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The Choice: Escaping the Past and Embracing the Present by Dr. Edith Eva Eger
Scribner (a Division of Simon & Schuster)
336 pages
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
A Novel by Mark Haddon
Vintage Contemporaries
226 pages
My Grandfather’s Blessings: Stories of Strength, Refuge, and Belonging by Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D.
Riverhead Books
400 pages
by Bill Henderson
Harvard Education Press
200 pages
Books by Pema Chödrön
The Places That Scare You: Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times
by Pema Chödrön
Boston, Shambala Publications
144 pages
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
by Pema Chödrön
Boston, Shambala Publications
176 pages
Connecting to Nature
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Milkweed Editions
408 pages
by Mary Oliver
Beacon Press
Winner of the 1992 National Book Award for Poetry
255 pages
Documentaries & Films
Gabby Giffords’ movie is the 2022 documentary Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down. Directed by Julie Cohen and Betsy West, the film chronicles the former Arizona congresswoman’s inspiring recovery from a 2011 assassination attempt and her subsequent journey to becoming a prominent advocate for gun violence prevention.
Briarcliff Entertainment
(2022)
97 minutes
The 2010 HBO biographical drama film. Temple Grandin tells the inspiring true story of a young, autistic woman who navigated intense societal stigma to become a groundbreaking scientist, author, and advocate.
HBO Films
(2010)
107 minutes
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An intimate look at the beloved actor’s decades-long battle with Parkinson’s disease. It captures his stubborn optimism, physical resilience, and the relentless determination required to manage an incurable brain disorder.
Best Documentary Film from the National Board of Review
Concordia Studio
(2023)
95 minutes
A Time to Dance: The Life Work of Norma Canner
This intimate documentary profiles Norma Canner, a pioneer in dance movement therapy, who found in dance a way to help those discarded by society.
Canner, N. (1998)
111 minutes
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
A deeply moving documentary recounting the life of actor Christopher Reeve following his paralyzing horse-riding accident. The film highlights his intense physical journey, unwavering hope, and transformative work advocating for spinal cord injury research.
Warner Bros. Pictures
(2024)
104 minutes
Rental
When Billy Broke His Head And Other Tales of Wonder
An entertaining, irreverent road movie about disability, civil rights, and the search for intelligent life after brain damage. Following a traffic-accident, journalist Billy Golfus woke from a coma to find himself head-injured, hemiplegic and dependent on others. His struggle to make a new life for himself in the face of discrimination and bureaucratic “helping systems” is laced with humor and biting wit. Widely acclaimed & groundbreaking.
Fanlight Productions (1994)
Vimeo rental 58 minutes
Talks & Interviews
Brother Rick Curry: Sixty Minutes
Rick Curry, a 56-year-old Jesuit brother, was born without a right forearm. But as Steve Kroft reports, that hasn’t stopped him from becoming a professor, best-selling cookbook author, and founder of the country’s only known theater school for the physically disabled. (1999)
Paramount Plus
13 minutes
Changing the Way We Talk About Disability: Amy Oulton
You can take a wheelchair just about anywhere. Amy addresses societal perceptions of disability and her vision for how we all can change our approach. Amy has been a wheelchair user for the past ten years. In spite of this, she lives an exciting and positive life, travelling the world, working as a graphic designer for a charity and campaigning to change the way we understand disability.
TED Talk (2018) 15 minutes
Ignite Sina Bahram: I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings: Freeing Museums From Behind the Glass
Sina Bahram is a blind accessibility consultant, computer scientist, researcher, speaker, and entrepreneur. In 2012, he was recognized as a White House Champion of Change by President Obama for his research enabling disabled users to succeed in STEM fields. YouTube
(2015)
6.26 minutes
Let’s Talk About Intellectual Disabilities: Loretta Claiborne
Loretta Claiborne’s story is remarkable—from Special Olympian to inspiring speaker and advocate. Her work has ranged from supporting people with disabilities to working to help end bullying. In 2000, Walt Disney Productions created The Loretta Claiborne Story. Loretta is a world-class runner and gifted motivational speaker who happens to also be a Special Olympics Athlete and a person who has an intellectual disability.
TEDx MidAtlantic
(2012) 11 minutes
My Philosophy for a Happy Life: Sam Berns
Just before his passing on January 10, 2014, Sam Berns was a Junior at Foxboro High School in Foxboro, MA, where he achieved highest honors and was a percussion section leader in the high school marching band. He also achieved the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America. Sam was diagnosed with Progeria, a rare, rapid aging disease, at the age of 2. He is featured in the Emmy award-winning documentary Life According to Sam, which premiered on HBO 2 days before his 17th birthday.
TEDx MidAtlantic (2013) 12 minutes
Not All Disabilities Are Visible: The Horizontals
Being logical is having the ability to understand ourselves so well that we know the things we won’t do, and won’t feel guilty about not doing them. Hear from The Horizontals about what invisible disabilities can teach us all about how we work and live together.
TEDx
Paid Talk
YouTube
(2017) 18 minutes
Stephen Hawking: Reach for the Stars
This is Stephen Hawking’s last inspiring message to humanity before he departed for worlds beyond.
(2018)
3 minutes
Aimee Mullins: My Twelve Sets of Legs
In this TED archive video from 1998, paralympic sprinter Aimee Mullins talks about her record-setting career as a runner, and about the amazing carbon-fiber prosthetic legs (then a prototype) that helped her cross the finish line.
TED Talk
(2009)
10 minutes
Music
Somewhere Over the Rainbow/It’s a Wonderful World by Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
Keep Marching from the Musical Suffs by Shaina Taub
When You Believe from the Musical Prince of Egypt by Stephen Schwartz
I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor
Right on Time by Brandi Carlile
Shake it Off by Taylor Swift
True Colors by Cyndi Lauper