"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...
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:Sommaire: - 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...
- Auteur:Taylor, Jim, Tait, CamSommaire:
Cam Tait worked as a reporter for the Edmonton Journal for over thirty years, interviewing Wayne Gretzky, Stevie Wonder, James Brady and others. He now writes for the Edmonton Sun. He has two honorary degrees and much insight on the...
- Auteur:Piepzna-Samarasinha, Leah LakshmiSommaire:
Leah Piepzna-Samarasinha is a poet and essayist whose most recent book, the memoir Dirty River, was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award and the Publishing Triangle's Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction. She is also a long-time...
- Auteur:McGovern, CammieSommaire:
Chester has always wanted to become a service dog. When he fails his certification test, though, it seems like that dream will never come true, until a family adopts him. They want him to be a companion for their ten-year-old son, Gus,...
- Auteur:Power, PaulSommaire:
Paul Power’s play, Crippled, has garnered awards and glowing reviews for his portrayal of his experiences as a person living with a disability. Now in a published form, his story of challenge, loss, and redemption presents universal...
- Auteur:Matheson, NeilSommaire:
Neil Matheson is a first-time writer from western Canada, currently residing in Surrey, British Columbia. Born with a physical disability called Cerebral Palsy, Neil experienced life on a pair of crutches, walked through life on a pair...
- Auteur:Slate, GayleSommaire:
Dana's Legacy is a mother's inspirational story of her first child, born with cerebral palsy—a journey from tragedy to triumph. A book of hope, Dana's Legacy shows how disability brings both tragedy and opportunity. Readers will come to...
- Auteur:Siebert, Robert, DiMarco, NyleSommaire:
Nyle DiMarco shares stories, both heartbreaking and humorous, of what it means to navigate a world built for hearing people. Through his stories and those of his Deaf family, he opens many windows into the Deaf experience.
- Auteur:Bélanger, Nathalie, Duchesne, HermannSommaire:
Faire de la diversité une force constructive qui contribue à la compréhension mutuelle entre individus et entre groupes constitue actuellement un discours central des sociétés occidentales. En éducation, ce discours est repérable dans...
- Auteur:Scull, AndrewSommaire:
For more than two hundred years, disturbances of the mind-the sorts of things that were once called "madness"-have been studied and treated by the medical profession. Mental illness, some insist, is a disease like any other, whose...
- Auteur:Buchholz, Sue, Wooldridge, EdnaSommaire:
Destination Disneyland Resort with Disabilities is a guidebook which will assist people with disabilities to enjoy their experience to the fullest at Disneyland Resort. Families of children who have disabilities, adults who have...
- Auteur:Sommaire:
Disability and Social Policy in Canada, 2e is the most comprehensive source of information on the present state of the disability policy in Canada. This new edition, edited by Dr. Mary Ann McColl and Dr. Lyn Jongbloed, moves beyond...
- Auteur:Australian Government, Productivity CommissionSommaire:
An overview of a disability insurance scheme proposed by the Australian Government, Productivity Commission in Feb 2011
- Auteur:Kelly, ChristineSommaire:
"We do not need care!" is a rallying cry for disability movements. It is informed by a recognition that a lack of choice over simple care decisions--like what to eat or wear--is a subtle yet pervasive form of violence endured by many...
- Auteur:Withers, A. J.Sommaire:
An accessible introduction to disability studies, Disability Politics and Theory provides a concise survey of disability history, exploring the concept of disability as it has been conceived from the late 19th century to the present....
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