If you are a person with a disability, it is important to have a positive mental attitude. These recommended books achieve that (these books are available on amazon.com):

• Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot by John Callahan (1990) - for adults only
• No Pity: People with Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement by Joseph Shapiro (1994)
• Extraordinary People With Disabilities by Deborah Kent and Kathryn Quinlan (1997)
• Wheelchair Track Events by Stan Labanowich (1998) - for younger children
• Determined to Win: The Overcoming Spirit of Jean Driscoll by Jean Driscoll (2001)
• The Brooke Ellison Story: One Mother, One Daughter, One Journey by Brooke and Jean Ellison (2004)
• Sports and the Physically Challenged: An Encyclopedia of People, Events, and Organizations by Linda Mastandrea and Donna Czubernat (2006)
• Wheelchair Champions: A History of Wheelchair Sports by Harriet May Savitz (2006)
• Athlete First: A History of the Paralympic Movement by Steve Bailey (2008)
• The Cultural Politics of the Paralympic Movement: Through An Anthropological Lens by P. David Howe (2008)
• The Paralympic Games: Empowerment or Side Show? by Keith Gilbert and Otto J. Schantz (2008)

• The 50th Anniversary of Wheelchair Basketball: A History by Horst Strohkendl, Armand Thiboutot, and Philip Craven (1996)