"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." July is Disability Pride Month, a relatively new holiday that began in 2015 to commemorate the 25th ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Right now is an evolving time for diversity in fiction. With more attention given to voices and bodies that have been previously ...

Want to know another very underrepresented group in children’s books? People with learning disabilities and learning differences. Even still, I have amazing children’s book recommendations with ...

HOUSTON – Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner joins Texas Governor Abbott and officials from other states to proclaim April 23 – 29 as “Disability Book Week,” highlighting authors worldwide with ...

Last year, the surgeon general warned that parents in the United States are overwhelmed and burnt out. One group of parents is often overlooked: the 1 in 15 with disabilities. Author Jessica Slice, ...

As we reach the midpoint of 2022, things in many ways seem to be getting worse on all fronts. The past two years have shown us things we already knew: disabled bodies don't matter, sickness doesn't ...

Writing a novel can be a challenge for anyone, but for one Chinese woman, it seemed impossible due to her crippling cerebral palsy. But 21-year-old Hu Huiyan did just that, writing a 60,000 word work ...

Despite an increasingly positive portrayal of disabilities in Newbery Award-winning books, they are not representative of the nearly 7 million children with disabilities attending U.S. public schools, ...