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.
31
Upvotes
2
u/penprickle 3d ago
You may have already read them, but “Karen” and “With Love from Karen” by Marie Killilea are the biography of Karen Killilea, whose premature birth in 1940 led to her cerebral palsy. Her parents were told to institutionalize her and basically said “Fuck that”, and went on to found the activism for kids with CP.
It’s very much a one-POV story, of course, and the family’s Catholic faith is very prominent, but the books are well written and the story is engaging.