What if the way we see human difference...
...has been wrong all along?
Diagnosis: Human is part memoir, part manifesto, and entirely necessary. It challenges the systems, stories and labels that reduce us - and invites us back to something truer, something we have always known but somehow forgotten.
This is not a book about disability. It is not a book about diversity and inclusion. It is a book about being human - a label every single one of us shares. It asks us to stop performing, stop categorising, and start meeting each other in the messy, magnificent middle where real connection lives.
Written by TEDx speaker and trainer Elly Chapple, and rooted in nearly two decades alongside her daughter Ella - a Deafblind young woman who taught her more about presence, courage and humanity than any classroom ever could - this book will change how you see yourself, the people around you, and the world you move through.
Every book has a beginning. This one has a person.
Ella is Elly's eldest daughter. She is Deafblind, and she has spent her life being underestimated by a world that didn't know how to see her. What that world missed - what it nearly missed entirely - was that Ella was never the one with the problem. The problem was the narrative.
Watching Ella navigate a world not built for her, Elly began to see something profound. That the most humanised space - the place where presence, connection and authentic being actually live - often exists in the margins. In the places society looks away from.
This book is a gift to the world. And an invitation to all of us to come back to ourselves.
The Audible Edition
Joe Rooke is the narrator of the Audible edition of Diagnosis: Human. We connected through an immediate alignment of values and a shared belief in presence, depth and the power of story to bring us back to ourselves.
Joe’s voice carries warmth, clarity and emotional intelligence, creating space for listeners to feel rather than simply hear the words. She understands that this book is not just information but invitation. Her narration honours the humanity at the heart of the message and brings Ella’s lessons and our shared journey to life with integrity, compassion and quiet strength.
We've been sharing some sneak previews on social media - and if you'd like to know when it is coming out, please just click below and we will be in touch....
