Tasha Schuh

In My Next Move Forward, Tasha dispels the myths and stereotypes that individuals with physical disabilities must confront. After the accolades of college graduation and being crowned Ms. Wheelchair USA, Tasha realizes she has no time for dating. Tasha—now a writer, speaker, and found of a national support network called the PITCrew Movement—assesses her life to ask a question she had been avoiding for years: "Am I worthy of love?" With belief in herself, Tasha takes a leap of faith that leads her to meet her soulmate, Doug Michaels.

Chava Willig Levy

A Life Not with Standing chronicles the adventures—by turns exhilarating, agonizing and amorous—of an iron lung alumna. It shatters stereotypes about people with disabilities, enabling others to view disability with pride, not prejudice. It celebrates family, faith, music, perseverance, idealism and indignation

JR Harding

In this autobiography installment, Dr. JR Harding, a two-time quadriplegic, shares and explores his unique journey with tenacity and persistence through his many life experiences. You will cry, laugh, and be mesmerized as he opens up the doors and gives us an intimate and revealing look into his life. Whether you are a person with a disability, parent, caregiver or someone looking for inspiration in your life, reading this book will expand your knowledge, empower your future and help you make a difference in the world.

Attila Domos

Never one to back down in the face of adversity, the name Attila Domos is synonymous with the word “winner.” In the fall of 1993, Domos suffered a falling accident that left him paralyzed at the waist on the same night he and his former rock n’ roll band Big Bad Wolf signed a recording contract, but he has never allowed his injury to slow him down. An accomplished musician, athlete, writer and entrepreneur, Domos seems to have his hand in a little bit of everything these days. Go ahead and try to tell him he can’t succeed. That just fuels his competitive fire even more and he will prove you wrong every time.

Bob Molsberry

An active pastor, husband, father, and triathlete, Bob Molsberry was nearly killed in 1997 in a hit and run accident on a rural highway. After a long period of recovery and rehabilitation, he is a paraplegic who has remained active in family, ministry, and athletics.

Julie Sawchuk

Everyone involved in planning, design, construction, maintenance and owning/operating a building with a bathroom needs this book. Although it was written with public and commercial washroom designs in mind, the information also applies to residential spaces. No matter what kind of bathroom you are building, it’s always easier to move a line on paper — before it is a permanent wall.

Chris Norton

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Ashley Lyn Olson Copy

Ten years after a car accident paralyzed my legs, a pressure sore infection escalated into a life-or-death scenario requiring emergency surgery, followed by an extended recovery in a nursing home. For weeks, I was confined to a special medical bed, where I was not allowed to sit up, but required to remain on my back 24/7. This is the story of my search for peace and sanity during that claustrophobic confinement, which subsequently led to a deeper understanding and alignment of my internal, eternal well-being.

Tricia Downing

At thirty-one, Tricia Downing was in the best shape of her life. In the summer of 2000, Tricia, an avid cyclist, drove across the country for what amounted to eighteen races in twenty-three days. She returned from her adventure to a fresh start: a new job awaited her, and determined to make the next summer the year she would make her mark on the world of cycling, she began a rigorous training strategy.

Emily Ladau

An approachable guide to being a thoughtful, informed ally to disabled people, with actionable steps for what to say and do (and what not to do) and how you can help make the world a more inclusive place

Patrick Standen

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Cliff Crase

Take a peek into the history of wheelchair sports written as events unfolded in this new book. The editorials, written in Cliff's unique style and a reflection of his charismatic personality are presented in chronological order. Photos published with the editorials as well as unpublished photos from the SPORTS 'N SPOKES archives are included. Search by specific sport, event or person using the comprehensive index. Edited by Nancy Crase.

John Callahan

Callahan's appeal is broad and national, and his following keeps growing. Now, in this latest collection of twisted and refreshingly politically incorrect catoons, Callahan is at his most uproarious. Just think of what he'll do with O.J., lawyers, cat lovers, and others in Freaks of Nature.

Theo St. Francis

Co-written by an SCI athlete and trainer, for SCI athletes and trainers, this 300-page book provides the background in anatomy and movement science necessary to implement effective rehab programs. With 90 pages devoted entirely to paralysis rehab exercises, athletes of all levels – from high-cervical to low-sacral – can take control of their recovery programs.

