Disability Pride Month at NYPL

Visitors can explore highlights from our world-renowned research collections with sensory-friendly family days, accessible tours, and more at the Polonsky Exhibition of The New York Public Library's Treasures! Plus, dive deeper into the exhibition with our Audio Guide, available in English, English with verbal descriptions, español (Spanish), and 普通话 (Mandarin)—all on Bloomberg Connects, the free arts and culture app, or online.

• Sensory-Friendly Family Days | Jul 12 & 26
• Polonsky Exhibition tours and accessibility information
• Treasures Audio Guide

Discover everything our new Visitor Center has to offer, including digital and tactile displays about the Library's legacy, collection items, maps, and more.

• Learn more about the Visitor Center
• Accessible Visitor Center Guide
• Free Audio Tour and Digital Guide

The Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library provides free accessible reading material for patrons who are blind, visually impaired, or are otherwise physically unable to read standard print. These include materials to borrow in a wide range of formats—including braille, talking books, and magazines—for users of all ages, as well as players and apps. Patrons can also find accessible programming and events, individual coaching in assistive technology, group tech workshops, braille study groups, and more. Explore more online and read or listen to the Heiskell Library newsletter.

We all need to understand maps, diagrams, images, and other spatial information. For people who learn and work nonvisually, accessing quality graphics and 3-D models can be a challenge. The Dimensions Lab at Heiskell Library offers free, hands-on training about best practices in tactile design and free, accessible hardware and software that anyone can use to start designing.

Image: Beth Perkins via MIT Technology Review

Watch Chloé Cooper Jones, author of Easy Beauty, in a recorded conversation about her groundbreaking memoir about disability, motherhood, and a journey to far-flung places in search of a new way of seeing and being seen.

Revisit these conversations between notable authors who have written about their disabilities.

• M. Leona Godin and Andrew Leland
• Keah Brown and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Sign up for a library card for free online today! Access everything the Library has to offer, from assistive technology coaching in various languages to braille study groups, with your library card.

Get the power of The New York Public Library, anytime, anywhere. With the NYPL app, you can access everything the Library has to offer from home or while you’re on the go.

The Library makes books accessible to everyone. We provide free access to talking books, talking book players, books in braille, downloadable talking books, and free apps for mobile devices. Plus, if you’re unable to visit a branch, you can get started with our e-reader app or Books by Mail service.

• SimplyE
• ​​BARD
• Bookshare
• Books by Mail
• NFB Newsline

Get the latest NYPL events to celebrate Disability Pride Month, plus author talks, classes, and more delivered straight to your inbox.

Tell us what you like to read and we’ll handpick a personalized book bundle just for you! Get Shelf Help in open branches, online, or by calling Ask NYPL at 917-ASK-NYPL.

The New York Public Library's free services and resources (like these!) are made possible thanks to the support of the Friends of the Library. Join this group of Library lovers today and take advantage of special membership benefits.