People with Disabilities

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984881441Author Andrew LelandFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Pamela Dorman BooksPublisher Penguin Adult

An incisive and deeply candid account that explores autistic women in culture, myth, and society through the prism of the author's own diagnosis. Until the 1980s, autism was regarded as a condition found mostly in boys. Even in our time, autistic girls...

The Sunday Times Bestseller From the award-winning writer of The Times Magazine's 'Spinal Column': a deeply moving, darkly funny, inspirational memoir 'It's beautiful - full of love and light...

'A genuine masterpiece' Observer 'Spectacular' Maggie O'Farrell 'Beautiful' Hilary Mantel 'Fascinating... bold and masterful' Max Porter The highly anticipated new novel from the Costa-award...

'Will inspire you never to dim your light.' - Katie Piper OBE The debut book in Katie Piper's UnSeen series looks at fashion model's Ellie Goldstein's astounding journey as she overcomes adversity and makes history by becoming the first supermodel...

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...

Women's lives are shaped by sexism and expectations. Disabled people's lives are shaped by ableism and a complete lack of expectations. But what happens when you're subjected to both sets of rules?This powerful, honest, hilarious and furious memoir from...

Christy Brown was born with cerebral palsy and severe physical disability. He grew up to become a brilliantly imaginative and sensitive writer who would take his place among the giants of Irish literature.This autobiography, published in 1954 when he was...

'Painful, raw and with an honesty that rings clear as a bell' Catherine Simpson, author of When I Had a Little Sister A searing account of a mother's late-diagnosis of autism - and its reaching effects on a whole family. ...

'It raises the standard of nature writing. This is both radical manifesto and activism in book form'Sally Huband, author of Sea Bean'Defiant and dazzling'Freya Bromley, author of The Tidal Year'Essential reading'Jessica J. Lee, author of Turning'Long...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of East Anglian Book Awards: Biography & Memoir 2020. Runner-up for ALCS Educational Writers' Award 2020.Book InformationISBN 9781912408320Author Charlotte Amelia...

The Secrets of My Spectrum offers a deeply personal glimpse into life on the Autism Spectrum, written by Callum Knight when he was only sixteen. With honesty and insight, this part memoir, part guidebook provides a unique perspective on what it's like to...

You Changed My Life tells the extraordinary true story of the charming Algerian con-man whose friendship with a disabled French aristocrat inspired the record-breaking hit film, The Intouchables . Sellou's fictional reincarnation, Driss, played to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781782813521Author Jill Allen-KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint G2 Entertainment LtdPublisher G2 Entertainment Ltd

A darkly comic and moving reflection on what it means to be human in a world where nothing is certain, from the award-winning Oxford professor'The best book about multiple sclerosis'THE TIMES'An outstanding feat'SUNDAY TIMESWe all have trapdoors in our...

In Blind Spot, Maud Rowell challenges readers to think differently about what they may take for granted, carrying them on a whirlwind tour through time and space - from Japanese tube stations to the 18th century museum - to showcase what the world looks...

A CBC BOOKS BEST NONFICTION OF 2020AN ENTROPY MAGAZINE BEST NONFICTION 2020/21A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOK OF THE DAY (07/23/2022)Fairy tales shape how we see the world, so what happens when you identify more with the Beast than Beauty?If every...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593536810Author Steve GleasonFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

Jamie Andrew's survival and rescue after five nights trapped by a ferocious storm in 1999 has passed into Alpine legend. It was a miracle that he survived; but Jamie had to come to terms not only with the death of his close friend, Jamie Fisher, who died...

Living with cerebral palsy is enormously difficult. But what if you never knew you had it? This is the incredible story of Ilana Stankler. Born the second of premature twins, an hour apart, from a young age Ilana knew she was different, but for all...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784529574Author Grace LiuFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Panoma PressPublisher Rethink PressWeight(grams) 248gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 11mm

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.Growing up as...

Billy the cat was rescued from an abandoned house. Fraser was a two-year-old autistic child with a multitude of problems when he first met Billy at the cat protection shelter. Billy purred, laid his paws across Fraser and they have been inseparable ever...

Exiting Nirvana" is a strong and affecting profile of an artist with autism, beautifully written by her mother...Skillfully weaving in theories of autism with the experience of raising an autistic child, Park goes beyond individual history to address the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593469736Author Alice WongFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA Inc

When John Tovey lost his sight at the age of 42, he thought his life was over. He was wrong, it was just beginning. John had followed a bad path drifting in and out of trouble. He was sent to improvement schools, a young offenders institute and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781988025056Author Karen Pape, M.D.Format HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Barlow PublishingPublisher Barlow PublishingWeight(grams) 662gDimensions(mm) 231mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781835631089Author Yvonne JordineFormat PaperbackPage Count 68Imprint New Generation PublishingPublisher New Generation PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781527229761Author Steve SlavinFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint MarshwoodPublisher MarshwoodWeight(grams) 331gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 17mm

'All I wanted to do was go to sleep. And I was certain that if I did drift off, it would be for the last time.'In 1998, Paul Pritchard was struck on the head by a falling rock as he climbed a sea stack in Tasmania called the Totem Pole. Close to death,...

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'Fascinating ... compelling ... very funny' Sunday Times'A defiant call to arms ... affecting ... lingers long in the memory after its final page' Morning Star'A skilful act of literary witness, sharp, moving and funny' Joanne Limburg 'Christoph Keller ....

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'His clarity, wit and determination are evident, his understand and good humour moving' New ScientistMy Brief History recounts Stephen Hawking's improbable journey, from his post-war London boyhood to his years of international acclaim and celebrity...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770414488Author Rich DonovanFormat HardbackPage Count 260Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,Canada

'Freya Lewis is extraordinary' Katie Piper'A love letter to the NHS' Lorraine Kelly'A poignant story of courage and pain but, most of all, it is a striking testament to friendship.' Daily Express'A candid account of the terrorist attack and the effect it...

The Manchester Arena attack nearly destroyed her. Love and courage saved her. Freya Lewis was just three metres away from the terrorist who detonated the bomb at the Manchester arena on the night of 22nd May 2017. Her best friend Nell was tragically...

A Short History of Falling - like The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and When Breath Becomes Air - is a searingly beautiful, profound and unforgettable memoir that finds light and even humour in the darkest of places. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910786437Author Emily OwenFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Malcolm Down Publishing LtdPublisher Malcolm Down Publishing LtdDimensions(mm) 198mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784521219Author Robin SheppardFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Panoma PressPublisher Rethink PressWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...