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  • I’ll Be OK, It’s Just a Hole in My Head

  • Written by: Mimi Hayes
  • Narrated by: Hayden Bishop
  • Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
  • Unabridged
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Former high school teacher and New York-based comedian Mimi Hayes is a brain injury survivor. I'll Be OK, It's Just a Hole in My Heard is her honest memoir about recovering from a traumatic head injury at the age of 22....

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  • Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century

  • Unabridged Selections
  • Written by: Alice Wong
  • Narrated by: Alejandra Ospina, Alice Wong
  • Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 1
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One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent - but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture....

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  • Disfigured

  • On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space
  • Written by: Amanda Leduc
  • Narrated by: Amanda Barker
  • Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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    4 out of 5 stars 2
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    5 out of 5 stars 2

Fairy tales shape how we see the world, so what happens when you identify more with the Beast than Beauty? Amanda Leduc looks at fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm to Disney, showing us how they influence our expectations and behaviour....

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  • It's Not What It Looks Like

  • Written by: Molly Burke
  • Narrated by: Molly Burke
  • Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
  • Original Recording
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 4
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    5 out of 5 stars 4
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    5 out of 5 stars 4

As a child, Molly Burke was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa and became completely sightless as a teenager. Now an award-winning YouTube star and global influencer, Molly shares what it’s like to be a purple-haired, pink-obsessed fashion and makeup lover in a seeing world.... 

  • 5 out of 5 stars
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  • By Sherlee nameirakpam on 18-10-19
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  • Haben

  • The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law
  • Written by: Haben Girma
  • Narrated by: Haben Girma
  • Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
  • Unabridged
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    5 out of 5 stars 1
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The incredible life story of Haben Girma, the first Deafblind graduate of Harvard Law School, and her amazing journey from isolation to the world stage....

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  • Thinking in Pictures

  • My Life with Autism
  • Written by: Temple Grandin
  • Narrated by: Deborah Marlowe
  • Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
  • Unabridged
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    3 out of 5 stars 1
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    3 out of 5 stars 1

In this unprecedented book, Grandin delivers a report from the country of autism....

  • 3 out of 5 stars
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  • By Siddharth on 22-03-21
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  • I’ll Be OK, It’s Just a Hole in My Head

  • Written by: Mimi Hayes
  • Narrated by: Hayden Bishop
  • Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
  • Unabridged
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Former high school teacher and New York-based comedian Mimi Hayes is a brain injury survivor. I'll Be OK, It's Just a Hole in My Heard is her honest memoir about recovering from a traumatic head injury at the age of 22....

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  • Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century

  • Unabridged Selections
  • Written by: Alice Wong
  • Narrated by: Alejandra Ospina, Alice Wong
  • Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 1
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    5 out of 5 stars 1
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    5 out of 5 stars 1

One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent - but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture....

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  • Disfigured

  • On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space
  • Written by: Amanda Leduc
  • Narrated by: Amanda Barker
  • Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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    4 out of 5 stars 2
  • Story
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Fairy tales shape how we see the world, so what happens when you identify more with the Beast than Beauty? Amanda Leduc looks at fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm to Disney, showing us how they influence our expectations and behaviour....

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  • It's Not What It Looks Like

  • Written by: Molly Burke
  • Narrated by: Molly Burke
  • Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
  • Original Recording
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 4
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 4
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    5 out of 5 stars 4

As a child, Molly Burke was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa and became completely sightless as a teenager. Now an award-winning YouTube star and global influencer, Molly shares what it’s like to be a purple-haired, pink-obsessed fashion and makeup lover in a seeing world.... 

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Loved it

  • By Sherlee nameirakpam on 18-10-19
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  • Haben

  • The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law
  • Written by: Haben Girma
  • Narrated by: Haben Girma
  • Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 1
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 1
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 1

The incredible life story of Haben Girma, the first Deafblind graduate of Harvard Law School, and her amazing journey from isolation to the world stage....

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  • Thinking in Pictures

  • My Life with Autism
  • Written by: Temple Grandin
  • Narrated by: Deborah Marlowe
  • Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars 1
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars 1
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars 1

In this unprecedented book, Grandin delivers a report from the country of autism....

  • 3 out of 5 stars
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  • By Siddharth on 22-03-21
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  • Golem Girl

  • A Memoir
  • Written by: Riva Lehrer
  • Narrated by: Riva Lehrer, Cassandra Campbell
  • Length: 14 hrs
  • Unabridged
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In 1958, Riva is one of the first children born with spina bifida to survive. Her parents and doctors are determined to "fix" her, sending the message over and over again that she is broken.... 

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  • Autism in Heels

  • The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum
  • Written by: Jennifer Cook O'Toole
  • Narrated by: Jennifer O'Toole
  • Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
  • Unabridged
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This intimate memoir reveals the woman inside one of autism’s most prominent figures, Jennifer O'Toole. At the age of 35, Jennifer was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, and for the first time in her life, things made sense....

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  • Kika & Me

  • How One Extraordinary Guide Dog Changed My World
  • Written by: Dr Amit Patel
  • Narrated by: Chetan Pathak
  • Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 1
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    5 out of 5 stars 1
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    5 out of 5 stars 1

Amit Patel is working as a trauma doctor when a rare condition causes him to lose his sight within 36 hours.... 

