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Ability and Disability Introduction - Monthly List #1
This first monthly deep dive into the topics of neurodiversity, biodiversity, disadvantage, disability, suffering, pain, marginalization, and martyrdom contains twelve top picks for the month as well as some related recommendations for applying the focus to oneself and our world.
Accessible to high school and young adult audiences; homeschool, college and university students; and teachers, educators, spouses, parents, pastors, ministers, clergy, therapists, and adults of all types. Please do not add books to this list. Comments with your ideas, swaps you would make, and your own list of recommendations are welcomed!
Accessible to high school and young adult audiences; homeschool, college and university students; and teachers, educators, spouses, parents, pastors, ministers, clergy, therapists, and adults of all types. Please do not add books to this list. Comments with your ideas, swaps you would make, and your own list of recommendations are welcomed!
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The Secret Garden
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4.17 avg rating — 1,271,776 ratings
score: 283,
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Our Time To Dance, A Mother's Journey To Joy
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Eva Doherty Gremmert (Goodreads Author)
4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings
score: 200,
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Becoming Human
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4.17 avg rating — 1,464 ratings
score: 199,
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A Disability History of the United States
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Kim E. Nielsen (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 1,591 ratings
score: 195,
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An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales
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4.15 avg rating — 23,452 ratings
score: 195,
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Eugenics and Other Evils : An Argument Against the Scientifically Organized State
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3.94 avg rating — 1,226 ratings
score: 191,
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Target Africa: Ideological Neocolonialism in the Twenty-First Century
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4.34 avg rating — 177 ratings
score: 189,
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The Hidden Power of Kindness: A Practical Handbook for Souls Who Dare to Transform the World, One Deed at a Time
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4.50 avg rating — 466 ratings
score: 183,
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Dear Father: A Message of Love to Priests
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4.77 avg rating — 13 ratings
score: 180,
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No Pressure, No Diamonds: Mining for Gifts in Illness and Loss
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Teri A. Dillion (Goodreads Author)
4.65 avg rating — 168 ratings
score: 100,
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Dementia Caregiver: With You. For You. About You.: Inspirational Messages of Support for Dementia Family Caregivers Everywhere
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Catherine Verner (Goodreads Author)
4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
score: 100,
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Fearlessly Different: An Autistic Actor's Journey to Broadway's Biggest Stage
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Mickey Rowe (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 336 ratings
score: 100,
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AUTISM CAUSES UNVEILED: The Hidden Traumatic Brain Injury at Birth Causing the Autism Epidemic
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16 ratings
score: 100,
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Human Biodiversity: Genes, Race, and History
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3.96 avg rating — 27 ratings
score: 99,
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101 Tips on Staying Safe at Home with Dementia: Avoid Falls, Floods, Injuries, Accidents, Doorstep Crime and More… (Dementia Care at Home Book 1)
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Catherine Verner (Goodreads Author)
4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
score: 99,
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Odd Girl Out
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3.92 avg rating — 4,078 ratings
score: 99,
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NeuroDiversity: The Birth of an Idea
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3.93 avg rating — 292 ratings
score: 98,
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Strong Female Character
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Fern Brady (Goodreads Author)
4.42 avg rating — 38,078 ratings
score: 98,
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Disability: The Basics
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4.21 avg rating — 52 ratings
score: 97,
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The Paradox of Disability: Responses to Jean Vanier and L'Arche Communities from Theology and the Sciences
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4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings
score: 94,
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Of Such Is the Kingdom: A Practical Theology of Disability
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Summer Kinard (Goodreads Author)
4.36 avg rating — 47 ratings
score: 91,
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The Illness Narratives: Suffering, Healing, And The Human Condition
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4.17 avg rating — 544 ratings
score: 90,
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Scoot Over and Make Some Room: Creating a Space Where Everyone Belongs
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4.21 avg rating — 598 ratings
score: 89,
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Wrestling with an Angel: A Story of Love, Disability and the Lessons of Grace
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4.50 avg rating — 250 ratings
score: 88,
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The Search for a Nonviolent Future: A Promise of Peace for Ourselves, Our Families, and Our World
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4.38 avg rating — 129 ratings
score: 86,
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How We Do Harm: A Doctor Breaks Ranks About Being Sick in America
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4.18 avg rating — 1,996 ratings
score: 84,
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