Tom Haig

Hungry and broke while in Italy, Tom and his brother Dan committed to living life to its absolute fullest. They called it, “The Bridge to Venice Rule.” Following that pact, Tom traveled the world as a performance diver. Then, while riding his bicycle in Portland, Oregon, he slammed headfirst into a truck and found himself living a very different life from a wheelchair. In Global Nomad, Tom shares stories from his early free-wheeling life, his extraordinary post-accident return to The Bridge to Venice Rule, and his current charitable work, inspiring us all to take risks and pursue remarkable, generous lives.

Rose Finlay

Dear Soul, you have a voice, and when it’s aligned with your divine nature, you will be amazed at how good it feels to be wholly you. Her Unravelling is a book that isn’t afraid to go to the shadows within our life experiences and extract the light. The women in this book have given up on perfection, on meeting ridiculous society-pressured standards, on dimming down in order to fit in.

Karen Darke

This first of all is a story about mountaineering, accident and paralysis. About coming to terms with losing movement and regaining the will to live. But it's also about the borderline between body and spirit. Karen is drawn into the world of faith healing and psychic surgeons in the Brazilian jungle.

Kevin Brooks

In just over a decade Kevin has spoken to over half a million people across North America. His story has impacted, motivated and inspired countless people, ultimately changing attitudes and saving lives.

Matt Brown

Matt Brown was flying across the ice, just as his coach wanted. He gained speed as he chased the puck toward his defensive zone. The entire bench had their eyes trained on him, knowing something big was about to happen. And something big did happen--this play was life-changing, in the most unexpected, catastrophic way possible.

Victoria Arlen

ESPN personality and Paralympics champion Victoria Arlen shares her courageous and miraculous story of recovery after falling into a mysterious vegetative state at age eleven and how she broke free, overcoming the odds and never giving up hope, eventually living a full and inspiring life.

John Hockenberry

John Hockenberry's Moving Violations is one of the most entertaining, provocative, unexpected, outspoken, and occasionally outrageous books in recent memory. It is a story of obstacles—physical, emotional, and psychic—overcome again, and again, and again

Jeffery Williams

This story is about Friendship, Forgiveness, Redemption, Adversity and Tough Love. His feet are off the ground, but he never misses a step. Thirteen year old Jeffery Lorenzo Williams looked forward to this day. It was June 25, the last day of the school year. He never knew this date would be etched in his mind forever. It was the last time he would ever walk. Three kids, Jeff, his brother and his friend playing alone in an apartment. Staring at the barrel of a 22 caliber gun, the bullet fires and his life changed forever.

JR Harding

At sixteen his life changed tragically forever. Fifteen years later, the unimaginable occurs. JR tells his inspirational journey from adolescence to adulthood . By asking himself now what?, he is able to break down both personal and social barriers so he can get back into the game of life.

Barry Corbett (2004)

In 1980, Barry Corbet published a book called “Options”– interlacing his own stories with those of spinal cord injury survivors from across the country. The book was a foundational piece of writing about disability, and what it’s like to live and thrive with spinal injury. The last copies of the book were printed in the mid-80s and many lost to time. Despite its significance, physical copies of the book are a rare-find, and a digital version has been non-existent until now.

Sam Bloom

When Sam Bloom suffers a near fatal fall during a vacation, she is left paralyzed and deeply depressed. One of their three sons, reeling from the tragic accident, discovers an injured magpie chick abandoned after she had fallen from her nest. The boys name the bird Penguin, for her black-and-white plumage. As they nurse Penguin back to health, the incredible joy, playfulness, and strength she exudes fortify the family and especially lift Sam’s spirits.

Randy Snow (1959-2009)

At 16, Randy snow was paralyzed from the waist down on a farm from a 1000-pound bale of hale. He spent years in rehabilitation coming to grips with his disability. He was a promising and aspiring tennis player, but now the simplest tasks took on monumental proportions. He moved on to be the only athlete in history to compete in 3 different summer Paralympic sports and when medals in each.

Annie Streit

T-Bone, the English Bulldog, is the baddest bully around! He doesn't understand love, trust, and true friendship - so he is very lonely. Then, he meets Robbie, a special boy with Down Syndrome. Through his boundless compassion, generosity, and companionship, can Robbie teach T-Bone kindness and a happier way of living?

