Disability category: 614 books
by Lynda Smiley
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
On the blind side is an account of the rehabilitation of some of the men and women Lynda has trained when they lost their sight either through accident or illness or on the battlefield. They are all heroes. Theirs are stories of bravery and courage, of hope and fulfillment. Arriving at the Enid Whitaker...
by Dorothy Fickenscher
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2017
An upbeat account of a mother’s journey parenting twins with different disabilities. It is a tale of advocacy outlining the strategies used when working with doctors, teachers and neighbors.
It describes how a mother explored options available to her family, looking for the right “fit”...
The Promised Cookie
No Longer Angry Children
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2011
From beginning to end of the Promised Cookie, the characterizations, educational philosophy, and reflection on the strength of the human spirit entrance the reader, causing each of us to reflect on our own roles as teachers. David Sortino has created a compelling account of what love and patience...
Autism-Asperger's & Sexuality
Puberty and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Many people on the spectrum never get “the talk” from their parents, and suffer from “information deficit.” This book goes a long way toward filling in the gaps in their knowledge. It takes a candid look at aspects of sex and relationships as they apply to people on the autism spectrum: building...
Dignity & Inclusion
Making it work for children with complex health care needs
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2015
This publication will help all service providers to ensure that disabled children and young people with additional support needs can access services and lead a life as part of their local community, focusing on children who require clinical procedures, children who require moving and handling and...
Legal Rights, 6th Ed.
The Guide for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
The standard handbook on law affecting deaf and hard of hearing people has been completely rewritten and updated. The sixth edition of Legal Rights: The Guide for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People meticulously describes those statutes that prohibit discrimination against deaf and hard of hearing people,...
by Zampaglione Giuseppe; Ovadiya Mirey
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2009
People with disabilities in Sierra Leone are disadvantaged in regards to their access to social services and the economic opportunities available to them. Oftentimes, they are marginalized and their rights are ignored. The government of Sierra Leone is taking measures to improve the social and economic...
Gaillard in Deaf America
A Portrait of the Deaf Community, 1917, Henri Gaillard
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2009
The Third Volume in the Gallaudet Classics in Deaf Studies Series In 1917, Henri Gaillard led a delegation of deaf French men to the United States for the centennial celebration of the American School for the Deaf (ASD). The oldest school for deaf students in America, ASD had been cofounded by renowned...
Disabled Children and the Law
Research and Good Practice Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2006
Now in its completely updated second edition, this accessible guide provides essential information about how the law can be used to promote good practice and policy development for disabled children and young people.
The authors take an anti-discriminatory and inclusive approach that involves...
Silent Shock
The Men Behind the Thalidomide Scandal and an Australian Family's Long Road to Justice
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2015
The baby started to come out. Head first, everything OK. But then I saw that there were no arms. And then no legs. The little girl had only a torso and a head.
Lyn Rowe was born in Melbourne in 1962, seven months after her mother Wendy was given a new wonder drug for morning sickness called...
by Chris Dicker
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2017
Helen Keller, an extraordinary human being who fought for the disabled and handicapped people. It's amazing how Helen Keller was able to overcome her extreme limitations due to blindness and deafness, especially during the time where there was not much support for the disabled people. Helen did not...
Assistive Technologies
Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2013
Individuals with disabilities often have difficulty accomplishing tasks, living independently, and utilizing information technologies; simple aspects of daily life taken for granted by non-disabled individuals. Assistive Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications presents a comprehensive...
American Lobotomy
A Rhetorical History
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2015
American Lobotomy studies a wide variety of representations of lobotomy to offer a rhetorical history of one of the most infamous procedures in the history of medicine. The development of lobotomy in 1935 was heralded as a “miracle cure” that would empty the nation’s perennially blighted asylums....
A Court of Refuge
Stories from the Bench of America's First Mental Health Court
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
The story of America’s first Mental Health Court as told by its presiding judge, Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren—from its inception in 1997 to its implementation in over 400 courts across the nation
As a young legal advocate, Ginger Lerner-Wren bore witness to the consequences of an underdeveloped...