I need to find abook/novel written by a person who has a disability.Does any one know a good one?

Question

I need to compare the info in the novel to info that I have researced then write an essay on it.then do an oral presentation aswell.So any ideas would greatly help me.thanx

Answer 1

AGAINST TALL ODDS: BEING A DAVID IN A GOLIATH WORLD by
Matt Roloff. This is a modern book about the author (an autobiography. You might know Matt from his show on TLC, Little People Big World. His book is about how he grew up as a dwarf (a little person) with disabilaties. His wife, Amy, is a dwarf too. She was born as a dwarf, but not the same kind as Matt. Amy does not have disabilities. He has a set of twins who are sixteen. One is a dwarf and one is average size. He also has a normal sized thirteen year old girl named Molly and a ten year old named Jacob who is average sized.

Anyways, this book starts out where Matt is born at the hospital. He was born as a dwarf with disabilities. His older sister was normal. One of his brothers had heart problems and still does while his other brother is the same as Matt. This book takes you through the life of Matt Roloff and how he wouldn't give up being a dwarf because he wants to make a difference to dwarfs everywhere. In the book, Matt explains all the people staring at him ("especially the children," he quotes in the book.).

Hope I helped.

Answer 2

Helen Keller was blind.

Irving Kenneth Zola (1935—1994) was an internationally-known activist and writer in the fields of medical sociology and disability rights. He was a founding member of the Society of Disability Studies and the first editor of Disability Studies Quarterly. He also was a founding member and counselor at the Boston Self-Help Center.
His best-known book, which first came out in 1982, is Missing Pieces: A Chronicle of Living With a Disability. It has recently been reissued.
The Society of Disability Studies now offers a scholarship named after him.
The Dr. Irving Kenneth Zola Collection, a repository of most of Zola's works, can be found at The Samuel Gridley Howe Library at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. Zola had taught at Brandeis since 1963.

Answer 3

How old does the writer need to be?

There is a great article right now on CNN.com by Amanda Baggs who has autism and is age 26. The video demonstration is called "In My Language", I believe there are links on that page that will lead you to her story. I am sure there is book written as well.

Also there is a cool story by a kid named Sony V. that won a contest for Reading Rainbow called "My Brother is Autistic, he is probably 6 years old. You would just use your search engine using the name of the story and add "reading rainbow" in the search.

Answer 4

The only fiction I know of is a chiildrens book written by a man with high functioning autism:
"The Stonking Steps" by Will Rogers (Author)

However, if you want non-fiction, these are fantastic:

"The Question of David" by Denise Sherer Jacobson

"Autobiography of A Face" by Lucy Grealy

Answer 5

Oh please check out the book, Flying Without Wings. It is an incredible journey into the life of a young man who overcomes what most of us would assume to be devastating.

Also good is Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman. An interior pursuit after an active sportsman is broken, physically and mentally, and overcomes many life obstacles.

Answer 6

My Left Foot by Christy Brown, he had cerebral palsy.

John Milton was blind later in life.

Seabiscuit by Lauren Hillenbrand,
Ms. Hillenbrand has Chronic Fatigue Syndrome which prevented her from leaving the house while researching and writing the book. She had to do much of the research and writing of the book (it took her four years) from her bed in her apartment. This article about her struggle with the illness appeared in the New Yorker:
http://www.cfids-cab.org/MESA/Hillenbrand.html

Answer 7

Uh....Odyssey and iliad by Homer.

Homer was blind

Though both books are in the neighborhood of 1000 pages

Answer 8

I think there is a movie called "My left foot," I imagine it comes from a book. You might give that a look. It's interesting enough.