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Dis­abil­i­ty Pride

July is Dis­abil­i­ty Pride Month! Cel­e­brate all year-round with these pow­er­ful read­ing recommendations. 

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I Kept Walking: The Unlikely Story of a Persian Woman with Polio
Minou Michlin
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Stepchildren of the Shtetl: The Destitute, Disabled, and Mad of Jewish Eastern Europe, 1800-1939
Natan M. Meir
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Golem Girl: A Memoir
Riva Lehrer
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A Circle of Smiles: A Story About Beit Issie Shapiro, Israel’s Leading Organization in the Field of Disability
Sylvia Rouss
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Matthew, Mark, Luke, John...and Me: Growing Up Jewish in a Christian World
Arthur Ullian
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Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism
Barry M. Prizant
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Ketchup Is My Favorite Vegetable: A Family Grows Up With Autism
Liane Kupferberg Carter
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Esau's Blessing: How the Bible Embraces Those with Special Needs
Ora Horn Prouser
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How to Find What You're Not Looking For
Veera Hiranandani 
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It's My Life
Stacie Ramey
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The Little Gate-Crasher
Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
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Itzhak: A Boy Who Loved the Violin
Tracy Newman, Abigail Halpin (illus.)
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