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Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.43 — 18,527 ratings — published 2020
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Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.27 — 3,062 ratings — published 2023
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Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.39 — 10,413 ratings — published 2020
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Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.30 — 26,936 ratings — published 2022
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Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.37 — 4,623 ratings — published 2021
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A Kind of Spark A Kind of Spark (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.48 — 11,457 ratings — published 2020
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Hunchback Hunchback (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as ableism)
avg rating 3.33 — 22,428 ratings — published 2023
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Flowers for Algernon Flowers for Algernon (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.25 — 847,926 ratings — published 1966
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Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,778 ratings — published 2024
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Out on a Limb (Out, #1) Out on a Limb (Out, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.22 — 205,761 ratings — published 2023
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Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.56 — 768 ratings — published 2017
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You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P! (Scholastic Gold) You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P! (Scholastic Gold)
by (shelved 4 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.02 — 3,050 ratings — published 2018
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All of Us Murderers All of Us Murderers (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as ableism)
avg rating 3.69 — 10,514 ratings — published 2025
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The Anti-Ableist Manifesto: Smashing Stereotypes, Forging Change, and Building a Disability-Inclusive World The Anti-Ableist Manifesto: Smashing Stereotypes, Forging Change, and Building a Disability-Inclusive World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.18 — 784 ratings — published 2024
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The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.49 — 3,337 ratings — published 2023
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Where You See Yourself Where You See Yourself (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.11 — 2,754 ratings — published 2023
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Some Desperate Glory Some Desperate Glory (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.05 — 22,476 ratings — published 2023
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Blank Canvas (Irons and Works, #2) Blank Canvas (Irons and Works, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.16 — 3,726 ratings — published 2019
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I Hear the Sunspot, Vol. 1 (I Hear the Sunspot #1) I Hear the Sunspot, Vol. 1 (I Hear the Sunspot #1)
by (shelved 3 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.24 — 10,967 ratings — published 2014
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The Words in My Hands The Words in My Hands (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,631 ratings — published 2020
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I'm a Queerfeminist Cyborg, That's Okay. Gedankensammlung zu Anti/Ableismus I'm a Queerfeminist Cyborg, That's Okay. Gedankensammlung zu Anti/Ableismus (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.36 — 47 ratings — published 2018
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El Deafo El Deafo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.20 — 92,399 ratings — published 2014
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Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.37 — 2,556 ratings — published 1999
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The Beat I Drum (Life of a Cactus #3) The Beat I Drum (Life of a Cactus #3)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.41 — 1,476 ratings — published 2025
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Upward Bound Upward Bound (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 3.97 — 16,100 ratings — published 2026
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King of the Neuro Verse King of the Neuro Verse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 3.87 — 471 ratings — published 2025
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Capitalism and Disability: Selected Writings by Marta Russell Capitalism and Disability: Selected Writings by Marta Russell (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.45 — 467 ratings — published 2019
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Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.31 — 304,322 ratings — published 2025
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The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.41 — 1,599 ratings — published 2022
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The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability (ANIMA: Critical Race Studies Otherwise) The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability (ANIMA: Critical Race Studies Otherwise)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.32 — 488 ratings — published
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Health Communism Health Communism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.25 — 1,113 ratings — published 2022
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It's All or Nothing, Vale It's All or Nothing, Vale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,236 ratings — published 2025
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Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.25 — 1,368 ratings — published 2023
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Some Like It Cold Some Like It Cold (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 3.68 — 2,369 ratings — published 2024
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Sincerely, Your Autistic Child Sincerely, Your Autistic Child (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.23 — 2,219 ratings — published 2021
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The Chance to Fly (The Chance to Fly, #1) The Chance to Fly (The Chance to Fly, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,352 ratings — published 2021
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You're So Amazing! You're So Amazing! (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.37 — 417 ratings — published
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Blindsight (Firefall, #1) Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.00 — 59,547 ratings — published 2006
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Fighting for YES!: The Story of Disability Rights Activist Judith Heumann Fighting for YES!: The Story of Disability Rights Activist Judith Heumann (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.41 — 429 ratings — published 2022
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A Mango-Shaped Space A Mango-Shaped Space (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.21 — 36,892 ratings — published 2005
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Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health (Outspoken by Pluto) Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health (Outspoken by Pluto)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.34 — 966 ratings — published 2023
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Me Before You (Me Before You, #1) Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,850,639 ratings — published 2012
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Ableism in Education: Rethinking School Practices and Policies (Equity and Social Justice in Education) Ableism in Education: Rethinking School Practices and Policies (Equity and Social Justice in Education)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 3.98 — 62 ratings — published
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Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,538 ratings — published 2024
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Conditions of a Heart Conditions of a Heart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 3.97 — 350 ratings — published 2024
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Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.18 — 9,627 ratings — published 2024
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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 3.90 — 343,807 ratings — published 2023
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Dexter Is Delicious (Dexter, #5) Dexter Is Delicious (Dexter, #5)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 3.82 — 24,603 ratings — published 2010
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Solange nicole
“There's nothing more debilitating about a disability than the way people treat you over it.”
― Solange nicole

Elle McNicoll
“Want to know the worst thing about being autistic? It's not the autism."
I throw the napkin down and push back my chair.
"It's people like you.”
― Elle McNicoll, Keedie

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