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Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.43 — 18,527 ratings — published 2020
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Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.27 — 3,062 ratings — published 2023
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Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.39 — 10,413 ratings — published 2020
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Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.30 — 26,935 ratings — published 2022
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Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.37 — 4,623 ratings — published 2021
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A Kind of Spark A Kind of Spark (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.48 — 11,457 ratings — published 2020
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Hunchback Hunchback (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as ableism)
avg rating 3.33 — 22,426 ratings — published 2023
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Flowers for Algernon Flowers for Algernon (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.25 — 847,914 ratings — published 1966
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Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,778 ratings — published 2024
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Out on a Limb (Out, #1) Out on a Limb (Out, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.22 — 205,760 ratings — published 2023
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Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.56 — 768 ratings — published 2017
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You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P! (Scholastic Gold) You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P! (Scholastic Gold)
by (shelved 4 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.02 — 3,050 ratings — published 2018
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All of Us Murderers All of Us Murderers (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as ableism)
avg rating 3.69 — 10,514 ratings — published 2025
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The Anti-Ableist Manifesto: Smashing Stereotypes, Forging Change, and Building a Disability-Inclusive World The Anti-Ableist Manifesto: Smashing Stereotypes, Forging Change, and Building a Disability-Inclusive World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.18 — 784 ratings — published 2024
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The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.49 — 3,337 ratings — published 2023
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Where You See Yourself Where You See Yourself (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.11 — 2,754 ratings — published 2023
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Some Desperate Glory Some Desperate Glory (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.05 — 22,475 ratings — published 2023
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Blank Canvas (Irons and Works, #2) Blank Canvas (Irons and Works, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.16 — 3,726 ratings — published 2019
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I Hear the Sunspot, Vol. 1 (I Hear the Sunspot #1) I Hear the Sunspot, Vol. 1 (I Hear the Sunspot #1)
by (shelved 3 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.24 — 10,967 ratings — published 2014
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The Words in My Hands The Words in My Hands (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,631 ratings — published 2020
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I'm a Queerfeminist Cyborg, That's Okay. Gedankensammlung zu Anti/Ableismus I'm a Queerfeminist Cyborg, That's Okay. Gedankensammlung zu Anti/Ableismus (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.36 — 47 ratings — published 2018
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El Deafo El Deafo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.20 — 92,399 ratings — published 2014
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Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.37 — 2,556 ratings — published 1999
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The Beat I Drum (Life of a Cactus #3) The Beat I Drum (Life of a Cactus #3)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.41 — 1,476 ratings — published 2025
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Upward Bound Upward Bound (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 3.97 — 16,099 ratings — published 2026
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King of the Neuro Verse King of the Neuro Verse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 3.87 — 471 ratings — published 2025
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Capitalism and Disability: Selected Writings by Marta Russell Capitalism and Disability: Selected Writings by Marta Russell (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.45 — 467 ratings — published 2019
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Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.31 — 304,316 ratings — published 2025
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The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.40 — 1,598 ratings — published 2022
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The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability (ANIMA: Critical Race Studies Otherwise) The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability (ANIMA: Critical Race Studies Otherwise)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.32 — 488 ratings — published
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Health Communism Health Communism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.25 — 1,113 ratings — published 2022
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It's All or Nothing, Vale It's All or Nothing, Vale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,236 ratings — published 2025
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Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.25 — 1,367 ratings — published 2023
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Some Like It Cold Some Like It Cold (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 3.68 — 2,369 ratings — published 2024
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Sincerely, Your Autistic Child Sincerely, Your Autistic Child (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.23 — 2,219 ratings — published 2021
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The Chance to Fly (The Chance to Fly, #1) The Chance to Fly (The Chance to Fly, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,352 ratings — published 2021
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You're So Amazing! You're So Amazing! (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.37 — 417 ratings — published
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Blindsight (Firefall, #1) Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.00 — 59,547 ratings — published 2006
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Fighting for YES!: The Story of Disability Rights Activist Judith Heumann Fighting for YES!: The Story of Disability Rights Activist Judith Heumann (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.41 — 429 ratings — published 2022
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A Mango-Shaped Space A Mango-Shaped Space (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.21 — 36,891 ratings — published 2005
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Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health (Outspoken by Pluto) Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health (Outspoken by Pluto)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.34 — 966 ratings — published 2023
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Me Before You (Me Before You, #1) Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,850,638 ratings — published 2012
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Ableism in Education: Rethinking School Practices and Policies (Equity and Social Justice in Education) Ableism in Education: Rethinking School Practices and Policies (Equity and Social Justice in Education)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 3.98 — 62 ratings — published
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Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,538 ratings — published 2024
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Conditions of a Heart Conditions of a Heart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 3.97 — 350 ratings — published 2024
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Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.18 — 9,627 ratings — published 2024
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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 3.90 — 343,806 ratings — published 2023
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Dexter Is Delicious (Dexter, #5) Dexter Is Delicious (Dexter, #5)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 3.82 — 24,603 ratings — published 2010
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“The lingerie department is the only one that she can reach in her wheelchair. Nevertheless, she is fired the next day because of complaints that a woman who is so obviously not sexually attractive selling alluring nightgowns makes customers uncomfortable. Daunted by her dismissal, she seeks consolation in the arms of the young manager and soon finds herself pregnant. Upon learning
of this news, he leaves her for a
nondisabled woman with a fuller
bustline and better homemaking skills in his inaccessible kitchen.”
― Rosemarie Garland Thomson

Haben Girma
“Somehow, someway, I'm going to create a community of people who believed that disability itself is not a barrier; the biggest barriers are social, physical, and digital.”
― Haben Girma, Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law

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