets—as a gay man and as a man living with cerebral palsy....
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Excellent memoir! Hilarious and so moving.
- By Amazon Customer on 01-14-24
By: Greg Marshall
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Deaf Utopia
- A Memoir—And a Love Letter to a Way of Life
- By: Nyle DiMarco, Robert Siebert
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Before becoming the actor, producer, advocate, and model that people know today, Nyle DiMarco was half of a pair of Deaf twins born to a multi-generational Deaf family in Queens, New York....
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ASL is more important as a curriculum than foreign languages in American schools
- By mama bird on 02-03-23
By: Nyle DiMarco, and others
New releases
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Living on Borrowed Time
- The Ravings of an Angry Survivor of Traumatic Brain Injury and Guardianship Abuse
- By: Rebecca S Meadows
- Narrated by: Lynnda Nelson
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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What would you do if it happened to you? If you awoke one day when you were twelve years old to be informed that your life was suddenly over? Well . . . Here is what I did. If you became the wealthiest person you would ever know just three and a half years later? What would that be like? Well, this is what it was like when it happened to me.
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But You Look So Normal
- Lost and Found in a Hearing World
- By: Claudia Marseille
- Narrated by: Becky Parker
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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But You Look So Normal is the inspiring story of a life affected, but not defined, by an invisible disability. It is a journey through family, loss, shame, identity, love, and healing as Claudia finally, joyfully, finds her place in the world.
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Steady Hedy: A Journey through Blindness & Guide Dog School
- By: Carolyn Wing Greenlee
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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In this raw, intimate and honest memoir, Greenlee shares the surprising lessons and adventures she encountered after the devastation of her sudden and profound loss of vision. She takes the reader past the gates of Guide Dogs for the Blind in San Rafael, California, and into the 28 days of intensive training required to graduate with a guide dog. Surrounded by supportive community of staff and students, Greenlee faces the bondage of her Confucian upbringing and finds freedom far beyond mobility with a guide dog.
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Stand Up
- a memoir of disease, family, faith & hope
- By: Ken Cruickshank
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Friends and family expected Ken Cruickshank to continue playing sports, traveling, engaging in mischief, and raising an active brood after marrying his soulmate, Karen. Indeed, all proceeded to plan until an invisible enemy strengthened its grip on his body and mind. Goals, abilities, and many dreams grew forever affected by progressive disease. After an accident crumpled his weakened body, the author dug deep to rediscover the optimism and hope he'd once considered his essence. Ken realized that the illness he blamed for stealing his identity was also the path to wisdom and a life of ...
By: Ken Cruickshank
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Silent Pigeons Coo
- The Story of Anthony Lawton’s Fight Against Progressive Sensory Loss
- By: John Moore
- Narrated by: David Gurney
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Born deaf and discovering encroaching blindness at the age of 16, Anthony Lawton’s future appeared to be full of locked doors. Prejudice. Delayed education. Distorted speech. Limited sight. But when benign strangers intercede and inner gifts reveal themselves the opportunity to pursue a childhood dream of speaking and participating in mainstream society become a realisable vision. He would need to do this before the consequences of dual sensory loss would again close the doors.
By: John Moore
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Blind Man with a Vision
- Losing Sight and Gaining Insight
- By: Dave Kelly
- Narrated by: Dave Kelly
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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At the age of thirty-one, Dave Kelly lost his eyesight to a rare disease called retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Up until then, he had lived a life like any other young man, albeit one blessed to be growing up in Liverpool during the heyday of The Beatles and Liverpool FCs win against Leeds in the 1965 FA Cup. But then, one day everything changed. Dave was faced with a choice. He could either let blindness defeat him or he could face it head-on and live as fulfilling a life as he possibly could.
By: Dave Kelly
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Living on Borrowed Time
- The Ravings of an Angry Survivor of Traumatic Brain Injury and Guardianship Abuse
- By: Rebecca S Meadows
- Narrated by: Lynnda Nelson
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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What would you do if it happened to you? If you awoke one day when you were twelve years old to be informed that your life was suddenly over? Well . . . Here is what I did. If you became the wealthiest person you would ever know just three and a half years later? What would that be like? Well, this is what it was like when it happened to me.
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But You Look So Normal
- Lost and Found in a Hearing World
- By: Claudia Marseille
- Narrated by: Becky Parker
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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But You Look So Normal is the inspiring story of a life affected, but not defined, by an invisible disability. It is a journey through family, loss, shame, identity, love, and healing as Claudia finally, joyfully, finds her place in the world.
