RESOURCES
Here you will find various resources to guide you in further understanding individuals with HIN, typically-developing children, literacy, and education.
Note: I do not own any of these resources. Any resources mentioned are for education use only.
Sydney Farthing http://bit.ly/3cIzQz0
Courtney Hale bit.ly/halecj1
Ally Hennington http://bit.ly/2NKdvXg
Michelle Zitney http://bit.ly/zitneyml
Nettie Jester http://bit.ly/3cWv3dn
Caroline Williams https://sites.google.com/view/carolinewilliams/home
Sara Pons http://bit.ly/3ptwm6S
Kristin Kirk http://bit.ly/KirkPortfolioSPE6110
Alyssa Lund https://lunda2.wixsite.com/website
Hailey Belk http://bit.ly/36Iw3xE
Deby Johnson-Mitchell bit.ly/36Dp2OP
Leslie Southerland https://tinyurl.com/2m28ov5g
Classmate's Porfolios
Respectful Reading List
1. Orchid of the Bayou: A Deaf Woman Faces Blindness
by Cathryn Carroll & Catherine Hoffpauir Fischer
This is autobiography of a culturally deaf woman diagnosed with Usher syndrome which causes both deafness and blindness. An incredible book that I would be comfortable recommending to other students.
2. People Who Raised Me Beyond by Dr. Kristin M. Rytter
An autobiographical account of growing up with a severe physical disability and no conventional means of communication.
3. When We Pause by Dr. Kristin M. Rytter
A novel that uses real-life characters to teach about central issues related to the lives of children with significant disabilities.
4. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
by Mark Haddon
A book written from the perspective of boy with ASD. It opens your eyes to how the world is seen through the eyes of an individual with ASD. This story revolves around the murder of a dog, so get ready!
5. Look Up For Yes by Julia Tavalaro and Richard Tayson
A book about a woman who comes out of a 7-month-long stroke-induced coma and was conscious for six years before anyone realized she was not brain dead. A young speech therapist named Arlene Kraat suspected Julia could comprehend what was happening around her. By asking her one simple question and telling her to respond with her eyes, she finally broke through Julia's isolation.
Class Reading List
One Child by Torey Hayden (severe emotional behavior disorders)
Laughing at My Nightmare by Shane Burcaw (spinal muscular atrophy)
Unspeakable: The Story of Junius Wilson by Susan Burch (deafness)
An Uncomplicated Life: A Father’s Memoir of His Exceptional Daughter by Paul Daugherty (Down syndrome)
I Raise My Eyes to Say Yes by Ruth Sienkiewicz-Mercer and Steven B. Kaplan (severe cerebral palsy)
Spelling Love with an X: A Mother, A Son, and the Gene that Binds Them by Clare Dunsford (Fragile X syndrome)
“You’ll Like It Here” – The Story of Donald Vitkus, Belchertown Patient #3394 by Ed Orzechowski (intellectual disability)
Stop Saying Hospice: I Want to Live by Sherry Bult (cerebral palsy, cancer)
Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law by Haben Girma (deafblindness)
The Pretty One by Keah Brown (physical impairments)
The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness by Elyn R. Saks (schizophrenia)
Mean Little Deaf Queer: A Memoir by Terry Galloway (deafeness, LGBTQ issues)
Ghost Boy by Martin Pistorius (acquired multiple disabilities)
Auto (biographies)
Novels
Skallagrigg by William Horwood (multiple characters with multiple disabilities)
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (central character has intellectual disabilities)
Good Kings Bad Kings by Susan Nussbaum (characters with a variety of disabilities)
Carry the Ocean by Heidi Cullinan (One character with clinical depression, one with autism LGBTQ issues)
Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult (osteogenesis imperfecta)
So Lucky: A Novel by Nicola Griffith (multiple sclerosis)
Icy Sparks by Gwyn Hyman Rubio (Tourette syndrome)
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers (deafness, nonspeaking)
Geek Love by Katherine Dunn (wide variety of disabilities)
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (fantasy: wide variety of disabilities, LGBTQ issues)
Behind Closed Doors by B. A. Paris (character with disabilities influences much of plot)
Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis (fantasy: amputees, mutism)
A Room Called Earth by Madeleine Ryan (autism)
Children's Literature
King for a Day by Rukhsana Khan (central character uses a wheelchair)
Blue Skies for Lupe by Linda Kurtz Kingsley (central character uses a wheelchair)
Silent Days, Silent Dreams by Allen Say (biographical: artist who was deaf, nonspeaking, and had ASD)
Ricky, the Rock that Couldn’t Roll by Mr. Jay (central character has a significant physical difference)
A Boy and a Jaguar by Alan Rabinowitz (biographical: severe stutter)
The Snow Rabbit by Camille Garoche (one of central characters uses a wheelchair)
Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah by Laurie Ann Thompson (biographical: severe physical impairment)
Rescue and Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship by Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes (autobiographical: severe physical impairments and service dog)
El Deafo graphic novel by Cece Bell (central character is deaf)
The William Hoy Story: How a Deaf Baseball Player Changed the Game by Nancy Churnin (biographical: deaf)
Russ and the Almost Perfect Day by Janet Elizabeth Rickert (Russ has Down syndrome)
Zoom by Robert Munsch (wheelchair fantasy)
Crazy Lady! by Jane Leslie Conly (one of central characters has intellectual disabilities)
Not So Different: What You Really Want to Ask about Having a Disability by Shane Burcaw (spinal muscular atrophy)
Adolescent Fiction
The Love Letters of Abelard and Lily by Laura Creedle (central characters have ADHD and ASD)
Petey by Ben Mikaelsen (central character has cerebral palsy, nonspeaking)
Don’t Stop the Music by Robert Perske (2 characters with cerebral palsy)
A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer (central character has cerebral palsy)
Say What You Will by Cammie McGovern (central character has cerebral palsy, can’t talk)
Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman (central character has cerebral palsy, nonspeaking)
A Quiet Kind of Thunder by Sara Barnard (2 central characters, one is nonspeaking, the other deaf)
Running Full Tilt by Michael Currinder (central character has severe disabilities)
So. Be. It by Sarah Weeks (one of central characters has severe intellectual disabilities)
Loud Awake and Lost by Adele Griffin (central character has TBI due to car accident)
Gap Life by John Coy (characters with developmental disabilities)
The Ables by Jeremy Scott (narrator is blind, other characters with a range of disabilities)
It’s My Life by Stacie Ramey (narrator has CP)
