Diversity in Graphic Novels and Comics: Abilities

Two stories featuring the most intriguing women in the DC Universe--the hard-hitting Black Canary, Oracle (the former Batgirl), wheelchair bound due to a gunshot wound, Catwoman, and the Huntress. Oracle is also a female computer genius. #gender #women #ability

Matt Murdock is back in New York and hoping to resuscitate his law practice, but not everyone is happy to see him. And Daredevil hits the streets as Klaw, master of sound, makes his deadly return! Then, a blind, gay client holds the key to a global conspiracy perpetrated by some familiar foes. Can Daredevil protect him long enough to bring down an international criminal organization? Daredevil utilizes his senses other than vision to fight crime. #ability #gay

"Join Brooke and Ben on their fun-filled tour inside the human brain, as they get to know how this intricate and complicated organ works and encounter the neuron postmen that busily travel around inside the brain sending messages to each other. They'll both find out how important the postmen in the brain are in making people act, think and feel as they do, and receive helpful advice from the Medikidz on how to understand and help people with autism. " Publisher's website. #psychology #abilities

"'We looked like a cup of human fruit cocktail dumped onto the top of the house, each piece different but all out of the same can.' So begins a book unlike any other, half comics and half text, about a family that lives with autism -- and the strange life that is ordinary to them." (Amazon.com) #abilities #psychology

"A 2015 Newbery Honor Book Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers! In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, author/illustrator Cece Bell chronicles her hearing loss at a young age and her subsequent experiences with the Phonic Ear, a very powerful—and very awkward—hearing aid." From Amazon.com