Sexual Sustainability

If you or a loved one have a spinal cord disorder or injury, this book is for you. Here, in a concise format you can learn how to maximize your sexual responses and capacity for orgasm. In a straight-forward, simplified format, this book will give you the help you understand the impact of having a spinal cord injury or disorder on sexual responses and help you understand what issues can positively or negatively impact your ability to experience sexual pleasure.

Rebekah Taussig

Growing up as a paralyzed girl during the 90s and early 2000s, Rebekah Taussig only saw disability depicted as something monstrous (The Hunchback of Notre Dame), inspirational (Helen Keller), or angelic (Forrest Gump). None of this felt right; and as she got older, she longed for more stories that allowed disability to be complex and ordinary, uncomfortable and fine, painful and fulfilling.

Dwight Owens

“Still Standing” is the gripping and true story of man’s refusal to quit. They say if you want to make God smile, tell him you have a plan. Dwight’s plan was to live his dream, teach math, coach football, and build a comfortable life for himself. Fate had other things in store for him.

Mallory Weggemann

The Paralympic gold-medalist, world champion swimmer, ESPY winner, and NBC Sports commentator uses her extraordinary story to equip others to meet whatever challenges they face in life.
On January 21, 2008, a routine medical procedure left Mallory Weggemann paralyzed from her waist down. Less than two years later, Mallory had broken eight world records, and by the 2012 Paralympic Games, she held fifteen world records and thirty-four American records.

Katherine Magnoli

Have you ever been bullied? Have you ever bullied someone? If so, this book is for you! This heartwarming tale about a girl in a wheelchair named Katherine shows her being confronted by a classmate who doesn't really understand just how special she is. This book will not only take you on an adventure but will teach you that first impressions are not always what they seem.

Rose Finlay

The Great Canadian Woman is all of us. She is the single mother who provides for her children come hell or high water. She is the woman who has a dream, and musters up enough courage to go after it. She is the woman who has quarreled in the depths of pain and grief and finds her way back home to herself. She is the woman who says “no” to what does not serve her. She is the woman who says “enough is enough”, and commits to a new way of living.

Annie Streit

It is the second book of a series of rhyming picture books. The first book is titled Scooter and His Scoot Scoot. Both books focus on empathy, understanding and accepting differences, and overcoming obstacles. This book shows the impact of unconditional love, and the importance of fostering and adoption.

Kristin Beale

Within A Million Suns, Kristin Beale learns how to move from the darkness of her disability, into the sunlight of her new circumstance.

Dorine Bourneton

World's first female disabled aerobatic pilot

Anita Bloom

With a sense of adventure, a call to service, and a touch of defiance, twenty-one-year-old Anita Bloom enlisted in the army. It was 1943. She shipped off to camp and immediately became fast friends with several other new soldiers. Together, they memorized army regulations and learned how to march. Anita didn’t even notice the bite-sized cut on her thumb. Yet as the cut became infected and the pain became unbearable, Anita was sent to a civilian hospital. Losing sensation in her legs. Her doctors, unaided by penicillin, could not arrest the infection. She lost the use of her legs. Placed in a VA hospital, her new friends were the battle-scarred, paraplegics wounded in active service.

Garrison Redd

Bobby is a happy, friendly, smart child, looking to enjoy life like any nine-year-old. He was born with a disability that requires the use of a wheelchair to get around. However, today will be his first day going to an amusement park. Bobby is excited but scared. Will he be allowed to get on rides? Will he meet friends, or will the other kids shy away from him because of his disability?

Julie Sawchuk

Are you looking for ways to create an accessible space to live in? Perhaps you plan to build or renovate, or you need some tips and ideas to help you stay in the home you love? Accessibility is so much more than just grab bars in bathrooms! Whether you are creating a space that works for you, your client or your loved one, Build YOUR Space helps you make decisions that will allow for reduced physical energy needs, improved safety during everyday activities, increased independence and the preservation of dignity.

Simi Linton

A comprehensive assessment of the field of Disability Studies that presents beyond the medical to dig into the meaning from public transportation and education to adequate access to buildings, the social impact of disability has been felt everywhere since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990.

