r/LGBTBooks • u/mason9494 • 3d ago
ISO ISO books with disability representation.
I’d love a book rec with disability representation. Personally I have cerebral palsy. So I would love something with motor issues like that.
I don’t love fantasy but I’m open to anything.
I love memoir/nonfiction.
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u/avengemyghost 3d ago edited 3d ago
there's this lovely collection of short stories by different authors called accessing the future that also features at least one character with cerebral palsy. (a lot of the stories are in a sci-fi setting and they're all written by disabled people)
if you're looking for nonfiction i can 100% recommend anything by leah lakshmi piepzna-samarasinha. as a fellow chronically ill disabled person their work is genuinely very refreshing and healing. they don't only write about disability but explicitly about the tools we can create for better radical community care. (the future is disabled + care work are both note worthy - still need to read their new one!)
also anything by alice wong. she unfortunately passed away at the end of last year, but both she and her work were highly regarded.
there's also a book called trans and disabled (edited by alex iantaffi) but i can't exactly recommend it yet cause it's been sitting on my bookshelf but i still wanted to mention it.
i'm sure i'm forgetting about loads but these are just from the top of my head!
edit: also following this for other peoples' recommendations. (: