Literature and Media 

This 2020 list from the Toronto Public Library showcases children’s books that have positive disability representation.

 

https://torontopubliclibrary.typepad.com/kids-books/2020/09/spotlight-childrens-books-with-positive-disability-representation.html

Check out this list of disability nonfiction for adults from Easter Seals.

 

https://easterseals.ca/english/10-awesome-books-for-adults-about-disabilities-and-accessibility/

 

And this list from Jessica Moxham.

 

https://son-stories.com/2021/01/29/8-of-my-favourite-non-fiction-books-about-disability/

Check out this 2019 list of 20 Young Adult fiction novels with disability representation. The author of the list notes that the list has a wide array of representation, and that the characters in these books don’t tend toward the helpless/inspirational dichotomy of problematic traditional representation of people with disabilities in fiction.

 

https://bookriot.com/ya-books-with-disabled-characters/

Check out this Easter Seals list of movies that feature and portray a variety of disabilities in an authentic manner (though not without their shortcomings, as the list’s author notes).

 

https://easterseals.ca/english/10-movies-and-films-about-disabilities-accessibility-and-inclusion/

 

Also, check out this list from Alex Squire, which includes some foreign films as well as English ones, and “My Left Foot,” a film about Christy Brown, an author with cerebral palsy.

 

https://quadlifeblog.com/2019/04/09/10-films-about-disability/