8 Books Ivy Tech Indianapolis’ Disability Support Services recommends for National Disability Awareness Month

March is National Disability Awareness Month, and Ivy Tech Community College-Indianapolis’ Disability Support Services has recommended eight books as essential reading to educate yourself on the life and experiences of individuals who have a disability.

• “Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century” by Alice Wong

• “More the Same than Different: What I Wish People Knew About Respecting and Including People with Disabilities” by Lorraine Cannistra

• “Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally” by Emily Ladau

• “Disability Representation in Film, TV, and Print Media (Interdisciplinary Disability Studies) by Michael S. Jeffress

• “Positively Purple: Build an Inclusive World Where People with Disabilities Can Flourish” by Kate Nash

• The Flower That Went Mad: Bipolar Poetry by Yogesh Chandra

• “Taking Flight: The Guide to College for Diverse Learners and Non-Traditional Students” by Perry LaRoque

• “Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity” by Devon Price

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