Caitlin Wood

Criptiques is a groundbreaking collection of essays by disabled authors examining the often overlooked, provocative sides of disability. Exploring themes of gender, sexuality, disability/crip culture, identity, ableism and much more, this important anthology provides much needed space for thought-provoking discourse from a highly diverse group of writers.

Briana Walker

On a bright California Sunday afternoon Briana Walker was driving on the 55 Freeway when she fainted at the wheel of her black Honda Accord, hitting the cement median at seventy-five miles per hour. A young, aspiring dancer, just 23 years old at the time of her accident, Briana was determined to create an amazing life in spite of her new circumstances.

Yessenia Torres

Yesenia Torres was born in New York to Colombian parents. At the age of 21, she suffered a car accident that left her with an incomplete spinal cord injury at the C4-C5 cervical level, which caused paralysis from the chest down. Despite her condition, Yesenia is a warrior of life who has managed to break through her condition to teach the world that the only limitations that paralyze human beings are those of the mind and spirit.

John Callahan

The first collection of cartoons from the "knife-eyed maniac". Irreverent, original, and always hilarious, Callahan's cartoons are sure to delight and offend. His cartoons have been published in Omni, Harper's, National Lampoon, and other publications.

Travis Roy - (1975-2020)

In this heartfelt testament to the power of love and the strength of the human spirit, Travis Roy, who suffered a devastating injury eleven seconds into his first college hockey game, reveals how he has managed to cope after the accident and, with the help of family and friends, overcome tremendous barriers to begin a new life.

Glenneisha Darkins

Join Glenneisha as she walks you through a journey that changed her life forever. Was it for the good? Or does life gets worst? Prepare yourself for the good, bad, and ugly through a compilation of diary entries that guided Glenneisha through it all that might even help you!

John MacLean

Inspirational biography of a man who overcomes a tragic accident that leaves him a paraplegic to come Full Circle to win the silver medal in the international paralympics rowing event. It is an awe inspiring story you will not want to miss.

Julie Bryant

Sometimes it truly is a matter of life and death  but it can also be a choice. What would make you choose life instead of death? The simplest answer might surprise you. Twenty-four years ago, author Julie Windle Bryant had to make that choice.

Erika Bogan

The I Am Grateful Everyday: A Daily Gratitude Journal was designed to help you cultivate an attitude of gratitude! Designed by Master Mindset Coach, Erika Bogan, this journal will help you create a habit of practicing daily gratitude, helping you shift your perspective on everyday life.

Is Fred Dead?

Is Fred Dead? A Manual on Sexuality for Men with Spinal Cord Injuries addresses issues closely related to men’s perception of self-worth and self-esteem. While a great deal of the research related to the sexuality of men with SCIs has focused on fertility, the medical community has often ignored other aspects of sexuality.

Nancy Xia

Many suicides left a mystery behind them in this world. Were they crazy? Were they evil? Or were they ill? I used to think they were simply stupid until the day when I became one of "them." My name is Nancy Xia. At age eighteen, I made a desperate attempt to end my life.

Joanne E. Smith

Eat Well, Live Well with Spinal Cord Injury is a comprehensive, practical nutritional guide written specifically for individuals with spinal cord injuries, as well as their families, friends, caregivers, health and medical professionals.

Brooke Ellison

Written nearly two decades since Ellison's film-adapted book, Miracles Happen: One Mother, One Daughter, One Journey, LOOK BOTH WAYS offers a more mature, more contemplative look at life after the accident that left her paralyzed from the neck down at age eleven.

Jordon Bone

One day everything changed for Jordan in a car accident. This is the inspiring true story of how a girl got her life back.

Tasha Schuh

Just days before her opening night performance in The Wizard of Oz, sixteen-year-old Tasha took one step backward and fell sixteen feet through a trap door. On that day, November 11, 1997, she landed on the concrete floor of the historic Sheldon Theatre, breaking her neck, crushing her spinal cord, and fracturing her skull.

Jennifer French

On My Feet Again is the heartwarming and intellectually stimulating story of how a determined and resourceful young woman overcame many of the obstacles that came her way after being paralyzed in a snowboarding accident

Cindy Hall Ranii

Parakeet Races and Other Stories is a memoir that recounts the challenges and escapades of a family of six children in the 1950's which faces the premature death of its mother. Always authentic, each self-contained story can be read in just a few richly rewarding minutes that may leave the reader laughing out loud, crying, or both.

