Interabled: True Stories About Love and Disability from Squirmy & Grubs and Other Interabled Couples

Gr 10 Up–Married couple Shane and Hannah Burcaw, of the popular Squirmy & Grubs YouTube channel, call “complete bulls*t” on the “ignorant, hateful, and misguided” beliefs that “a disabled life is less worthy or valuable than a nondisabled life.” Wheelchair user Shane with SMA (spinal muscular atrophy) + nondisabled Hannah = interabled love story. They’re not alone: interspersed with their own uplifting journey are other “stories of passion, hilarity, romance, and adventure,” chosen from 600-plus submissions from other interabled couples. The Burcaws both make their audiobook debut, charming ciphers for their invitingly chatty, quippy, conversational style. Three additional “professional voice actors who are also disabled”—Hakim, Gavia, Chen—take turns expertly embodying 22 other lovebird-couples of diverse backgrounds including age, ethnicity, culture, orientation, and identities, which are presented through interviews, Q&As, and adapted narratives.