Disability category: 614 books

First published in 1979, this book concerns itself primarily with the mothers of mentally handicapped children. It discusses the problems of assistance that they may have experienced from their families, the community, or the available services. Whilst arguing for far more support for mothers when...

"Fogland Point is a unique, surprising, moving, occasionally hilarious, and entirely marvelous book about the complicated mysteries that lie at the heart of all families - although the Hazard family is definitely more complicated and mysterious and interesting than most." --Nick Petrie,...

Of the myriad of approaches to the treatment of autism spectrum disorders, Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) has the most research support. It is not perfect, and its imperfection is highlighted by the inadequate training of many, if not most of its practitioners. Autism is a burgeoning conditionin...

This is the story of Judith Dent, a girl growing up in the middle of the last century, completely blind as well as autistic, at a time when few people had even heard of autism. Judy, in her own words, was a child who could lie on the floor and scream until she turned blue from the sheer desperation...

For those who have never heard of, nor understand Autism, this easy-to-read personal journey will tug at your emotions; open your eyes and ears to the struggles that families looking after children with disabilities may face. ~ Dr Edwin Yip He taught me a lot through his courage to persevere...

You don’t have to like football to enjoy reading SILENT COUNT. You don’t have to know American Sign Language to understand the narration. And you don’t have to be able to hear in order to experience the entertaining resonance of SILENT COUNT. SILENT COUNT is the true story of a high school football...

First published in 1975, this book looks at the place of children with handicaps in society, at that time. It argues that in the thirty years previous, a great deal of progress was made in the field of rehabilitation but that the separation between handicapped people and the community was still a...

Special Ed Teacher Man tells the story of Bob Anterhaus’ 20 year career as a Special Education teacher in Dallas, Texas. He began teaching when Mobil Oil downsized, he was 48. As a young person, teaching was one of the last careers he would have chosen. However, the successes and failures in his...

Revised to reflect radical changes in the field and their impact on professional practice Now updated and substantially revised to reflect the CORE/CACREP merger and fundamental changes in the field, this comprehensive graduate-level second edition textbook articulates the complementary relationship...

A groundbreaking work that explores human size as a distinctive cultural marker in Western thought Author, scholar, and editor Lynne Vallone has an international reputation in the field of child studies. In this analytical tour-de-force, she explores bodily size difference—particularly unusual...

Shortly after Mom passed, I opened her tiny file on Eddies wrongful death case, she recalls. No one can imagine the pain I felt for Mom and for Eddie, and then it hit me that she must have lived in hell from that time forward. It would be early in 1995 that June would take on the journey her mother...

A serious accident or illness can happen to anyone at any time—this book lets you put critical medical and financial decisions in the hands of those you trust the most.

Este Manual es el más adecuado para impartir la UF0127 "Apoyo en la recepción y acogida en instituciones de personas dependientes" de los Certificados de Profesionalidad, y cumple fielmente con los contenidos del Real Decreto. Puede solicitar gratuitamente las soluciones a todas las actividades en...

Este Manual es el más adecuado para impartir el MF1018 "Intervención en la atención sociosanitaria en instituciones" de los Certificados de Profesionalidad, y cumple fielmente con los contenidos del Real Decreto.Puede solicitar gratuitamente las soluciones a todas las actividades en el email [email protected]...