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  • How Katie Got a Voice

    (And a Cool New Nickname)

    by Patricia Mervine, M.A., CCC-SLP ...
    Illustrated by Ian Acker ...
    How Katie Got a Voice (and a cool new nickname) is a story of challenge, triumph, and acceptance. The students and teachers of Cherry Street School all have nicknames that celebrate their differences. But the new girl, Katie, is really different. She cant walk. She cant talk. It seems like she cant do anything! So how can the other students involve her in their activities? And how can they give ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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    A Journey from Neglect to Love

    by Diane Lierow, Bernie Lierow, Kay West ...
    The story that captivated a nation?how a horribly neglected little girl was rescued by her loving adoptive parentsIn July 2005, a six-year-old girl named Danielle was removed from her Florida home after authorities found her living in bug-ridden squalor, subjected to horrific neglect and so damaged by her own mother that recovery seemed hopeless. But hope was waiting for Dani?and help. In October ... Read more

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  • Not Fade Away

    A Memoir of Senses Lost and Found

    by Sascha Alper, Rebecca A. Alexander ...
    Even a darkening world can be brilliantly lit from within.Born with a rare genetic mutation called Usher Syndrome type III, Rebecca Alexander has been simultaneously losing both her sight and hearing since she was a child, and was told that she would likely be completely blind and deaf by age 30. Then, at 18, a fall from a window left her athletic body completely shattered.None of us know what we ... Read more

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  • Living with Autism

    Sammie's Story

    by Suzanne C. Brown ...
    This book was written to try to show the evolution of methods of teaching autistic children. When we lived in Michigan in 1971, the special education teachers were aware of autism and already had programs for their special needs. When we moved to California, we found the special education teachers well-equipped to teach trainable mentally retarded children, but woefully unprepared for autistic ... Read more

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  • Women from Another Planet?

    Our Lives in the Universe of Autism

    by Jean Kearns Miller ...
    Mention the word autism and the room suddenly turns silent. Its the dreaded A word.Peoples attention turns to late night TV public service ads declaring that autistic children are imprisoned by autism and need curing at all cost. Recent autobiographies have helped dispel this dire description by suggesting that autism is not a prison and that the door is unlocked and youre free to come in. Women ... Read more

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  • Disability Rhetoric

    by Jay Timothy Dolmage ...
    Series series Critical Perspectives on Disability
    Disability Rhetoric is the first book to view rhetorical theory and history through the lens of disability studies. Traditionally, the body has been seen as, at best, a rhetorical distraction; at worst, those whose bodies do not conform to a narrow range of norms are disqualified from speaking. Yet, Dolmage argues that communication has always been obsessed with the meaning of the body and that ... Read more

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  • All You Need to Know About Disability is on Star Trek

    by Ilana Lehmann ...
    How many psychiatric diagnoses can we pin on Lt. Barclay?Did Seven of Nine have autism?How many wheelchairs were there on Star Trek?Did Janeway have an addiction?Who is the most unethical doctor in Starfleet?"All You Need to Know About Disability is on Star Trek" leads the reader on a bold exploration of the future for people with disabilities as portrayed in Star Trek. Even though the connection ... Read more

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  • Bodies of Modernism

    Physical Disability in Transatlantic Modernist Literature

    by Maren Linett ...
    Series series Corporealities: Discourses Of Disability
    Bodies of Modernism brings a new and exciting analytical lens to modernist literature, that of critical disability studies. The book offers new readings of canonical and noncanonical writers from both sides of the Atlantic including Flannery O’Connor, Eudora Welty, H. G. Wells, D. H. Lawrence, Elizabeth Bowen, Henry Green, Olive Moore, Carson McCullers, Tennessee Williams, J. M. Synge, Florence ... Read more

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  • Disability and Employer Practices

    Research across the Disciplines

    Edited by Susanne M. Bruyère ...
    This book is about the employment of people with disabilities in the United States and the important role of employer practices. Nearly one in five people report some form of disability, and they are only half as likely to be employed as those without disabilities. With the aging workforce and returning military veterans both contributing to increasing number of disabilities in the workplace, ... Read more

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  • The Radical Lives of Helen Keller

    by Kim E. Nielsen ...
    Series Book 1 - The History of Disability
    A political biography that reveals new sides to Helen KellerSeveral decades after her death in 1968, Helen Keller remains one of the most widely recognized women of the twentieth century. But the fascinating story of her vivid political life—particularly her interest in radicalism and anti-capitalist activism—has been largely overwhelmed by the sentimentalized story of her as a young deaf-blind ... Read more

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  • Can I tell you about Parkinson's Disease?

    A guide for family, friends and carers

    by Alan M. Hultquist ...
    Series series Can I tell you about...?
    Meet Nikolai - a man with Parkinson's disease. Nikolai invites readers to learn about Parkinson's from his perspective, helping them to understand how Parkinson's affects his daily life and why some tasks can be especially challenging for him. He also gives advice on how to help someone with Parkinson's when they have difficulties with physical movements and memory.This illustrated book is full of ... Read more

    $14.79 USD

  • Embodied Performance as Applied Research, Art and Pedagogy

    by Julie-Ann Scott ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book follows a physically disabled researcher's journey from stigmatized embodiment on her way to creating accessible storytelling performances. These unique performances function not only as traditional, peer-reviewed forms of critical qualitative research, but also as ‘narrative teaching productions’ that guide students and their audiences in the pursuit of social justice and equality. The ... Read more

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