Disability & Dyslexia Awareness
Celebrating DPS Cultural Moments
October is Disability Awareness Month and Dyslexia Awareness Month.
We've included a curated list of new and well-reviewed books as well as links to relevant Sora collections.
Access the entire Challenges We Face: Physical Challenges and the entire Challenges We Face Sora collections.
Elementary Picture Book Titles
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Dog Watch (Emma Every Day series) by C.L. Reid
Emma loves animals and is looking forward to taking care of her neighbor's dog, Lily, for the weekend, with some help from her brother--but disaster threatens when Lily slips her leash and runs away. Includes an ASL fingerspelling chart and a sign language guide.
In the Meadow of Fantasies by Hadi Mohammadi
Translated from Persian. A young, bedridden girl spends her day watching a mobile of spinning horses and uses her imagination to give the seven horses life in a fantasy world.
Aaron Slater, Illustrator by Andrea Beaty
When Miss Greer asks each child in the class to write a story, second-grader Aaron, who loves to draw but struggles with reading, creates a story using pictures.
Elementary Chapter Book Titles
Swan Lake. Quest for the Kingdoms by Rey Terciero
Inspired by the ballet, Swan Lake. Destined to be enemies due to their warring kingdoms, two princesses become the best of friends as they follow an ancient legend to make everything right. Dillie's prosthetic leg does not slow this hero's journey down.
Welcome Back, Maple Mehta-Cohen by Kate McGovern
Maple Mehta-Cohen has been keeping a secret: she can't read all that well. She has an impressive vocabulary and loves dictating stories into her recorder but words on the page just don't seem to make sense to her.
Middle School Titles
Hummingbird by Natalie Lloyd
When Olive, who suffers from brittle bone disease and has been homeschooled all her life, finally attends school in person, she soon discovers fitting in is not that easy. But if she can find the magical wishing-granting hummingbird that supposedly lives nearby, and prove herself worthy, maybe her deepest wish will be granted.
Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan
The Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan features a main character with ADHD and dyslexia. Percy, expelled from six schools for being unable to control his temper, learns the truth from his mother that his father is the Greek god Poseidon, and is sent to Camp Half Blood where he is befriended by a satyr.
High School Titles
Clementine. Book One by Tillie Walden
Clementine is back on the road, looking to put her traumatic past behind her and forge a new path all her own. But when she comes across an Amish teenager named Amos with his head in the clouds, the unlikely pair journeys north to an abandoned ski resort in Vermont, where they meet up with a small group of teenagers attempting to build a new, walker-free settlement.
Breathe and Count Back from Ten by Natalia Sylvester
Loveboat Reunion (Book 2) by Abigail Hing Wen
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Denver Public School's Special Education
Denver Public Schools Celebrating Cultural Moments
Enabling Dyslexic Font in Sora
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Titles Sora Collection
Neurodiverse Reads Sora Collection
Sora All-in-One Resource
Sora Tutorial Video
Databases All-in-One Resource
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