During the month of July, we celebrate Disability Pride and the 33rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act on July 26th! We celebrate this important civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including jobs, schools, transportation, and all public and private places that are open to the general public.
This month and always, we seek to learn and grow together. Our former Duke Divinity Intern, Tatum Tricarico, has book recommendations! Tatum says, “These books have helped me feel known, validated my experience, given me language to describe myself, and given me mentors and friends in my community. They truly have changed my life. I hope you enjoy!”
Introduction to Disability
- Demystifying Disability, Emily Ladau
- Disability History Of The United States, Kim Nielsen
Autobiography
- Being Heumann, Judith Heumann
- Haben, Haben Girma
- Year of The Tiger, Alice Wong
- The Pretty One, Keah Brown
- Exile and Pride, Eli Clare
- Sitting Pretty, Rebekah Taussig
Anthologies
- Disability Visibility, Edited by Alive Wong
- About us, Edited by Andrew Solomon
Disability Justice
- Care Work, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
- The Future is Disabled, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Disability Theology
- My Body Is Not A Prayer Request, Amy Kenny
- Spirit and the Politics of Disablement, Sharon Betcher
- Becoming The Baptized Body, Sarah Barton
Disability Justice, Fiction
- True Biz, Sara Novic
- Good Kings Bad Kings, Susan Nussbaum
- Accidents of Nature, Harriet McBryde Johnson
Realistic Fiction
- Marcelo In The Real World, Francisco X. Stork
- Queens of Geeks, Jen Wilde
- One Two Three, Laurie Frankel
Romance
- Love From A to Z, S. K. Ali
- The Silence Between Us, Alison Gervais
- Say What You Will, Cammie McGoern
- Holding Up The Universe, Jennifer Niven
- Get A Life, Chloe Brown, Talia Halbert
