Physical and Sensory Disabilities

Amputation, Limb Difference

What Happened to You? - James Catchpole  (Kids Fiction, Picture-book)
You're So Amazing! - James & Lucy Catchpole  (Kids Fiction, Picture-book)
To Speak with the Stars - K. V. Wilson   (YA Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, LGBTQI)
Beneath the Sugar Sky - Seanan McGuire  (YA Fiction, Fantasy)
Galaxy: The Prettiest Star - Jadzia Axelrod  (YA Fiction, Graphic Novel)
Finding Balance - Kati Gardner  (YA Fiction, Contemporary)
Ember and the Phoeniz - Lauren Magaziner  (Teens Fiction, Fantasy)
Double Negative - Susan Marshall  (YA Fiction, Romance)
Girl Out of Water - Laura Silverman (YA Fiction, Fantasy, Romance)
Nimona - N. D. Stevenson  (YA Fiction, Graphic Novel, LGBTQI)
Just Don’t Fall (YA version) - Josh Sundquist  (YA Non-Fiction, Memoir)
The Running Dream - Wendelin Van Draanen  (Teens Fiction, Contemporary)

Blindness/Vision Loss

Mr Maple - Paul Castle    (Kids Fiction, Picture Book)
Lila and Hadley - Kody Keplinger   (Teens Fiction, Contemporary)
A Darker Shade of Magic - V.E. Schwab   (YA Fiction, Fantasy)
Not If I See You First - Eric Lindstrom   (YA Fiction, Romance)
Count All Her Bones - April Henry   (YA Fiction, Sci-Fi, Fantasy)
Dog Driven - Terry Lynn Johnson   (Teens Fiction, Contemporary)

Crohn's Disease

Sh!t Bag - Xena Knox  (YA Fiction, Romance, Humour)
Two Girls Staring at the Ceiling - Lucy Frank  (YA Poety)
Inheritance of Scars - Crystal Seitz  (YA Fiction, Fantasy)
Will on the Inside - Andrew Eliopulos  (Teens Fiction, General)
The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet - Jake Maia Arlow  (Teens, General, LGBTQI)

Deafness, Hearing Loss

El Deafo - Cecelia Bell  (Kids Fiction, General)
Boy - Phil Cummings & Shane Devries   (Kids Fiction, Picture Book)
Running on the Cracks - Julia Donaldson   (YA Fiction, Contemporary)
The Night the Moon Went Out - Samantha Baines   (Kids Fiction, Picture Book)
Tone Deaf - Olivia Rivers   (YA Fiction, Contemporary)
Set Me Free - Ann Clare Lezotte   (Teens Fiction, Historical)
Wonderstruck - Brian Selznick   (Teens Fiction, Historical)
Brooms - Jasmine Walls   (YA Fiction, Fantasy, Graphic Novel, LGBTQI)
Five Flavors of Dumb - Antony John   (YA Fiction, Contemporary, Romance)
The Breakup Lists - Adib Khorram   (YA Fiction, Contemporary, Romance, LGBTQI)
Making a Play - Abbi Glines   (YA Fiction, Romance, Sports)
You Don’t Know Everything, Jilly P! - Alex Gino   (Teens Fiction, Contemporary)
Give Me a Sign - Anna Sortino    (YA Fiction, Romance)

Facial Disfigurement

A Face for Picasso - Ariel Henley  (YA Non-fiction, Memoir)

Hypermobility

Breaking the Barriers - Megan Fairbrother  (YA Fiction, Fantasy, Inspirational)
Navigating the Barriers - Megan Fairbrother  (YA Fiction, Fantasy, Inspirational)
Beyond the Barriers - Megan Fairbrother  (YA Fiction, Fantasy, Inspirational)

Multiple Disabilities

I Am Not a Label - C Burnell & L Baldo  (Teens Non-Fiction, Anthology)
The Secret of Haven Point - Lisette Auton  (Teens Fiction, General)

Paralysis

Long Live the Beautiful Hearts - Emma Scott   (YA Fiction, Romance)
The Reckless Kind - Carly Heath   (YA Fiction, Historical, LGBTQI)
Rules - Cynthia Lord   (Teens Fiction, Contemporary)
Cage of Nightingales - Elizabeth Hopkinson   (YA Fiction, Historical, Fantasy)
Masquerade of Finches - Elizabeth Hopkinson   (YA Fiction, Historical, Fantasy)
Every Time You Go Away - Abigail Johnson   (YA Fiction, Romance)

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