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Steady Hedy: A Journey through Blindness & Guide Dog School
- By: Carolyn Wing Greenlee
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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In this raw, intimate and honest memoir, Greenlee shares the surprising lessons and adventures she encountered after the devastation of her sudden and profound loss of vision. She takes the reader past the gates of Guide Dogs for the Blind in San Rafael, California, and into the 28 days of intensive training required to graduate with a guide dog. Surrounded by supportive community of staff and students, Greenlee faces the bondage of her Confucian upbringing and finds freedom far beyond mobility with a guide dog.
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Stand Up
- a memoir of disease, family, faith & hope
- By: Ken Cruickshank
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Friends and family expected Ken Cruickshank to continue playing sports, traveling, engaging in mischief, and raising an active brood after marrying his soulmate, Karen. Indeed, all proceeded to plan until an invisible enemy strengthened its grip on his body and mind. Goals, abilities, and many dreams grew forever affected by progressive disease. After an accident crumpled his weakened body, the author dug deep to rediscover the optimism and hope he'd once considered his essence. Ken realized that the illness he blamed for stealing his identity was also the path to wisdom and a life of ...
By: Ken Cruickshank
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Silent Pigeons Coo
- The Story of Anthony Lawton’s Fight Against Progressive Sensory Loss
- By: John Moore
- Narrated by: David Gurney
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Born deaf and discovering encroaching blindness at the age of 16, Anthony Lawton’s future appeared to be full of locked doors. Prejudice. Delayed education. Distorted speech. Limited sight. But when benign strangers intercede and inner gifts reveal themselves the opportunity to pursue a childhood dream of speaking and participating in mainstream society become a realisable vision. He would need to do this before the consequences of dual sensory loss would again close the doors.
By: John Moore
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Blind Man with a Vision
- Losing Sight and Gaining Insight
- By: Dave Kelly
- Narrated by: Dave Kelly
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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At the age of thirty-one, Dave Kelly lost his eyesight to a rare disease called retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Up until then, he had lived a life like any other young man, albeit one blessed to be growing up in Liverpool during the heyday of The Beatles and Liverpool FCs win against Leeds in the 1965 FA Cup. But then, one day everything changed. Dave was faced with a choice. He could either let blindness defeat him or he could face it head-on and live as fulfilling a life as he possibly could.
By: Dave Kelly
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Under The Second Ridicule
- By: W J O'Reilly
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs
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UNDER THE SECOND RIDICULE: A Philosophical Fable of Perseverance and Creativity is a thought-provoking exploration of the challenges faced by artists and creators in their quest for self-expression and originality. This philosophical fable delves into the idea that creativity often comes with a price - the price of being ridiculed and criticized for one's work. The title refers to the notion that it is not enough to withstand ridicule once, but that one must be prepared to endure it again and again to truly persevere in their artistic pursuits. Through a series of vivid and imaginative ...
By: W J O'Reilly
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Splendid Agony
- Celebrating Dyslexia
- By: T. Durant Fleming
- Narrated by: Andy Pearson
- Length: 3 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Splendid Agony is an informative, illuminating, and encouraging book that offers valuable insights for people with dyslexia, parents and teachers of people with dyslexia, and anyone who wants to know more about what it's like to go through the American educational system with dyslexia.
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Dementia and Our Love
- Caregiving as Spiritual Practice
- By: Heather Ferris
- Narrated by: Heather Ferris
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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DEMENTIA and OUR LOVE, Caregiving as spiritual practice, is the story of Gary and Heather's love that sustained them through an unusual and courageous life across continents, including tending Gary and his onset of dementia at 73 years. The story helped them remember their love and use this energy to move through the hard times. We will always remember us this way, a song by Lady Gaga, was pivotal in keeping Heathers focus.
By: Heather Ferris
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How I Survived and Thrived with ADHD
- Hard Conversations with My Younger Self
- By: Anais Fournier, Melanie Drouin
- Narrated by: Azure Elizabeth
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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In "How I Survived and Thrived with ADHD," author Anais Fournier offers a heartfelt and insightful journey through her life as a 19-year-old college student with ADHD. With a refreshing and empathetic approach, Anais shares her experiences, thoughts, and reflections about living with ADHD, aiming to redefine how we perceive neurological disorders and, ultimately, ourselves.
