Fall 2024 Featured Author
Check out our semester events relating to Andrew’s books
Authors with Disabilities
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White
Andrew Joseph White is a trans, autistic author from Virginia, where he grew up falling in love with monsters and wishing he could be one too. He received his MFA in Creative Writing from George Mason University in 2022, and is the author of several bestselling novels about queer and disabled rage.
See Andrew on Social Media:
Twitter/X/Instagram: @AJWhiteAuthor
TikTok: @AndrewJosephWhite
TV & Movies
(click on the movie or show name to watch a trailer)
The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)
Wonder (2017)
Life According to Sam (2015)
See What I’m Saying (2010)
Brain on Fire (2016)
The Road Within (2014)
Love on the Spectrum (2019)
Raising Tourette’s (2018)
Atypical (2017-2021)
Speechless (2016-2019)
Wonder (2017)
Life According to Sam (2015)
See What I’m Saying (2010)
Brain on Fire (2016)
The Road Within (2014)
Love on the Spectrum (2019)
Switched at Birth (2011-2017)
Born This Way (2015-2019)
Daredevil (2015-2018)
Deaf U (2020)
*This is only a small sample of TV shows/movies about disability*
Actors with Disabilities
George Ross Robinson (born 12 September 1997) is a British actor. He is known for his role as Isaac Goodwin in the Netflix series Sex Education. Robinson was born in Nottingham and grew up in Maxey. He attended Stamford School and participated in school plays. Like his character, Robinson is tetraplegic from a spinal cord injury and uses a wheelchair. The injury occurred whilst playing rugby in South Africa in 2015 at age 17. Robinson began studying Philosophy at the University of Birmingham before landing his role on Sex Education.
Learn more about George here: In Conversation with George Robinson
Lauren Ridloff (née Teruel; born April 6, 1978) is a deaf American actress known for her roles in the TV series The Walking Dead and the film Eternals. Her breakthrough role was in 2018 with her lead performance in the Broadway play Children of a Lesser God, for which she was nominated several awards, including a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. She was subsequently cast in The Walking Dead as Connie in its ninth season that aired in late 2018. In Eternals, released in 2021, she played the deaf superhero Makkari.
Learn more about Lauren here: Lauren Ridloff Steps Into Her Power