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1	Gino's Mom by Gary Markman 4.16 avg rating — 31 ratings score: 1,000, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body by Rebekah Taussig 4.39 avg rating — 10,364 ratings score: 290, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century by Alice Wong (Editor) 4.43 avg rating — 18,401 ratings score: 287, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist by Judith Heumann 4.48 avg rating — 7,254 ratings score: 275, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Never Say Invisible: A Memoir of Living and Being Seen with ALS by Jeremy Schreiber (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 178 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	South of Heaven: A Boyhood Broken by Nolan Trowe 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Spoke by Spoke: How a Broken Back and a Broken Bike Led to a WholeHearted Life by Terry Chase (Goodreads Author) 4.85 avg rating — 39 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The View From Down Here: Life as a Young Disabled Woman by Lucy Webster 4.27 avg rating — 433 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Story of My Life by Helen Keller 4.07 avg rating — 152,171 ratings score: 195, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law by Haben Girma 4.19 avg rating — 5,583 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love With Me by Keah Brown (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating — 1,372 ratings score: 189, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Planet of the Blind by Stephen Kuusisto 3.96 avg rating — 871 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Pure Grit: Stories of Remarkable People Living with Physical Disability by Lily Collison (Goodreads Author) 4.41 avg rating — 41 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Fearlessly Different: An Autistic Actor's Journey to Broadway's Biggest Stage by Mickey Rowe (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 366 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Fred and Me: a Willowbrook Survivor's Story by Allan Benjamin Goldstein it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Recalibrating Gravity: A Memoir In Verse by Mary Keating (Goodreads Author) 4.71 avg rating — 38 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	BECOMING COMFORTABLY NUMB: A Memoir on Brain-Mending by Catherine Allard (Goodreads Author) 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	These Fragments I Have Shored: A Memoir by Jason Irwin (Goodreads Author) 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Brilliant Idiot: An Autobiography of a Dyslexic by Mary Lou Hartzler Clemens (Compiler) 4.06 avg rating — 72 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Spastic Diplegia--Bilateral Cerebral Palsy by Lily Collison (Goodreads Author) 4.73 avg rating — 15 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	No Pity: People with Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement by Joseph P. Shapiro 4.09 avg rating — 691 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Fingers in the Sparkle Jar: A Memoir by Chris Packham 3.98 avg rating — 3,602 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It by Greg Marshall 3.94 avg rating — 2,507 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 179,056 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Miracle Boy Grows Up: How the Disability Rights Revolution Saved My Sanity by Ben Mattlin (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 292 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Strong Female Character by Fern Brady (Goodreads Author) 4.39 avg rating — 45,606 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs, and Declarations of Independence by John Hockenberry 4.09 avg rating — 537 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Odd Girl Out by Laura James 3.91 avg rating — 4,414 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	A Loss for Words: The Story of Deafness in a Family by Lou Ann Walker 3.97 avg rating — 1,054 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Unseen: How I Lost My Vision but Found My Voice by Molly Burke 4.04 avg rating — 2,928 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism by Elsa Sjunneson 4.36 avg rating — 762 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Unfit Parent: A Disabled Mother Challenges an Inaccessible World by Jessica Slice (Goodreads Author) 4.43 avg rating — 442 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Sick: A Memoir by Porochista Khakpour (Goodreads Author) 3.34 avg rating — 3,475 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	It's Just Nerves: Notes on a Disability by Kelly Davio 4.31 avg rating — 86 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The Forsaken Garden: Four Conversations on the Deep Meaning of Environmental Illness by Nancy Ryley 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Sincerely, Your Autistic Child by Sharon daVanport (Editor) 4.24 avg rating — 2,200 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Mean Little Deaf Queer: A Memoir by Terry Galloway (Goodreads Author) 3.65 avg rating — 1,255 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Too Late to Die Young: Nearly True Tales from a Life by Harriet McBryde Johnson 4.20 avg rating — 454 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Deaf in Delhi: A Memoir (Deaf Lives Series, Vol. 4) by Madan Vasishta 4.13 avg rating — 23 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression by Meri Nana-Ama Danquah 4.27 avg rating — 677 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	The Cancer Journals by Audre Lorde 4.43 avg rating — 5,799 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Not a Poster Child: Living Well with a Disability―A Memoir by Francine Falk-Allen (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 94 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So by Mark Vonnegut (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 2,787 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness by Kay Redfield Jamison (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 87,963 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Manic by Terri Cheney (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 12,589 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Carrie Fisher: The Memoirs by Carrie Fisher 4.18 avg rating — 65 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Waking: A Memoir of Trauma and Transcendence by Matthew Sanford (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 1,259 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars