Disability category: 614 books
by Christos Kouroupetroglou
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
Information Communication Technologies (ICT) have become an increasingly prevalent part of everyday life. Today, there are many cases in which ICT assist the elderly and people with disabilities to complete tasks once thought impossible. Enhancing the Human Experience through Assistive Technologies and...
by Erin Manning
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
In this wide-ranging and probing book Erin Manning extends her previous inquiries into the politics of movement to the concept of the minor gesture. The minor gesture, although it may pass almost unperceived, transforms the field of relations. More than a chance variation, less than a volition, it...
by Renitha Tutin
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2010
Realising that your child is autistic can be devastating. But there really is hope. This book shares with you our experiences as parents of a child diagnosed as severely autistic and sets out strategies that have worked for us, in terms of helping our son to develop, to understand and to function...
The Boy Who Loved Too Much
A True Story of Pathological Friendliness
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
The acclaimed, poignant story of a boy with Williams syndrome, a condition that makes people biologically incapable of distrust, a “well-researched, perceptive exploration of a rare genetic disorder seen through the eyes of a mother and son” (Kirkus Reviews).
What would it be like to see...
Sam and Chester
How a Mischievous Pig Transformed the Life of My Autistic Son
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2016
When Sam Bailey-Merritt was just two years old, almost overnight he lost the ability to communicate or function. His mother, Jo, was at a loss as to what to do as she saw her son grow increasingly isolated and begin to suffer from uncontrollable meltdowns. Eventually, Sam was diagnosed with autism.
Sam's...
Raising and Educating a Deaf Child
A Comprehensive Guide to the Choices, Controversies, and Decisions Faced by Parents and Educators
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Deaf children are not hearing children who can't hear, and having a deaf child is not analogous to having a hearing child who can't hear. Beyond any specific effects of hearing loss, deaf children are far more diverse than their hearing age-mates. A lack of access to language, limited incidental learning...
Get a Whiff of This
Perfumes (Fragrances) - the Invisible Chemical Poisons
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2003
Presently, there is not a book quite like Get A Whiff Of This.Books have been written about cosmetic ingredients, yet most people are not aware of the serious, harmful health effects of fragrance chemicals due to false advertising, failure to bear warning labels, and lack of media attention.Millions...
by Sonora Carver
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2015
A Girl and Five Brave Horses is the story of Sonora Carver and was the basis for the movie Wild Hearts Can't be Broken. Carver answered the following want ad: Wanted: Attractive young woman who can swim and dive. Likes horses, desires to travel. See Dr. W. F. Carver, Savannah Hotel. From there she...
The Costs of Caring
Families with Disabled Children
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
First published in 1985, this book considers the financial consequences of parents and other relatives caring for severely disabled children at home. At the time of publication little reliable information was available on the costs incurred by ‘informal carers’, which this book set to rectify.
The...
Inclusion for Children with Dyspraxia
A Handbook for Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
This book is about children with dyspraxia: developmental co-ordination disorders (DCD) and what teachers and other professionals can do to promote their learning and their social inclusion in a mainstream setting. The author addresses issues which affect access to the curriculum in Key Stages 1-4...
When the Mind Hears
A History of the Deaf
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2010
The authoritative statement on the deaf, their education, and their struggle against prejudice.
Signs of Resistance
American Deaf Cultural History, 1900 to World War II
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2002
Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2003
During the nineteenth century, American schools for deaf education regarded sign language as the "natural language" of Deaf people, using it as the principal mode of instruction and communication. These schools inadvertently became the seedbeds of an...
Autism
The Science of Mental Health
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor and Francis, an informa company.
by Sheila Hollins, Roger Banks
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2013
Review 'An interesting book about a person who is feeling left out and feeling down and upset. She wants to be alone and her mother takes her to the doctor but doesn t include her in the conversation and her mum tries to make her have pills and medicine. Sonia goes back to the doctor and looks...