The following are some resources that provide interesting and thought-provoking portrayals of people living with disabilities, from learning disabilities like dyslexia to physical disabilities like cerebral palsy.
movies
| Title | Disability Portrayed |
|---|---|
| I Am Sam | Autism |
| My Name Is Khan | Autism |
| Temple Grandin | Autism |
| Forrest Gump | Autism |
| Rain Man | Autism |
| Tru Confessions | Autism |
| The Big Bang Theory (TV) | Asperger’s Syndrome |
| Wait Until Dark | Blindness |
| My Left Foot | Cerebral Palsy |
| Children of a Lesser God | Deafness |
| Monica and David | Down Syndrome |
| Little People, Big World (TV) | Dwarfism |
| The Station Agent | Dwarfism |
| Taare Zameen Par | Dyslexia |
| Website: Shows you what it’s like to have dyslexia | Dyslexia |
| Still Alice | Early onset Alzheimer’s |
| The Mighty | Learning Disorder |
| The Theory of Everything | Motor Neuron Disease (MND) |
| Murderball | Orthopaedic disorders |
| A Beautiful Mind | Paranoid Schizophrenia |
| Miracle In Lane 2 | Paraplegic |
| Paa | Progeria |
| The King’s Speech | Speech disorder/stuttering |
books
| Title | Author | Disability Portrayed |
|---|---|---|
| The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nighttime | Mark Haddon | Autism |
| Rules | Cynthia Lord | Autism |
| A Corner Of The Universe | Ann M. Martin | Autism |
| The London Eye Mystery | Siobhan Dowd | Autism |
| Things Not Seen | Andrew Clements | Blindness |
| Stuck In Neutral | Terry Trueman | Cerebral Palsy |
| The Fault In Our Stars | John Green | Childhood Cancer |
| A Fish In A Tree | Lynda Mullaly Hunt | Dyslexia |
| Thank You, Mr. Falker | Patricia Polacco | Dyslexia |
| Don’t Kill The Birthday Girl: Tales From An Allergic Life | Sandra Beasley | Food Allergies |
| Flowers For Algernon | Daniel Keyes | Intellectual Disability |
| Looking For Heroes: One Boy, One Year, 100 Letters | Adam Colvin | Learning Disorders |
| Head Case: My Brain And Other Wonders | Cole Cohen | Learning Disorders |
| The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving | Jonathan Evison | Muscular Dystrophy |
| Still Me | Christopher Reeve | Paraplegic |
| Deenie | Judy Blume | Scoliosis |
| Simply Nanju | Zainab Sulaiman | Spinal Defect |
| A Mango-Shaped Space | Wendy Mass | Synesthesia |
| Far From The Tree | Andrew Solomon | Various Disabilities |
Videos
Neil deGrasse Tyson on Dyslexia
Autism TMI Virtual Reality Experience
Orientation and Mobility Training
Wheelchair Basketball