It’s Disability Pride Month, and we’re celebrating with books that have queer disabled main characters! For more books with queer disabled MCs, or to look for specific conditions, check out our Disability/Neurodivergence page, linked here, as well as past years’ posts.
If you have a visual disability and are looking for more accessible titles, you can find lists on the site of books available in Large Print or Braille under those hyperlinked words.
Note: For more Autism rep, check out this Autism Acceptance Month post. For more Cerebral Palsy rep, check out this World Cerebral Palsy Day post.
Middle Grade Fiction
Boundless ed. by Marieke Nijkamp (October 27, 2026)
A middle-grade short story anthology featuring disabled kids, written by disabled writers, and edited by #1 New York Times-bestselling author Marieke Nijkamp.
Imagine the boundless experiences of disabled kids: A Deaf Southerner who solves local mysteries. A young diabetic plant mage encountering magical mishaps. A girl with epilepsy discovering a hidden world in her grandmother’s garden. A chronically fatigued gamer saving the day―and their team―during an epic VR space race.
From juvenile arthritis to asthma and from wheelchairs to neurodiversity, Boundless: 17 Stories Starring Disabled Kids writes disability back into the mainstream narrative of the commercial genres we love, with an inclusive and intersectional lens.
Continue reading Happy Disability Pride Month 2026!
Meet the kids in Mrs. Z’s wacky and wonderful third grade class! Sebastian Metzger is overjoyed when he checks out a brand-new book on octopodes from the school library, but everything goes awry when the book gets ruined.