Resources for People Living with Disabilities and their Families and/or Caregivers*
Growing Up: An Inclusive Guide to Puberty and Your Changing Body by Rachel Greener and Clare Owen
Special Growing Girl: A Guide to Puberty for Girls with Special Needs by Jodi Wise Thayer
The Girls’ Guide to Growing Up: Choices and Changes in the Tween Years by Terri Couwenhoven, MS
The Boys’ Guide to Growing Up: Choices and Changes During Puberty by Terri Couwenhoven, MS
Teaching Children with Down Syndrome about Their Bodies, Boundaries, and Sexuality by Terri Couwenhoven, MS
A Kids Book About Periods by Jessica Biel
“Disabled People Have Periods, Too: Disable Women and People with Cycles Face Barriers to Period Care,” by Kathryn Stone, HelloClue.com January 5, 2022. https://helloclue.com/articles/cycle-a-z/menstruating-while-disabled
“Menstruation Can Be a Challenge for Young Women with Disabilities, Period,” by Phoenix’s Children’s Hospital. November 9, 2021. https://phoenixchildrens.org/blog/2021/11/menstruation-can-be-a-challenge-young-women-disabilities-period
“Puberty and Sexuality,” Navigate Life Texas: For families raising children with disabilities. https://www.navigatelifetexas.org/en/family-support/puberty-and-sexuality
“The Power of Poetry to Break Down Ableist Beliefs,” by Jasmine Mendez, Brightly. Accessed Sept. 2023. https://www.readbrightly.com/disability-is-not-a-dirty-word/
“Empowering Women and Girls with Disabilities in Managing Menstrual Health,” UNFPA. October 18, 2021. https://esaro.unfpa.org/en/news/empowering-women-and-girls-disabilities-managing-menstrual-health
“International Women’s Day: the truth about disability and menopause,” by Enable Magazine. March 8, 2023. https://enablemagazine.co.uk/international-womens-day-the-truth-about-disability-and-menopause/#:~:text=Menopause%20has%20no%20impact%20on,menopause%20earlier%20than%20other%20women
“Helping teens with disabilities prevent and treat depression, anxiety,” by Jackie Carey, University of Illinois Chicago Department of Disability and Human Development. October 6, 2021. https://ahs.uic.edu/disability-human-development/news/helping-teens-with-disabilities-prevent-and-treat-depression-anxiety/
Raising an Ally to the Disability Community: A Guide to Building an Inclusive World, by Save the Children. https://www.savethechildren.org/us/charity-stories/guide-to-disability-inclusion-for-parents-community
“From where I stand: Do not wait for others to hand you your rights,” Interview between Sharada Bista and Georgia Westaway, UN Women Asia and the Pacific. December 3, 2021. https://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/news-and-events/stories/2021/12/fwis-sharada-bista
*Twelve Moons, Twelve Moons Press, and the resources provided on this website in no way dispense medical or psychiatric advice. The intent is solely to offer information to readers that may provide assistance in seeking knowledge, inspiration, well-being, and self-care support.