Brent Poppen

“Playground Lessons: Friendship And Forgiveness” is a story about a little boy named Harley and his wheelchair. The story contains many emotional issues that the author had as a quadriplegic and still deals with on a daily basis. Playground Lessons is designed to be read to, or by students, in different grade levels, while creating meaningful discussions and lessons.

Dr. Mitchell Tepper

Regain That Feeling: Secrets to Sexual Self-Discovery: People Living With Spinal Cord Injuries Share Profound Insights Into Sex, Pleasure, Relationships, Orgasm, and the Importance of Connectedness.

Sam Bloom

A follow up to Penguin Bloom.

Mike Schlappi

“I got shot. What’s your problem?”
I did get shot – and it is my problem. A .38 claiber bullet fired at point-blank range, slammed into my chest, clipped my lung, narrowly missed my heart and lodged in my spine, paralyzing me from the chest down – and I had to deal with it. I still have to deal with it every day. That is my problem.

Shelly Kerchner

Standing Tall is Shelly Kerchner's story of overcoming adversity through maintaining an attitude of patience, gratitude, and grit. This is a story of love, faith, determination, and healing. Shelly has suffered from alcohol abuse, spousal abuse, and paralysis from the neck down. Gratitude for what she had left gave her strength and courage to overcome the pessimistic views of her medical advisers and, with the help of braces, finally stand tall on her own.

Kristina Vogel

Kristina Vogel is the world's most successful track cyclist in 2018 - with Olympic gold in London and Rio and eleven World Cup titles. Until the day that changes everything. During training, she crashes at full speed into a biker who is wrongly standing in the middle of the track.

Rosemarie Rossetti

Having the courage to face life after life throws you a curve ball is difficult at the best of times. But when life throws a 3 1/2 ton tree on top of you and places you in a wheelchair, you barely have the strength to survive.

Allen Rucker

One Tuesday afternoon Allen Rucker, Hollywood comedy writer and family man, wakes from a nap to find himself paralyzed from the waist down. Shocking? Yes. Unfair? Absolutely. Reality? Inescapably. Rucker is shaken up and angry, but soon realizes he's stuck in a wheelchair forever.

Peter Axleson

People who use wheelchairs for mobility and transportation depend heavily on their wheelchair maneuvering skills to accomplish basic living tasks. The variety of environments people encounter present complex skill and safety challenges to wheelchair users and their helpers. Unfortunately, many people are not properly trained in the safe and efficient use of their wheelchairs, which may result in falls and serious injury to wheelchair users and their assistants.

Peter Axleson

How to Use the ANSI/RESNA Wheelchair Standards to Buy a Wheelchair. The purpose of this guide is to explain how you can use the ANSI/RESNA wheelchair standards to select your next wheelchair. Standards for wheelchairs are currently being adopted by federal agencies. The actual standards are very technical, and at first glance you may not understand how this information will help you select a wheelchair or scooter.

Dave Sykes

After a catastrophic motorcycle accident in 1993, Dave Sykes was left a paraplegic and wheelchair using. 7 years later, he found himself missing the thrill of the road and looked to the sky.

Jeff Pagels

Story of the comeback from a devastating spinal cord injury in 1984 to Jeff Pagels and how he came back to be the fastest USA Nordic Disabled Skier in the world and then abandoned competition against others to just compete with himself by climbing mountains and other extreme outdoor pursuits.

Anita Ornoff (2021-2007)

Anita Bloom Ornoff’s story of her rehabilitation and her flourishing relationship with John Muller affirms that her independence was made possible by the empowerment of love. By accepting tender guidance, but not dependence, she fulfilled her dream of personal freedom, reminding us that the worthiest battles are seldom fought alone.

Ron Kovic

"The book details Kovic's entering of the Vietnam War as a fierce, pro-war patriot before becoming an outspoken peace activist after an injury paralyzed him and he returned home to a cold reception."

Tricia Downing

Elite athlete Rainey Abbott is an intense competitor on the outside, but inside, she feels a daunting apprehension about her chances of finding true love. Her life as a downhill skier and race car driver keeps her on the edge, but her love life is stuck in neutral. A tragedy from her past has left her feeling insecure and unlovable.

