During Disability Pride Month, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is committed to highlighting and celebrating the diverse experiences and contributions of individuals with disabilities. We recognize this month as an opportunity to raise awareness, promote acceptance, and advocate for the rights of people with disabilities.
Throughout July, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh will amplify the identities of those with visible and invisible disabilities. Check out the titles on this list or find displays in your neighborhood libraries to discover more options!
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One of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her personal story of fighting for the right to receive an education, have a job, and just be human.
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What is intimacy? More than sex, more than romantic love, the pieces in this new anthology offer broader and more inclusive definitions of what it can mean to be intimate with another person. Explorations of caregiving, community, access, and friendship offer us alternative ways of thinking about the connections we form with others–a vital reimagining in an era when forced physical distance is at times a necessary norm.
This title is also available for checkout in eAudio on Libby.
The Ephemera Collector is an Afrofuturist debut novel by Stacy Nathaniel Jackson. The story follows Xandria Brown, an archivist in near-future Los Angeles, who becomes the target of a violent plot and relies on her AI assistive technologies for help. The novel weaves together personal and political elements, including the fate of a separatist underwater city.
This title is also available for checkout in eAudio on Hoopla.
A collection of prose poems that follow a woman and her experience with obsessive-compulsive disorder, from childhood onset to adult daily life.
A neurodivergent, hyperlexic book editor, Jo Jones, taking possession of a possibly haunted family estate in North Yorkshire, finds herself at the center of a murder investigation when the groundskeeper is found dead and a family portrait goes missing, and to clear her name, she must unearth the town’s secrets-and her own.
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Leg is an extraordinarily funny and insightful memoir from a daring new voice. Packed with outrageous stories of a singular childhood, it is also a startlingly original examination of what it means to transform when there are parts of yourself you can’t change, a moving portrait of a family in crisis, and a tale of resilience of spirit. In Marshall’s deft hands, we see a story both personal and universal–of being young and wanting the world, even when the world doesn’t feel like yours to want.
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One woman’s decades-long journey to a diagnosis of autism, and the barriers that keep too many neurodivergent people from knowing their true selves.
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Winnifred ‘Win’ McNulty has always been wildly independent, and not one to be coddled for her limb difference. Win has spent most of her life trying to prove that she can do it all on her own. With some minor adjustments, she’s done just fine. Hooking up at a costume party with the incredibly charming Bo changes everything.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby and in eAudio on Hoopla.
A colorful and eclectic comics anthology exploring a wide range of autistic experiences–from diagnosis journeys to finding community–from autistic contributors.
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By age thirty, Stephanie Foo was successful on paper: She had her dream job as an award-winning radio producer at This American Life and a loving boyfriend. But behind her office door, she was having panic attacks and sobbing at her desk every morning. After years of questioning what was wrong with herself, she was diagnosed with complex PTSD–a condition that occurs when trauma happens continuously, over the course of years.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby and in eAudio on Libby.
BIPOC and other intentionally ignored Americans want to feel heard and empowered; organization leaders and allies invested in dismantling white supremacy want a framework for how best to contribute. Dr. Akilah Cadet speaks to all these needs, drawing from her life experiences and work helping leading brands build inclusive and equitable cultures to offer an informed perspective that prioritizes intersectionality.
This title is also available for checkout in eAudio on Libby.