By: Anais Fournier, and others
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Somebody I Used to Know
- By: Wendy Mitchell
- Narrated by: Wendy Mitchell
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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How do you build a life when all that you know is changing? How do you conceive of love when you can no longer recognise those who mean the most to you? A phenomenal memoir, Somebody I Used to Know is both a heart-rending tribute to the woman Wendy Mitchell once was, and a brave affirmation of the woman dementia has seen her become.
By: Wendy Mitchell
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Hiding Behind My Bipolar Mask
- By: Onya Page
- Narrated by: Mandy Grant-Grierson
- Length: 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Join Onya Page as she gently guides you through the struggles of living with bipolar disorder II, helping you better understand mental health. This book explores a world of emotions through simple yet powerful poetry. With heartfelt verses, this collection offers comfort and companionship to those going through the process of their inner struggles. Through each poem, discover the courage to confront the shadows and embrace the light within.
By: Onya Page
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A Life Impossible
- Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence
- By: Steve Gleason, Jeff Duncan
- Narrated by: Daniel Cummings
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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In 2011, three years after leaving the NFL, Steve Gleason was diagnosed with ALS, a terminal disease that paralyzes the entire body. Doctors gave him three years to live. He was thirty-four years old. As Steve says, he is now ten years past his expiration date. His memoir is the chronicle of a remarkable life, one filled with optimism and joy, despite the trauma and pain and despair he has experienced.
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A life impossible
- By Pedro on 05-18-24
By: Steve Gleason, and others
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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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What is intimacy? More than sex, more than romantic love, the pieces in this stunning and illuminating new anthology offer broader and more inclusive definitions of what it can mean to be intimate with another person. Explorations of caregiving, community, access, and friendship offer us alternative ways of thinking about the connections we form with others—a vital reimagining in an era when forced physical distance is at times a necessary norm.
By: Alice Wong
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After the Flames
- A Burn Victim's Battle with Celebrity
- By: Jonathan R. Rose
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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After the Flames is about one of the world's most famous burn victims: his incredible survival, his nightmarish path to recovery that helped revolutionize medical treatment for burn victims worldwide, the fame thrust upon him after he was declared a hero from the media, and the tumultuous years that followed, most of which were spent under the microscope of an unforgiving public eye.
By: Jonathan R. Rose
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Bipolar Disorder
- A Journey from Darkness to Acceptance
- By: J.L. Douglas
- Narrated by: Christine Marie
- Length: 1 hr and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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A journey from darkness to acceptance is a raw and compelling memoir chronicling one woman's harrowing personal struggle with mental illness. When a severe psychotic break abruptly derails Elisa's stable life as a wife and mother, she finds herself plunged into an unpredictable world ruled by the terrifying whims of her mind. This powerful personal account traces Elisa's odyssey through the fragmented mental health system, oscillating from psychiatric holds to outpatient programs and back again as doctors struggle to control her volatile mood cycles.
By: J.L. Douglas
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Led by Love
- An Anthology of True Short Stories Honoring Service Dogs
- By: Tina Felton
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 2 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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This collection of autobiographical tales answers many readers' questions regarding the lives of those needing service dogs. What sorts of challenges do the legally blind face? How does one go about obtaining a guide dog? How can disabilities affect relationships? How does one cope with being diagnosed with a chronic and degenerative condition? Can an animal really become a dear friend? Not only are these stories engaging and heartwarming, but 100% of the profit from each purchase will be donated to Guide Dogs for the Blind in order to raise funds for those who need a canine companion. ...
By: Tina Felton
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Top of the World
- Surviving the Manchester Bombing to Scale Kilimanjaro in a Wheelchair
- By: Martin Hibbert, Fiona Duffy, Dan Walker - foreword
- Narrated by: Will Edgerton
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
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Martin Hibbert was left paralysed from the waist down by the Manchester Arena bombing which killed twenty-two people on 22 May 2017. Martin’s teenage daughter Eve was one of the 940 injured, in Eve’s case, gravely. The dad from Bolton has since become a leading campaigner both for victims of the atrocity and those with spinal cord injuries. Determined to make a difference he took on the ultimate challenge, scaling Kilimanjaro in a wheelchair, becoming the second paraplegic to do so, and raising a million pounds for charity.
By: Martin Hibbert, and others