Recommended Reading
We have selected a variety of books that are about or related to cerebral palsy, caregiving, or living with disabilities, as well as books for children and adolescents.
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Cerebral Palsy: A Complete Guide to Caregiving (A Johns Hopkins Press Book) -
Spastic Quadriplegia - Bilateral Cerebral Palsy -
Spastic Diplegia - Bilateral Cerebral Palsy 2nd Edition -
Spastic Hemiplegia - Unilateral Cerebral Palsy -
Children and Youth with Complex Cerebral Palsy: Care and Management -
Cerebral Palsy: From Diagnosis to Adult Life -
The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science -
Living With Cerebral Palsy -
The Boy Who Could Run But Not Walk: Understanding Neuroplasticity in the Child’s Brain -
Cerebral Palsy Toolkit: From Diagnosis to Understanding -
The Disabled Women's Guide To Pregnancy and Birth -
Little Bear Sees: How Children with Cortical Visual Impairment Can Learn to See
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Pure Grit -
The Impossible Mile: The Power of Living One Step at a Time -
If at Birth You Don't Succeed: My Adventures with Disaster and Destiny -
Keeping Your Head Above Water: Inspirational Insights From a Champion -
Catastrophic Rupture -
Beyond The Finish -
Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist -
One More Step: My Story of Living with Cerebral Palsy, Climbing Kilimanjaro, and Surviving the Hardest Race on Earth -
Walking with Friends: An Inspirational Year on the PGA Tour -
Someone Like Me: An Unlikely Story of Challenge and Triumph Over Cerebral Palsy -
My Left Foot -
My Big Toe
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I Am, You Are: Let's Talk About Disability, Individuality and Empowerment -
You Are Brave -
Out of My Heart -
Out of My Mind -
Out of My Dreams - PRE-ORDER NOW -
The Nonverbal Princes -
This Girl's Got Grit -
Xander's Cerebral Palsy Superpowers -
Reaching For Sun -
I Funny: A Middle School Story -
The Summer I Got A Life -
You, Me, and Our Heartstrings -
Everything You Need to Know About Cerebral Palsy
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Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally An approachable guide to being a thoughtful, informed ally to disabled people, with actionable steps for what to say and do (and what not to do) and how you can help make the world a more accessible, inclusive place. -
Supported Decision-Making: From Justice for Jenny to Justice for All How would you feel if you weren’t allowed to make decisions about your life? What if someone had the power to tell you where to live, who to spend time with, and what to do? What if that person had control of your money and health care? Isn't that hard to imagine? -
Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity Author Andrew Soloman proposes that being exceptional is at the core of the human condition—that difference is what unites us. -
Jabberwocky: Lessons of Love from a Boy Who Never Spoke Graham Hale Gardner died before turning twenty-three and never learned to walk or speak due to severe cerebral palsy complicated by epilepsy. Yet he left a legacy of love and compassion that deeply moved scores of people from widely different backgrounds. -
Crip Theory: Cultural Signs of Queerness and Disability A bold and contemporary discourse of the intersection of disability studies and queer studies -
Breakthrough Parenting for Children with Special Needs: Raising the Bar of Expectations Breakthrough Parenting for Children with Special Needs challenges families and professionals to help children with special needs to reach their full potential by using a proven motivational, how-to approach.
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How to Renovate or Build to Meet Your Accessibility Needs Going beyond ADA, this book provides practical tips, tricks and guidelines for people who are looking to build or renovate a home to be accessible. -
Fearless Advocates Misty Campbell is parent of child with complex disabilities who wrote this book as a guide for other families to advocate for their own children with significant disabilities. -
You Are More Than Your Body A gentle, supportive guide to developing coping skills and improving quality of life for disabled and chronically ill people.
