The Best Disability & Difference Documentaries

Society & Culture - 38 free documentaries about disability & difference.

Start with Disabled Not Defeated: The Rock Band With Learning Disabilities (20 min, VICE), then The Most Bizarre Neurological Conditions You Never Heard Of (99 min, Real Stories). All 38 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on disability & difference is The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby.

• Disabled Not Defeated: The Rock Band With Learning Disabilities (20 min, VICE)
• The Most Bizarre Neurological Conditions You Never Heard Of (99 min, Real Stories)
• How Blind People See With Sound… with @MollyBurkeOfficial! (16 min, Be Smart)
• The Ugly Face of Disability Hate Crime (57 min, Real Stories)
• Brittle Bone Rapper: The Inspirational World Of Sparsh (25 min, Real Stories)
• You've Never Seen A Wheelchair Like This (17 min, Mark Rober)
• “I Can't Read, So I Must Be Useless”: Life With Dyslexia In Singapore | I’m Not Stupid, I’m Dyslexic (46 min, CNA Insider)
• The Doctor For The Intellectually Disabled: How We Care For Special Needs | Extraordinary People (23 min, CNA Insider)
• Life between hearing and deafness (26 min, DW Documentary)
• Life Before Birth: The Down Syndrome Decision (49 min, Real Stories)
• The Surprising Science of ADHD (52 min, Real Stories)
• Forging A Future For Our Special Needs Children | On The Red Dot | Undiagnosed - Part 4 (23 min, CNA Insider)
• From ADHD to heart disease - Why women get sick differently than men (28 min, DW Documentary)
• Intimacy despite disabilities (24 min, DW Documentary)
• Disability and Desire (33 min, Real Stories)
• Deaf (But Speaking) Wildlife Photographer Fights To Conserve Southeast Asian Animals | I Am Canlaken (47 min, CNA Insider)
• I Started A Playgroup For Disabled Kids: This Paralympics Doctor’s Story | Extraordinary People (25 min, CNA Insider)
• The Power Of Dyslexia: Father & Son's Journey To Discover Its Strengths (60 min, Real Stories)
• Can Bionics Change The Way Amputees Live? | Invented In The West Country (29 min, Spark)
• Afghanistan's Wheelchair Basketball Team (30 min, VICE)
• Generation Medicated: The Truth About ADHD and Over-the-Counter Drugs (58 min, Spark)
• Blind & Deaf Single Mother Fights To Keep Baby (57 min, Real Stories)
• Disabled Daredevils (47 min, Real Stories)
• Neele dances through life - Artist with Down syndrome follows her own path (43 min, DW Documentary)
• I Help Disabled Artists Turn Their Art Into Income | Extraordinary People (23 min, CNA Insider)
• Achieving the impossible: Top athletes overcome boundaries (42 min, DW Documentary)
• Behind the Mask: Real Stories of Neurodivergence (54 min, Real Stories)
• How LEGO Helps Blind People See (14 min, BrainCraft)
• Teen Artist With Down Syndrome Auctions His Artwork For Singapore Charity | Limitless (46 min, CNA Insider)
• Friday Night Dinner FULL EPISODE | S1E6 | The Worst Blind Date Ever! (23 min, BBC Studios)
• Living With Disability: Life On Our Own Terms | Live Free - Part 1/4 (47 min, CNA Insider)
• The Lebanon Project - A summer camp for people with disabilities (43 min, DW Documentary)
• More Opportunities For People With Disabilities - Indonesia, India, Malaysia (23 min, CNA Insider)
• I’m Ambitious, Driven And Have A Disability | Live Free - Part 4/4 (47 min, CNA Insider)
• Can The Blind Be A Chef And The Deaf Be A Lorry Driver? | The New Hire (Part 1/2) (47 min, CNA Insider)
• How Can a Blind Rock Climber See With His Tongue? (51 min, Spark)
• Travel Industry Takes Steps To Accommodate Travellers With Special Needs (21 min, CNA Insider)
• Blind life - VPRO Metropolis - VPRO documentary - 2014 (30 min, VPRO Documentary)

Top-Rated Books About Disability & Difference

1. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby - View on Amazon
2. Far from the Tree by Andrew Solomon - View on Amazon
3. The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida (4/5) - View on Amazon
4. Being Heumann by Judith E. Heumann - View on Amazon