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In the wilderness, a beakless penguin named Percy and a trunkless elephant named Ellie form an extraordinary friendship. They overcome their limitations by using their unique strengths to survive. Their bond inspires others. A magical ceremony grants them their missing features. They become heroes, rescuing lost animals. Their story spreads,… Read More

Tags: elephant, disability, diversity, unity, penguin

Book / Young Adult

July 19, 2023

Reads: 256

Comments: 3

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: teen, school, disability

When Kayden Fraser walks into Madeline Copeland's life at the county fair, she is shocked by his ability to communicate and give her butterflies so easily. Being the new kid meant Madeline was already nervous for the first day at her new school, but she worried even more that she… Read More

Tags: romance, comedy, disability, deaf, romcom

My name is Roger Corea. I have written five novels and I am the screenwriter of the screenplay entitled, “There’s So Much More to Fishing Than Catching Fish”. This thrilling 159-page adventure combines the levity of a small-town breakfast nook in Western New York with a dangerous life-threatening struggle in… Read More

Tags: parenting, disability, fishing, down-syndrome

Poem / Memoir

May 25, 2023

Reads: 214

Comments: 3

The Booksie Classic House

My first teacher caught my ADD, decades before clinical labels were commonly known. Read More

Tags: poetry, poem, writing, disability, talent

Just keep on fighting Read More

Tags: disability

Poem / Memoir

April 12, 2023

Reads: 111

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: poem, bitter, disability

A personal journey about overcoming negative cultural stereotypes regarding sex & disability. Read More

Tags: romance, disability, diversity, advocacy, inclusion

Essay / Memoir

March 25, 2023

Reads: 123

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

An essay about overcoming and dispelling cultural stereotypes as a person with physical challenges. Read More

Tags: disability, diversity, advocacy, inclusion

A completed version of a short story I submitted here, https://www.booksie.com/687197-planned-obsolescence-short-version. Follows the story of Cynthia, a woman in a future where medical science is progressing so quickly it may be leaving her own needs behind. Read More

Tags: aliens, sci-fi, disability, amputation, cybernetics

Book / Fantasy

February 22, 2023

Reads: 621

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Fantasy Realm House

Silver, steel, fire, and blood; this is the way of Deselam. There are no heroes, no divine purpose, and no happily ever afters. What Deselam does have is the Regulators: people dedicated to the ideals of right and justness despite it all. These are their stories, and the little ways… Read More

Tags: fantasy, disability, darkfantasy, swordandsorcery, genderneutral

Shortened first draft of a sci-fi short story I worked on. Follows the story of Cynthia, a woman in a future where medical science is progressing so quickly it may be leaving her own needs behind. Longer version found here: https://www.booksie.com/692263-planned-obsolescence Read More

Tags: future, sci-fi, disability, cybernetics

Essay / Memoir

July 11, 2022

Reads: 452

Comments: 5

Shelves: 3

The Review Chain House

I started writing this over a year ago, abandoned it, and now finished it. When I started, I was looking for a way to describe chronic illness, pain, and fatigue to people in my life who don’t experience it. Thus, an overly long, weird metaphor because figurative language, I’ve found,… Read More

Tags: disability, fatigue, ableism, chronic-illness, chronic-pain

Short Story / Literary Fiction

April 09, 2022

Reads: 493

Comments: 2

The Booksie Classic House

another in my music caricatures. of course, any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental. Read More

Tags: music, blind, disability, alcohol, guitar

Just another poem about my health. Read More

Tags: depression, illness, disability, disabled, covid

Just another poem on my health. This one more of my mental health surrounding PTSD. Read More

Tags: depression, illness, disability, suffering, ptsd

Poem / True Confessions

January 12, 2022

Reads: 311

Comments: 1

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

A poem about my current health journey. Read More

Tags: depression, illness, disability, suffering, disabled

Theresa Patterson knew since the accident that she would never be able to see again. She'd lived with it for years, too long, it felt like she was born with the disability. She always thought her life would be easier if she could see the world around her and that… Read More

Tags: love, depression, tragedy, disability, san-francisco

Ohio, 1972. Anne Sheer is a thirteen year old blind girl who loves the carnival when it comes to town. As she goes to a show on Saturday night, she becomes involved in a series of adventures that causes her to become late home. Read More

Tags: blind, disability, carnival, youngadult

Joseph Beck has lived most of his life with the nickname, "Apeman." Bullied by his father and classmates, he creates a powerful world of art and imagination. Can he find success with his art and even love? Read More

Tags: music, art, disability, bullying, coming-of-age

Book / Fantasy

February 27, 2019

Reads: 849

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: fantasy, disability, young-adult, lgbtq, maji

This poem is brand new. It's about a life that consists of little and the sting of idleness. Read More

Tags: disability, vastness, idle

Different terms have been used for disabled people in different times and places. Disability or impairment are terms commonly used today. In contexts where their differences are visible, persons with disabilities often face stigma. Gary suffered from a disability. Indeed, he had his two legs amputated. Read More

Tags: disability, disabled, gary-sinise, forrest-gump

Have you ever wondered what it's like to be autistic? This is a collection of poems and short stories related to understanding and accepting autism. Read More

Tags: hope, acceptance, disability, autism, neurodiversity

A poem all about my twin brother, Joseph, nicknamed Piglet. Read More

Tags: brother, disability, autism, twin, piglet

Lâii had grown up surrounded by her fellow Ixaili- shapeshifting earthen protectors- and they all had lived in peace. But after an attack from mortals leaves their tribe devastated, and kills their leaders, she takes it upon herself to try to fix things. One of the late leaders of… Read More

Tags: fantasy, magic, disability

Tags: illness, disability, sickness, health, real

Short Story / Non-Fiction

July 02, 2017

Reads: 44446

Comments: 96

Shelves: 61

The Booksie Classic House

After I became disabled, I found out what true loneliness really meant, as my friends drifted away from me, unable to relate to the pain I was going through, Read More

Tags: pain, disability, friends

They Danced..l Read More

Tags: poetry, life, disability, health

A girl writes about her little brother, who was born with Down syndrome and sensory processing disorder. Read More

Tags: children, fiction, disability

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