This list includes titles featuring characters with disabilities and work by people with disabilities. Being included in this index is not necessarily a recommendation. In …
Disability
Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
A review by Nalini Haynes The story… Zachary Rawlins (never ‘Zach’) is an introvert passionate about books and computer games. During a foray into the …
Angle Mort or Dead Angle
Instead of the ableist and insulting ‘blind spot’ colloquialism, the French use the term ‘angle mort’ or ‘dead angle’ to refer to the same phenomena. …
Grace Year by Kim Liggett
A review by Nalini Haynes In a restrictive society where women’s appearance and every movement is restricted, Tierney is turning 16. For this year, her …
Daughter of Lies and Ruin by Jo Spurrier
A review by Nalini Haynes In A Curse of Ash and Ember (review here), a summons to work ensures Elodie’s parents allow her to leave home …
Pan’s Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro and Cornelia Funke
A review by Nalini Haynes Those of you who came in late may not have heard of Pan’s Labyrinth, the Del Toro movie about a …
This Hasn’t Been A Very Magical Journey So Far by Homeless
A review by Nalini Haynes Hank Williams (self-named) is in a hospital. He’s dead when Sid, an orange cat wearing a black leather jacket, half …
Snapshots of the Dark Side of Conventions (disability discrimination)
I’ve attended several speculative fiction conventions in the past 10 years. They’ve all had disability access issues. Most of them have been inaccessible and isolating. …
The Happiness Quest by Richard Yaxley
A commentary by Nalini Haynes Tilley used to be happy or at least ‘average’ but now depression clouds her thoughts and days. Anxiety harangues her, …
Speechless season 1
A review by Nalini Haynes JJ (Micah Fowler) has cerebal palsy in Speechless and in real life. He uses a wheelchair to get around and …
Tabitha Bird
Nalini Haynes talks to Tabitha Bird, the author of A Lifetime of Impossible Days. (Nalini’s review is here and the podcast is above as well …
Bride Test by Helen Hoang
A review by Lynne Larby Khai is Vietnamese American with a large extended family. After his cousin died as a teenager, Khai is convinced he …
Shadowscent: The Darkest Bloom by P M Freestone
A review by Nalini Haynes Rakel is a poor teenager with a gift for creating perfumes alongside creativity that has resulted developing unique skills when …
#CripAuspol launch
Backstory At 10am on 10 October 2018 I launched #CripAuspol, the new hashtag for disability issues in Australian politics, with a discussion of Australia’s NDIS …
Pirate Songs in the Accessing the Future anthology
A review by Nalini Haynes I began reading the Accessing the Future anthology (edited by Kathryn Allan and Djibril al-Ayad) at the beginning because that seemed to …
Representations of Albinism in Australian High School English Texts
The University of Canberra required me to write more for my research proposal than every other student; the Faculty of Art and Design Handbook says …