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Abstract
Research indicates that award winning childrens literature can be used to betterunderstand the experiences of the (dis)abled community. (Dis)ability in childrens literature is seen clearly in the Dolly Gray Childrens Literature Award young adult novel winning texts. Using the methods of autoethnography and literary analysis, this study explores the representation of (dis)abled and non(dis)abled individuals, specifically siblings, the narrators of many of the novels in question. To do this, these works were analyzed and compared against the researchers own lived experiences regarding the (dis)abled community. The theories framing this analysis were social constructionism, critical literacy, and Nikolajevas Theory of Narrativity. The findings suggest that these texts present relevant portrayals of a sibling or other family members reality. However, some portrayals of (dis)ability featured in the works remain static and do not properly portray the fluidity of the (dis)abled identity.