Mark Wellman

Climbing Back is the story of Mark's struggle to survive a disabling accident, to become a park ranger and an accomplished wheelchair athlete, and ultimately to climb the sheer granite faces of El Capitan and Half Dome.

Lorenzo W. Milam (1933-2020)

"Over half of the disabled commit suicide in the first few years of their new lives," says the author. "I wrote CripZen to show my brothers and sisters how to survive and in the process find love for others (and themselves.)" Milam has been described as "a survivor's survivor." He has been disabled for over forty years. With rich humor and a sageness born of so many years in what he calls "the wilderness of the body," he shows his fellow disabled how to deal with their new world of rehabilitation specialists, SSI, wheelchairs, doctors and a new body.

Kristin Beale

Date Me is a collection of comics that tells stories of dating in a wheelchair, social situations sculpted by people’s response to a wheelchair, and the struggle of trying to fit in from a different perspective.

Gary Karp

Life On Wheels is a comprehensive guidebook for people with mobility disabilities. It's written in an affirming tone that helps people pursue their true, full potential.

Sophie Morgan

On the precipice of starting her adult life, aged eighteen, Sophie, a rebellious and incorrigible wild child, crashed her car and was instantly paralysed from the chest down. Rushed to hospital, everything she had dreamed for her life was instantly forgotten and her journey to rediscover herself and build a different life began. But being told she would never walk again would come to be the least of her concerns.

Danny Furlong

Imagine yourself as a very physical guy, an ex-commando and skydiver, who has a stroke for no known reason and loses nearly everything but the functions of your mind and – thankfully – your sexuality. You awaken from a coma to a grueling, yet often funny, rehabilitation. You can’t speak; you can only move your eyes. You’ve never been an angel. You lose your marriage totally and are separated from your children. Finally, new love, and you become a parent, once more.

http://www.dannyfurlong.com/

Humberto Gurmilán

“From My Chair” is the chronicle of events that followed a traumatic surfing accident that left Beto Gurmilán paralyzed at the young age of 15. His dreams and hopes of a “normal” life were shattered but his will remained intact.

Mark Zupan

Mark Zupan was a college soccer star, out drinking one night with friends. Tired from a game and from a few too many beers, he decided to take a nap in the back of his best friend's pickup truck. Still asleep when the pickup started and drove off, he was suddenly jolted awake when the truck crashed. Mark was thrown into a river and trapped in the freezing water, barely clinging to a tree branch, for 14 hours. When Mark was finally rescued, he discovered the terrible truth: he'd broken his neck and was now a quadriplegic, facing life in a wheelchair and only limited use of all four limbs.

Kristin Beale

Kristin was thrown into a disability at the age of 14, and every day since then has been a struggle to overcome it. She has fought through the unavoidable physical stresses of her condition for over a decade and, even more, the heavy psychological burdens that follow closely behind. Greater Things is a raw perspective on everything from how people react differently to her situation, to learning how to navigate in and through an inaccessible world, to just trying to make the best of a crummy situation.

Karen Trolan

Author Karen Trolan was 51, piloting a plane out of Truckee, CA, and she crashed with 3 passengers. Everyone survived, but it left Karen in a wheelchair.

Roxana Dobrica

Roxana D. is a parathlete, a model, and a fierce advocate of making the world a better, more accessible place for people with physical disabilities. "Jungle of the Soul" is a memoir, providing a raw, unedited look into Roxana's life, from her humble beginnings to the traumatic events she's faced and the journey of self-discovery that she embarked upon after a tragic accident left her paralyzed from the waist down.

Mallory Weggemann

The Paralympic gold-medalist, world champion swimmer, ESPY winner, and NBC Sports commentator uses her extraordinary story to equip others to meet whatever challenges they face in life.

On January 21, 2008, a routine medical procedure left Mallory Weggemann paralyzed from her waist down. Less than two years later, Mallory had broken eight world records, and by the 2012 Paralympic Games, she held fifteen world records and thirty-four American records.

