Disability Awareness Task Force  

Bringing Abilities to Light

Suggested Reading for High School Ages and Adults

1. Brilliant Idiot: An autobiography of a Dyslexic, by Abraham Schmitt

2. Lucky Man: A Memoir, by Michael J. Fox

3. Beyond Ritalin: Facts About Medication and Other Strategies for Helping Children, Adolescents and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders, by Stephen W, Garber

4. Wheelchair around the World, by Patrick D. Simpson

5. Not Better¼ Not Worse¼ Just Different, by Sharon Scott

6. What Happened to You?, by Lois Keith

7. Genesis: A Portrait of Spinal Cord Injury, by Stephen Thompson

8. Uncommon Gifts: Transforming Learning Disabilities into a Blessing,by James Stewart Evans

9. Educating Tigers, by Wendy Sand Eckel

10.Tom: A gift in Disguise, by Henrietta Rose

Movies: My Left Foot, Rain Man, Forrest Gump, The Other Sister, Beautiful Mind,

If You Could See What I Hear, I Am Sam, Water Dance, Awakenings.