Disabilities Archives - State Library of Ohio

Disability Visibility

by Alice Wong

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 […]

Affirming Disability

by Janet Story Sauer and Zachary Rossetti

Providing both a theoretical framework and practical strategies, this resource will help teachers, counselors, and related service providers develop understanding and empathy to improve outcomes […]

Life After Deaf

by Noel Holston

From a renowned media critic to a man with sudden and full hearing loss, Noel Holston ran the gauntlet of diagnoses, health insurance, and cochlear […]

Traveling with service animals: by air, road, rail, and ship across North America

by Henry Kisor and Christine Goodier

The boom in trained service animal use and access has transformed the lives of travelers with disabilities. As a result, tens of thousands of people […]

From the periphery: real-life stories of disability

by Pia Justesen

From the Periphery consists of nearly forty first-person narratives from activists and everyday people who describe what it’s like to be treated differently by society because of […]

About us: essays from the Disability Series of the New York Times

by Peter Catapano and Rosemarie Garland-Thompson: forward by Andrew Solomon

Based on the New York Times series, About Us captures the voices of a community that has been stereotyped and misrepresented. Speaking The authors in […]

An invincible spirit: the story of Don Fulk

by As signed to Janet Allen

Profoundly deafened as an infant, Don Fulk didn’t learn his name or go to school until the age of ten. At the age of 18 […]

Between two worlds: my life as a child of deaf adults

by David Sorensen

In his memoir, David Sorensen explores his identity as a coda, or a child of Deaf adults. He describes his experiences with the roles often […]

Accessible America: a history of disability and design

by Bess Williamson

Have you ever hit the big blue button to activate automatic doors? Have you ever used an ergonomic kitchen tool? Have you ever used curb […]

Such a pretty girl: a story of struggle, empowerment, and disability pride

by Nadina LaSpina

Such a Pretty Girl is Nadina LaSpina’s story–from her early years in her native Sicily, where still a baby she contracts polio, a fact that […]