Women with Disabilities - Intersectional Identities (50 books)

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Biographies and memoirs created by diverse women with disabilities. Also history and nonfiction works centered on the same topic. BIPOC, African American, Hispanic, Asian, Native American and every cultural identity in between can be included on this list.

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1	Family and Disability Activism: Beyond Allies and Obstacles by Pamela Block (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 156, 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
2	Allies and Obstacles: Disability Activism and Parents of Children with Disabilities by Allison C. Carey 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 153, 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
3	White Supremacy Is All Around: Notes from a Black Disabled Woman in a White World by Akilah Cadet (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 213 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
3	Jubilee: The First Therapy Horse and an Olympic Dream by KT Johnston (Goodreads Author) 4.48 avg rating — 124 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
5	Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law by Haben Girma 4.19 avg rating — 5,539 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
5	Family and Disability Activism: Beyond Allies and Obstacles by Pamela Block (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating 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
5	Leaving La-La Land: Escape to Reality by Robert K. Bosscha (Goodreads Author) 4.93 avg rating — 205 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
8	Every Day Is a Gift: A Memoir by Tammy Duckworth 4.56 avg rating — 3,354 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
9	The Autistic Black Woman : Voices of Strength, Stories of Resilience by Amara Nyasha 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
10	That Girl’s in a Wheelchair by Shalida A. Askanazi it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 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
11	The Outside in View of Uncommon Bostonian: What an Autistic Black Woman Sees by Yvonne Christian 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 95, 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	Thinking In Pictures: and Other Reports from My Life with Autism by Temple Grandin 4.10 avg rating — 17,255 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
13	Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions by Temple Grandin 3.64 avg rating — 4,218 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
14	Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World by Sy Montgomery 4.07 avg rating — 4,049 ratings score: 92, 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
15	The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum by Temple Grandin 4.10 avg rating — 11,306 ratings score: 91, 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
16	The Story of My Life by Helen Keller 4.07 avg rating — 152,001 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
17	Messenger: The Legacy of Mattie J.T. Stepanek and Heartsongs by Jeni Stepanek 4.46 avg rating — 654 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
18	The Autistic Black Woman: Voices of Strength, Stories of Resilience by Amara Nyasha 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
19	The Outside in View of Uncommon Bostonian: What an Autistic Black Woman Sees by Yvonne Christian 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
20	AWKWARD BEAUTY THE ART OF LUCY JONES /ANGLAIS by JANSEN CHARLOTTE 4.50 avg rating — 2 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
21	Frida Kahlo: Artist and Activist by Matt Doeden 3.88 avg rating — 16 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
22	Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century by Alice Wong (Editor) 4.44 avg rating — 18,206 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
23	Unruly Bodies: Life Writing by Women with Disabilities by Susannah B. Mintz 3.73 avg rating — 26 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
24	Unstoppable: Women With Disabilities by Helen Wolfe (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 33 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
25	Women with Disabilities: Essays in Psychology, Culture, and Politics by Michelle Fine (Editor) 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 81, 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
26	Disabled, Female, and Proud!: Stories of Ten Women with Disabilities by Harilyn Rousso 3.50 avg rating — 6 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
27	Voices from the Shadows: Women With Disabilities Speak Out by Gwyneth Matthews really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 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
28	Imprinting Our Image: An International Anthology by Women With Disabilities by Susan Gray (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 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
29	Women With Disabilities: Found Voices by Mary E. Willmuth really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating 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
30	"As if We Weren’t Human": Discrimination and Violence against Women with Disabilities in Northern Uganda by Human Rights Watch 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
31	Health of Women with Intellectual Disabilities by Patricia Noonan-Walsh (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating 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
32	Eliminating Inequities for Women With Disabilities: An Agenda for Health and Wellness by Shari E Miles-Cohen (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 74, 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	The Way Disabled People Love Each Other by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha 4.36 avg rating — 56 ratings score: 73, 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	I Identify as Blind: A Brazen Celebration of Disability Culture, Identity, and Power by Lachi (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 136 ratings score: 72, 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	To Be a Problem: A Black Woman's Survival in the Racist Disability Rights Movement by Dara Baldwin 3.88 avg rating — 51 ratings score: 71, 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	Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism by Elsa Sjunneson 4.36 avg rating — 758 ratings score: 70, 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	Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist by Judith Heumann 4.48 avg rating — 7,150 ratings score: 69, 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	Unfit Parent: A Disabled Mother Challenges an Inaccessible World by Jessica Slice (Goodreads Author) 4.43 avg rating — 409 ratings score: 68, 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	Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body by Rebekah Taussig 4.40 avg rating — 10,277 ratings score: 67, 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	Unseen: How I Lost My Vision but Found My Voice by Molly Burke 4.05 avg rating — 2,771 ratings score: 66, 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	I'll Scream Later by Marlee Matlin 3.63 avg rating — 1,926 ratings score: 65, 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	Unsinkable: From Russian Orphan to Paralympic Swimming World Champion by Jessica Long 3.97 avg rating — 246 ratings score: 64, 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	Unbroken: My story of survival from 7/7 Bombings to Paralympics success by Martine Wright 4.47 avg rating — 133 ratings score: 63, 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	The Hard Parts: A Memoir of Courage and Triumph by Oksana Masters 4.61 avg rating — 2,355 ratings score: 62, 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	Head Above Water: Reflections on Illness by Shahd Alshammari (Goodreads Author) 4.43 avg rating — 140 ratings score: 61, 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	Rediscovered: A Compassionate and Courageous Guide For Late Discovered Autistic Women by Catherine Asta (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 82 ratings score: 60, 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	Girl Unmasked: How Uncovering My Autism Saved My Life by Emily Katy 4.56 avg rating — 1,329 ratings score: 59, 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
48	Autistic and Black by Kala Allen Omeiza (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 122 ratings score: 58, 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
49	Fighting Against Failure: Memories and Thoughts of a Black Autistic Woman by Arlinda Jackson 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 57, 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
50	Finding Yourself within Disability: How to Look After Your Disabled Self by Rebecca Sullivan (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 54, 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