Index of Disabilities

To locate the stories of young people with particular disabilities, click on the story title that follows the name of the disability you are interested in. This will bring you to the story’s full text. When a disability is followed by more than one title, the stories are listed in the order of their appearance in the anthology.

Note that this index is not exhaustive: generally, only contributors’ primary disabilities are listed.

Acquired brain injury (ABI): “I Change My Stories for Speaking”; “Smell the Roses”; “Pictures Talk Best”

Anxiety: “A Child with No Family”; “Where They Would Be Safe, They Perish”

Apert’s syndrome: “It’s No Big Deal”

Aphasia: “I Change My Stories for Speaking”; “Pictures Talk Best”

Attention deficit disorder (ADD): “A Child with No Family”

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): “Pictures Talk Best”; “The Gift of Tourette”

Blindness: “Every Day I Learn New Things”; “Sometimes I Need a Little
Talkin’ To”

Burn injury: “Back Home with My Family”

Cardiac anomaly: “Pictures Talk Best”

Cavernous hemangioma: “Smell the Roses”

Centronuclear myopathy: “I Just Kind of Live with It”

Cerebral palsy (CP): “They Stick to Me like Magnets”; “I Wish I Could Be as Powerful as Lightning”

Chronic fatigue immune dysfunction syndrome (CFIDS) (also known as chronic fatigue syndrome or CFS): “What Does Being Sick Look like, Anyways??”; “An Uncharted Journey”

Chronic pain: “What Does Being Sick Look like, Anyways??”; “An Uncharted Journey”

Cleft lip and palate: “I’ve Just Never Felt Beautiful”

Cognitive disability: “I Feel Happy Being Here”; “I Change My Stories for Speaking”; “Sometimes I Need a Little Talkin’ To”; “Two Boys between Two Lands”

Craniofacial condition: “It’s No Big Deal”; “I’ve Just Never Felt Beautiful”

Deafness: “Excuse Me, I’m Deaf!”; “I’m Proud of Being Deaf”

Depression: “A Child with No Family”; “The Gift of Tourette”; “Where They Would Be Safe, They Perish”

Down syndrome: “Wonderful Gifts of Mine”; “My Privacy World”

Epilepsy: “Pictures Talk Best”; “A Winning Kid”

Facial condition: “Back Home with My Family”

Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS): “An Uncharted Journey”

Hand anomaly: “It’s No Big Deal”

HIV/AIDS: “I Want to Be at That Victory Party”

Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA): “An Uncharted Journey”

Learning disability (LD): “Smell the Roses”; “I Wish I Could Be as Powerful as Lightning”; “The Gift of Tourette”; “A Winning Kid”

Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS): “The Blue Dot”

Muscular dystrophy (MD): “I Just Kind of Live with It”

Myotubular myopathy: “I Just Kind of Live with It”

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD): “The Gift of Tourette”

Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI): “That’s How I Got Egg on My Head and Other Adventures”

Panic disorder: “Me and the Sick Feeling”

Seizure disorder: “Pictures Talk Best”; “A Winning Kid”

Stroke: “Pictures Talk Best”

Tourette syndrome: “The Gift of Tourette”

Traumatic brain injury (TBI): “I Change My Stories for Speaking”

Williams syndrome: “We Sing the Same”