20. Selecting Books for Disability Awareness
An episode of the Beyond Awareness: Disability Awareness That Matters podcast, hosted by Diana Pastora Carson, M.Ed., titled "20. Selecting Books for Disability Awareness" was published on July 22, 2022 and runs 20 minutes.
July 22, 2022 ·20m · Beyond Awareness: Disability Awareness That Matters
Episode Description
In this episode, Diana Pastora Carson shares her guidelines for selecting appropriate classroom books about disability in a way that aligns with Disability Studies in Education and the social model of disability, and in a way that is respectful of the many voices of disability.
Some of Diana's Favorite Disability and Diversity Related Classroom Books
We Move Together, Kelly Fritsch, Anne McGuire, Eduardo Trejos
All the Way to the Top: How One Girl's Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything, Annette Bay Pimentel
Ed Roberts: Champion of Disability Rights, Diana Pastora Carson
Red: A Crayon's Story, Michael Hall
One, Kathryn Otoshi
Whoever You Are, Mem Fox
It's Okay to Be Different, Todd Parr
Only One You, Linda Kranz
Pedro's Whale, Paula Kluth & Patrick Schwarz
Coaster, Paula Kluth
Can I Play Too? Mo Willems
This is Our House, Michael Rosen
Mama Zooms, Jane Cowen-Fletcher
Rolling Warrior: The Incredible, Sometimes Awkward, True Story of a Rebel Girl on Wheels Who Helped Spark a Revolution, Judith Heumann, Kristen Joiner, et al
Real, Carol Cujec & Peyton Goddard
Black Disabled Art History 101, Leroy F. Moore, Jr.
Sign Language for Kids, Lora Heller
What's your favorite book that aligns with my Beyond Awareness Book Screening guidelines? Shoot me an email with your favorite title! [email protected]
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Credits and Image Description
Intro and outro music courtesy of Emmanuel Castro.
Podcast cover photo by Rachel Schlesinger Photography.
Podcast cover image description: Black and white photograph of Diana, a Spanish-American woman with long, wavy, brown hair. She is wearing a flowy, white blouse and smiles at camera as she leans against wooden building. Photo is colorfully framed with gold and orange rays of seeming sunshine on top half, and with solid sage green color on bottom half. Text reads "Beyond Awareness: Disability Awareness That Matters, Diana Pastora Carson, M.Ed."
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