Jenny Smith

Jenny Smith was like every other vibrant teenager. With pink lipstick and big bangs, the high schooler actively participated in her church youth group, played in a rock band, and was a competitive gymnast. But while tumbling on the dewy morning grass, one catastrophic slip ended with a life-altering spinal cord injury.

Michael McGuire (husband of SCI)

Since childhood Bonnie had a dream of visiting 100 countries in her lifetime. She was on her way to doing so when she fell down a Mayan pyramid while traveling in Mexico, becoming a paraplegic. She never expected to travel the world again until she met and married me.

Simi Linton

My Body Politic begins in the midst of the turmoil over Vietnam and concludes with a meditation on the U.S. involvement in the war in Iraq and the war's wounded veterans. While a memoir of the author's gradual political awakening, My Body Politic is filled with adventure, celebration, and rock and roll—Salvador Dali, James Brown, and Jimi Hendrix all make cameo appearances. Linton weaves a tale that shows disability to be an ordinary part of the twists and turns of life and, simultaneously, a unique vantage point on the world.

Dr. William Tan

Dr William Tan contracted polio when he was two and became paralysed from the waist down. Dr Tan is an accomplished sportsman who is dedicated to championing as well as fundraising for charities locally and internationally through his ultra-marathon endeavours around the world for the past 20 years.

Ryan Atkins

At age twenty-one, Ryan Atkins had everything going for him: a full-ride scholarship in a prestigious business program, a well-paying internship, an opportunity to pitch a business plan to venture capitalists in New York City. He was living his dreams and preparing for a future of success. But the day before leaving for New York, Ryan was in a life-altering car accident that robbed him of the use of his arms and legs.

Heather Grossman

This is the riveting and inspirational true story of Heather Grossman, made a quadriplegic by her ex-husband who hired hit men to murder her—but who miraculously survived and battled back for justice, and who has become a vibrant national voice for victims of domestic violence.

Chelsie Hill

Co-written by "Push Girls" star Chelsie Hill, whose real life inspired Kara's experience, this uplifting novel takes young readers from tragedy to triumph with an unforgettable and unique heroine.

Brian Swift

RISING UP will Tap into the courage, strength, passion and confidence to overcome any challenge, obstacle, and unexpected change that life throws at you. Help you create the right mindset to implement success. Empower you to get past your own limiting beliefs. Create intentional and purposeful lives. Support your personal growth, challenge your thinking and giving you a different perspective.

Annie Streit

This heartwarming poem tells the story of a joyful little dog named Scooter. Scooter was born different, but he doesn't let that slow him down. With the aid of his Scoot Scoot he can do just about everything that his friends can, and even some things that they can't! When he's in a bind, his buddies are always there to help him out.

Rose Finlay

All throughout society we are shown examples and force fed stories that teach us to believe that women cannot be trusted, should be feared, and they’re our competition. From early on we take on the beliefs that we must compete against each other for our friends, for that job and for the affections of a lover, to succeed at anything, to become anything, or accomplish anything of note and worth.

Christopher Reeve (1952-2004)

The whole world held its breath when Christopher Reeve struggled for life on Memorial Day, 1995. On the third jump of a riding competition, Reeve was thrown headfirst from his horse in an accident that broke his neck and left him unable to move or breathe.

Damon Rozier (1967-2017)

I was born a king I have failed I have succeeded I have conquered I have not been afraid to be great.

Amanda R. Quisenberry

Seventeen-year-old Amanda grew up believing love conquers all. But when a brutal accident leaves her paralyzed, she struggles to reconcile her sensuality while trapped in a broken body.

From her first kiss and exploring the wonders of her body before the accident to feeling disconnected and bewildered by her paralysis while trying to date in college, Amanda Quisenberry’s The Accidental Virgin is a personal love letter to love. It is not until Amanda reconnects with one of her past loves that she begins to appreciate her body for what it is—“accidental virgin” and all—while continuing to explore what “disability” means for her future.

Ali Stroker

A heartfelt middle-grade novel about a theater-loving girl who uses a wheelchair for mobility and her quest to defy expectations—and gravity—from Tony award–winning actress Ali Stroker and Stacy Davidowitz

Mike King

Mike King has completed a remarkable journey. One hundred twenty days after he pushed out of Fairbanks, Alaska-in his wheelchair-he arrived in Washington, D.C. An incredible 5600 miles by hand!