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  • Tough as They Come

  • Written by: Travis Mills, Marcus Brotherton, Gary Sinise - foreword
  • Narrated by: Travis Mills
  • Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 1
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Thousands have been wounded in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Five have survived quadruple-amputee injuries. This is one soldier's story....

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  • Being Heumann

  • An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist
  • Written by: Judith Heumann, Kristen Joiner
  • Narrated by: Ali Stroker
  • Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
  • Unabridged
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A story of fighting to belong in a world that wasn't built for all of us and of one woman's activism - from the streets of Brooklyn and San Francisco to inside the halls of Washington - Being Heumann recounts Judy Heumann's lifelong battle to achieve respect....

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  • Everything Is Possible

  • Finding the Faith and Courage to Follow Your Dreams
  • Written by: Jen Bricker
  • Narrated by: Jen Bricker
  • Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
  • Unabridged
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Jen Bricker was born without legs. Shocked and uncertain they could care for her, her biological parents gave her up for adoption....

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  • Odd Girl Out

  • An autistic woman in a neurotypical world
  • Written by: Laura James
  • Narrated by: Louiza Patikas
  • Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
  • Unabridged
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What do you do when you wake up in your mid-40s and realize you've been living a lie your whole life? Do you tell? Or do you keep it to yourself? Laura James found out that she was autistic....

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  • Forgiving God

  • Written by: Hilary Yancey
  • Narrated by: Hilary Yancey
  • Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
  • Unabridged
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A young mother's life is forever changed and her faith in God is broken when her son in diagnosed with complex physical disabilities. Restore and grow your faith as you read about Hilary Yancey's personal journey back to God....

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  • Find Another Dream

  • Written by: Maysoon Zayid
  • Narrated by: Maysoon Zayid
  • Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
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Find Another Dream, written and performed by Maysoon Zayid, is the true story of how a Muslim Jersey girl with cerebral palsy creates her own path to stardom....

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  • Planet of the Blind

  • Written by: Stephen Kuusisto
  • Narrated by: Brian Keeler
  • Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
  • Unabridged
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Blindness in the 1950s was a social stigma. Stephen's mother wanted a normal life for him, so he fought desperately to uphold the illusion of sight....

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  • What the **** Is Normal?!

  • Written by: Francesca Martinez
  • Narrated by: Francesca Martinez
  • Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
  • Unabridged
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If you grow up in a world where wrinkles are practically illegal, going bald is cause for a mental breakdown, and women over size zero are encouraged to shoot themselves....

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  • Crashing Through

  • The Extraordinary True Story of the Man Who Dared to See
  • Written by: Robert Kurson
  • Narrated by: Doug Ordunio
  • Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 1
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Blinded at age three, Mike May defied expectations and never yearned for vision. Then, in 1999, came startling news: a revolutionary stem-cell transplant surgery could restore May's sight....

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  • Unleash Different

  • Achieving Business Success Through Disability
  • Written by: Rich Donovan
  • Narrated by: Braden Wright
  • Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
  • Unabridged
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There are 1.3 billion people around the world who identify as having a disability. Unleash Different reveals how companies like Google, PepsiCo, and Nordstrom are attracting people with disabilities as customers and as employees....

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  • Prognosis

  • A Memoir of My Brain
  • Written by: Sarah Vallance
  • Narrated by: Cat Gould
  • Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
  • Unabridged
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When PhD candidate Sarah Vallance is thrown from a horse and suffers a blow to the head, she believes she walks away unscathed. The next morning, things take a sharp turn as she’s quickly led to the emergency room. By the end of the week, a neurologist delivers a devastating prognosis....

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  • Ugly

  • My Memoir
  • Written by: Robert Hoge
  • Narrated by: Robert Hoge
  • Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
  • Unabridged
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Robert Hoge was born with a giant tumour on his forehead, severely distorted facial features and legs that were twisted and useless....

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  • We Carry Kevan

  • Six Friends. Three Countries. No Wheelchair.
  • Written by: Kevan Chandler
  • Narrated by: Kevan Chandler
  • Length: 7 hrs
  • Unabridged
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He grew up, he says, at "belt-buckle level" and stayed there until Kevan's beloved posse decided to leave his wheelchair at the Atlanta airport, board a plane for France, and have his friends carry him around Europe to accomplish their dream to see the world together....

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  • Crashing Through

  • The Extraordinary True Story of the Man Who Dared to See
  • Written by: Robert Kurson
  • Narrated by: Christopher Evan Welch
  • Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
  • Abridged
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Blinded at age three, Mike May defied expectations and never yearned for vision. Then, in 1999, came startling news: a revolutionary stem-cell transplant surgery could restore May's sight....

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  • The Unmapped Mind

  • A Memoir of Neurology, Incurable Disease and Learning How to Live
  • Written by: Christian Donlan
  • Narrated by: Daniel Weyman
  • Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
  • Unabridged
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Shortly after his daughter, Leontine, was born, Christian Donlan's world shifted an inch to the left. He started to miss light switches and door handles when reaching for them....

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