Celebrate Disability Pride Month 2026 With These Books for Kids

Apolonia worries that her birthday party featuring Mexican food and wheelchair basketball will be too different, but her Màm encourages her to celebrate her unique culture and abilities.

 This book celebrates all bodies and abilities, just as they are, and addresses the inequities and opportunities for change in today’s world.

Take a close look at the lives of these hard-working, passionate people with Down syndrome. Nothing will stop them from living their best lives out loud–in sports, acting, fashion, cooking, comedy, and more.

A classroom of middle schoolers with disabilities creates an imaginary ‘wizarding school’ that seemingly becomes real and turns the whole school upside down.

Lonely latchkey kid Tobi, an autistic boy, dreams of growing up to fight the giant monsters that plague his city, exactly like his dad does, but when Tobi stumbles upon the power to turn into the colossal superhero Go-Man, he realizes he must learn to accept help from new friends to save the day.

A picture book about the different ways communities can be made safer and more accessible to people with disabilities.

In 1973, at the age of 15, Rick Hansen was in a life-changing car accident. A spinal cord injury had left him paralyzed from the waist down. Twelve years later, Rick embarked on the two-year-long Man In Motion World Tour, wheeling 40,075 kilometers through 34 countries on four continents. His goal? To raise awareness about the enormous potential of people with disabilities, to create an accessible and inclusive world, and to find a cure for spinal cord injuries.

New house. New school. New best friend? For a nervous kid who doesn’t like change, it’s a lot to deal with. And that’s before Gina’s brother, Rob, gets involved! Having an autistic sibling who requires substantial support is complicated. But for Gina, one thing is clear: as long as Rob’s around, their house will never run out of Vegemite toast.

A blind girl enjoys identifying the wide variety of birds that live in her local park by the distinct calls each bird makes, all in search of her favorite bird. Includes facts about birds and bird listening.

Nine-year-old Sparrow eagerly helps with her new neighbor’s dog, Toby, a service-dog-in-training, but when her obsession with service dogs affects her focus in school, she must learn to accept help herself.

A rhyming picture book that demystifies and respects how disabled people and their families use different forms of communication to connect and show love.

Growing up in Puerto Rico, Wanda Díaz Merced wanted to study the stars. But when she lost her sight, she had to find a new way to work. Through the use of sonification, which turns data into sound, she was able to make a path for herself and other scientists with disabilities.