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Read a Book Featuring a Character with Differing Abilities
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Dancing with Daddy
by Anitra Rowe Schulte
Excited for her first father-daughter dance, Elsie, practicing swirling and swaying in her wheelchair as she prepares for her special night, wonders if she will still get to dance her way to a dream come true when a winter storm arrives.
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The Girl Who Thought in Pictures
by Julia Finley Mosca
Describes the life and accomplishments of the animal scientist and designer of cruelty-free livestock facilities, from her early life and autism diagnosis through her journey to become a livestock expert.
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My Friend Isabelle
by Eliza Woloson
A young boy named Charlie describes the activities he shares with his friend Isabelle, a girl with Down Syndrome.
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We'll Paint the Octopus Red
by S. A. Bodeen
Emma and her father discuss what they will do when the new baby arrives, but they adjust their expectations when he is born with Down syndrome.
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Captain Starfish
by Davina Bell
Alfie's anxiety often keeps him from engaging in fun activities, until a tiny clownfish at the aquarium teaches him a valuable lesson in how to make meaningful connections.
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Song for a Whale
by Lynne Kelly
Frustrated by the communication challenges of the hearing world as her school's only hearing-impaired student, a 12-year-old electronics whiz uses her tech skills to help a whale that has lost its ability to communicate.
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The Chance to Fly
by Ali Stroker
A Tony Award-winning actress and the author of the Camp Rolling Hills series follows the experiences of a theater-loving girl who uses her wheelchair to defy expectations, and gravity, when she is cast in a kids’ production of a favorite Broadway musical.
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Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen!
by Sarah Kapit
Eleven-year-old knuckleball pitcher Vivy Cohen, who has autism, becomes pen pals with her favorite Major League baseball player after writing a letter to him as an assignment for her social skills class.
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El Deafo
by Cece Bell
The author recounts in graphic novel format her experiences with hearing loss at a young age, including using a bulky hearing aid, learning how to lip read, and determining her "superpower".
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Can You See Me?
by Libby Scott
Hiding her struggles on the autism spectrum from her new classmates at Kingswood Academy, sixth grader Tally questions her understanding of what normal means when her best friend begins to feel uncomfortable.
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