Solitary Courage is the story of a mother's tough-love determination, her severely disabled daughter's astonishing triumphs, and a documentary record of the political battles, organizational conflicts, and human struggles that citizens...
Disability Perspectives
Titles about disabilities, including theoretical works and lived experiences. Many authors with titles in this collection prefer identity first language and have disability pride.
See also: Authors with Disabilities Collection
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Auteur:Winberg, Mona, Boyer, J. PatrickSommaire: - Auteur:Jewell, Geri, Nichelson, TedSommaire:
Born with cerebral palsy, Geri Jewell inspired a generation of young people when she became the first person with a disability to appear in a recurring role on prime-time television, with her groundbreaking character, Cousin Geri, on...
- Auteur:Kincaid, Gregory D.Sommaire:
For George and Mary Ann McCray, watching their disabled son Todd move out is unbearable--even though he's in his twenties. But Todd has a dog named Christmas and an entire community ready to help him find his way.
- Auteur:Drury, BobSommaire:
A decade ago, former military counterintelligence officer Terry Henry and his daughter started Paws4people. Drury captures the story of a year in the life of Paws4people and the broken bodies and souls the organization mends.
- Auteur:Gilmore, RachnaSommaire:
Nobby, short for Zenobia, meets an older girl, Zilla, when her family goes on holiday. Zilla is developmentally disabled, but much more fun than the average teenager. The friendship grows until Uncle Chad shows up. He is snooty and...
- Auteur:Rahman, BahramSommaire:
Young Aria returns to school after recovering from an accident and being fitted with a prosthetic leg, but the school has no furniture and sitting on the floor is too painful. She finds a way to build her own bench, surprising and...
- Auteur:Nuzum, K. A.Sommaire:
Fifteen-year-old Will Bennon leaves his family and begins life as a cowboy, but his mentally retarded twin brother follows him and joins the journey.
- Auteur:Stevenson, RobinSommaire:
A sailing trip to the Caribbean might sound great, but sixteen-year-old Rachel can't stand being trapped on a small boat with her family. She misses her best friend and feels guilty about leaving her older sister Emma, who lives in a...
- Auteur:Bauman, SheriSommaire:
This one-of-a-kind manual provides direction for leading groups of people with disabilities or groups that have members with disabilities. Viewing disability as a single aspect of a multifaceted person, Drs. Bauman and Shaw share their...
- Auteur:Dolmage, JaySommaire:
Academic Ableism brings together disability studies and institutional critique to recognize the ways that disability is composed in and by higher education, and rewrites the spaces, times, and economies of disability in higher education...
- Auteur:Province of British ColumbiaSommaire:
The Accessibility Secretariat provides annual Accessibility 2024 progress updates each year. These updates highlight how the government, businesses, and communities are working together to increase accessibility and reduce barriers for...
- Auteur:Province of British ColumbiaSommaire:
The Accessibility Secretariat provides annual Accessibility 2024 progress updates each year. These updates highlight how the government, businesses, and communities are working together to increase accessibility and reduce barriers for...
- Auteur:Province of British ColumbiaSommaire:
The Government of British Columbia's accessibility plan as updated in 2022.
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An own-voices story collection that captures the many layers of blindness and, for once, puts visually impaired protagonists in the driver's seat, letting us glimpse their lives. When we think about it, we're not really divided.
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"Beauty is a Verb is the first of its kind: a high-quality anthology of poetry by American poets with physical disabilities. Poems and essays alike consider how poetry, coupled with the experience of disability, speaks to the poetics of...
- Auteur:Gottlieb, EliSommaire:
Written astonishingly in the first-person voice of an autistic, adult man, Best Boy--with its unforgettable characters--is a piercing, achingly funny, finally shattering novel that will linger with readers long after the last page is...
- Auteur:Krause, CarolSommaire:
Adults in their 20s share their real experiences living with disability. This collection of first-person narratives and dialogues is grouped into sections pertaining to different aspects of the writers’ lives, including education and...
- Auteur:Martini, ClemSommaire:
In 1976, Ben Martini was diagnosed with schizophrenia. A decade later, his brother Oliver was told he had the same disease. For the past thirty years the Martini family has struggled to comprehend and cope with devastating illness,...
- Auteur:British ColumbiaSommaire:
The 2018 Progress Update - Building a Better B.C. for People with Disabilities provides an overview of the policies, programs and activities helping make B.C. more inclusive for individuals with disabilities. It showcases a selection of...
- Auteur:Province of British ColumbiaSommaire:
The Accessibility Secretariat provides annual Accessibility 2024 progress updates each year. These updates highlight how the government, businesses, and communities are working together to increase accessibility and reduce barriers for...
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