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My thinking about disability issues has been shaped by many influences: people with disabilities and their families, dedicated activists in the field, my own son and our family's experiences, as well as some great authors who are listed below. I routinely discover "great lessons" from non-disability sources, for so many of the dilemmas before us are actually not related to people's disability diagnoses, but to our thinking, our language, our reasoning, and other things going on inside of us! I hope you'll find some valuable lessons in these books, too.
Of course, at the top of my list is my own book—Disability is Natural: Revolutionary Common Sense for Raising Successful Children with Disabilities. It includes many of the lessons I've learned from others, and it's being used by parents, educators, colleges and universities, and many others. Click here to learn more!
On Living a Better Life
Living with Change by Wendell Johnson
People in Quandries: The Semantics of Personal Adjustment by Wendell Johnson
Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness (Plus) by Epictetus (translation by Lebell)
Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior by Ori Brafman and Rom Brafman
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson
Tao Te Ching: An Illustrated Journey by English version by Stephen Mitchell
Meditations of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
A Guide through the Theory of Knowledge by Adam Morton
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, A Toltec Wisdom Book by Don Miguel Ruiz
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen
Tales of Good and Evil, Help and Harm by Philip Hallie
Clear Thinking: A Practical Introduction by Hy Ruchlis
Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life by Martin E. P. Seligman
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Head First: The Biology of Hope and the Healing Power of the Human Spirit by Norman Cousins
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature by Steven Pinker
The Art of Happiness by the Dalai Lama
On Caring by Milton Mayeroff
A Whack on the Side of the Head by Roger von Oech
The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz
Disability and/or Medical Issues
How Doctors Think by Jerome Groopman, MD
From Snake Pits to Cash Cows: Politics and Public Institutions in New York by Paul J. Castellani
The Political Economy of Developmental Disabilities by Paul J. Castellani
Disabling Professions (compiled) by Ivan Illich (and anything else by Illich)
Plato, Not Prozac! Applying Eternal Wisdom to Everyday Problems by Lou Marinoff
Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity by Erving Goffman
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life by Erving Goffman
No More Job Interviews: Self-Employment Strategies for People with Disabilities by Alice Weiss Doyel
Movement Differences and Diversity in Autism/Mental Retardation: Appreciating and Accommodating People with Communication and Behavior Challenges by Anne M. Donnellan and Martha R. Leary
Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community's Assets by John P. Kretzmann and John L. McKnight
Learning to Listen: Positive Approaches and People with Difficult Behavior by Herbert Lovett
War Against the Weak: Eugenics and America's Campaign to Create a Master Race by Edwin Black
About Language and Communication
The Use and Misuse of Language edited by S.I. Hayakawa
Language in Thought and Action by S.I. Hayakawa and Alan R. Hayakawa
Telling it Like It Isn't: Language Misuse and Malpractice/What We Can Do About It by J. Dan Rothwell
Word Play: What Happens When People Talk by Peter Farb
The New Doublespeak: Why No One Know What Anyone's Saying Anymore by William Lutz
Language Habits in Human Affairs by Irving J. Lee
On Parenting, Teaching, and/or Education
The Beyond Access Model: Promoting Membership, Participation, and Learning for Students with Disabilities in the General Education Classroom by Cheryl M. Jorgensen, Michael McSheehan, and Rae M. Sonnenmeier
The Nurture Assumption by Judith Rich Harris
The Myth of the First Three Years by John T. Bruer
Schooled to Order: A Social History of Public Schooling in the United States by David Nasaw
How to Survive in Your Native Land by James Herndon
The Continuum Concept: In Search of Happiness Lost by Jean Liedloff
All Grown Up and No Place to Go by David Elkind
Miseducation: Preschoolers at Risk by David Elkind
The Hurried Child by David Elkind
Changing Minds: The Art And Science of Changing Our Own And Other People's Minds by Howard Gardner
Frames Of Mind: The Theory Of Multiple Intelligences by Howard Gardner
Leading Minds: An Anatomy Of Leadership by Howard Gardner
The Unschooled Mind: How Children Think And How Schools Should Teach by Howard Gardner
The Myth of the A.D.D. Child by Thomas Armstrong
In Their Own Way: Discovering and Encouraging Your Child's Multiple Intelligences by Thomas Armstrong
Radiant Child (Quest Book) by Thomas Armstrong
Instead of Education: Ways to Help People do Things Better by John Holt
How Children Fail (Classics in Child Development) by John Holt
How Children Learn (Classics in Child Development) by John Holt
Escape from Childhood by John Holt
Freedom and Beyond (Innovators in Education) by John Holt
The Lives of Children: The Story of the First Street School (Innovators in Education) by George Dennison
Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education (Classic Reprint) by John Dewey
Schools Without Failure by William Glasser
Choice Theory: A New Psychology of Personal Freedom by William Glasser
Reality Therapy: A New Approach to Psychiatry (Colophon Books) by William Glasser
Teaching Thinking by Edward de Bono
Practical Thinking: 4 Ways to be Right; 5 Ways to be Wrong; 5 Ways to Understand by Edward de Bono
The Tao of Teaching: The Ageless Wisdom of Taoism and the Art of Teaching by Greta Nagel
Parenting With Love And Logic (Updated and Expanded Edition) by Foster Cline and Jim Fay
Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes by Alfie Kohn
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