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The series Six of Crows has a MC with a bad leg. He broke it as a child and it didn’t heal right. He uses a cane. Another character can’t read (assumed dyslexia of some sort) and other neurodiverse characters. The Tea Dragon Society graphic novel series has a deaf side/background character (I think it’s one of later books). And one of the MCs in the first book is in a wheelchair.
The graphic novel Mooncakes has a deaf/HoH MC.
I haven’t read it, but my friend with hyper-mobility/ehlers danlos syndrome said Fourth Wing’s MC has some kind of conditions with physical symptoms my friend related to.
The second book in the Giver Series (Gathering Blue)‘s MC has some kind of issue where her leg didn’t grow right and she chronically walks with a cane. Renegades by Marissa Meyer has a semi-important side character with a cane/limp (I think he has a chronic bone disease??)
If I repeat any books on your list sorry—I’m on my phone and can’t look at your doc and my books at once
Okay last bit—In The Crown of Feathers (in the first or second book), one of the MCs gets an injury to his shoulder and it never heals properly, so he loses the ability to use it properly for the rest of his life. I appreciated how his injury didn’t magically heal like they always do and it became an actual disability. --Also it has a side/important character who is blind.
Aaand one of the MCs in the Throne of glass series gets paralyzed from waist down and can’t use his legs (in the fourth or fifth book). The next book they try to heal it. I haven’t finished the series but I don’t think they do, so he ends up in a wheelchair.
Ariana wrote: "The series Six of Crows has a MC with a bad leg. He broke it as a child and it didn’t heal right. He uses a cane. Another character can’t read (assumed dyslexia of some sort) and other neurodiverse..."oooh I have mooncakes out from the library rn! Time to move it all the way up my TBR :)
Ohh, recommending books. One of my special interests. Prepare to be book dumped!Deaf
El Deafo
True Biz
Song for a Whale
I Hear the Sunspot
Jessi's Secret Language: A Graphic Novel
Blind/or losing sight
All the Light We Cannot See:
Love and First Sight
Love Blind
Not If I See You First
Lila and Hadley
The Distance Between Me and the Cherry Tree
A Blind Guide to StinkvilleVision problems due to her Albinism. She also has a service dog
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
When We Were Vikings
Before the Storm
Prosopagnosia
Holding Up the Universe
The Resting Place
When I Find You
What We Saw at Night
Photosensitivity
Awake
The Ice Garden
Lovely, Dark, and Deep
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Fight + Flight
A Zebra Like Me
Tourette's Syndrome
Forget Me Not
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus
Kiss and Repeat
The Great Unknowable End
When Mr. Dog Bites
Different
A Taxonomy of LoveThe Rest of Us Just Live Here
OCD
OCDaniel
History Is All You Left Me
Turtles All the Way Down
The Charm Offensive OCD autism and depression
Under Rose-Tainted Skies
Am I Normal Yet?
Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute
Kissing Doorknobs
Beard in Mind
Across the Universe Doc has it
Cookie Cutters & Sled Runners
Spotless
Mute
Silence is Goldfish
What the Wind Can Tell YouEpilepsy & wheelchair
What I Couldn't Tell You
A Quiet Kind of Thunder also deaf
Dyslexia
Brilliant Bea
Fish in a Tree
Dsygraphia
Abdul's Story
The Monster in the Mudball
Wheelchair
Out of My Mind & Out of My Heart Cerebral palsy
The Chance to Fly
Leg
What Happened to You?
The Crazy Man
Misc.
Painless Can't feel pain
Elle(s), Vol. 1: The New Girl Multiple Personalities
Love From A to Z Multiple sclerosis
Get a Life, Chloe BrownFibromyalgia
Take Your Medicine vasovagal syncope
Highly Illogical Behavior agoraphobic
Always Only You Autism, rheumatoid arthritis and uses a cane
What do you consider to be a disability?I highly recommend this user/site https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2...
CraftyChara wrote: "What do you consider to be a disability?I highly recommend this user/site https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2..."
omg thanks so much! Kidslit is def the most lacking thing in my personal list and I always feel bad I never have any to recommend ppl whn they ask :( I'll def give that user's shelves a look thru (and probably steal most of their recs, lol)
r u cool w me adding ur recs to my list? Feel free to do the same with mine!
It’s great to see all these recs! 🙌📚
Over the last couple of days I read:It All Makes Sense Now: Embrace Your ADHD Brain to Live a Creative and Colorful Life
I found it very good. 5 stars.
Another great book I read today:Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally
5 stars
I’m away from my computer for the weekend but once I’m back home I can definitely give some recs, especially for kidlit! My younger cousin has cerebral palsy so I try to keep an eye out for books in that age range to pass along to my aunt
Parenting While You’re Autistic by Pooky Knightsmith - highly recommend to any other parents out there.
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How to Keep House While Drowning (other topics)Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally (other topics)
It All Makes Sense Now: Embrace Your ADHD Brain to Live a Creative and Colorful Life (other topics)
A Blind Guide to Stinkville (other topics)
Lila and Hadley (other topics)
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I know we have a thread for people to rec their fav autistic books but since autism's co-morbid with so many other disabilities I thought it might be helpful to start one to rec disability rep more generally!
I personally collect disability lit recs and you can find my list here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
I'd love to here about more that aren't on my radar yet!