In October 2013, Scott Jones was leaving a bar in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, when he was attacked, stabbed in the back, and left paralyzed from the waist down. In the months following his attack, Scott Jones's story garnered...
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Auteur:Jones, Scott, Chafe, RobertSommaire: - Auteur:Patterson, James, Grabenstein, ChrisSommaire:
Middle schooler Jamie Grimm dreams of being the best stand-up comic in the world-despite being in a wheelchair. He's off to Boston to compete in the national semifinals of the Planet's Funniest Kid Comic Contest. But sudden personal...
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Auteur:Hughes, Patrick HenrySommaire:Patrick Henry Hughes was born blind and physically disabled. But he was also blessed with exceptional musical talent. Here, he shares his courageous lessons for living with faith and defying the impossible at every turn.
- Auteur:Burnell, CerrieSommaire:
"Intelligent, politically bold, and beautiful to browse [...] Every bookshelf needs a copy." — Disability Arts Online
In this stylishly illustrated biography anthology, meet 34 artists, thinkers, athletes and activists with...
- Auteur:Ferreira, LauraSommaire:
The autobiography of a survivor of a ruptured brain aneurysm and stroke at age 51, now gratefully living life to the fullest.
- Auteur:Gosselin, AbigailSommaire:
Mental illness stigma is rooted in a perceived lack of agency, but stigma itself undermines agency. While most philosophical accounts of the matter are concerned with the question of how much agency a person with mental illness has,...
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This guide outlines how to start and manage a Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP) in B.C. It was developed by the Registered Disability Savings Plan Action Group and is supported by the Vancouver Foundation and the Government of...
- Auteur:Jones, CherieSommaire:
In Baxter Beach, Barbados, moneyed ex-pats clash with the locals who often end up serving them. Lala lives on the beach with her husband, Adan, a petty criminal with endless charisma whose thwarted burglary of one of the Baxter Beach...
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Largely confined to his home by disability, Daniel spends the hours he's not online by observing his neighborhood from his front porch. One young woman passes by so frequently that spotting her out the window has almost become part of...
- Auteur:Kaner, HannahSommaire:
Instant #1 International Bestseller and USA Today Bestseller! "An epic fantasy odyssey begins." - Entertainment Weekly "A richly rendered world... Kaner writes action that's both fun and intelligible... If 'The Last of Us' didn't slake...
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Cheyenne, a blind sixteen year-old, is kidnapped and held for ransom; she must outwit her captors to get out alive. Sixteen year-old Cheyenne Wilder is sleeping in the back of a car while her mom fills her prescription at the pharmacy....
- Auteur:Silverman, LauraSommaire:
Anise can't wait to spend the summer before her senior year surfing and hanging out on the beach with friends. Santa Cruz is more than her home—it's her heart. But when her aunt is in a serious car accident, Anise must say...
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Auteur:Gibson, HeathSommaire:“Powerful, intense, yet ultimately touching. A gripping read.” —Han Nolan, National Book Award–winning author of Dancing on the Edge A junior R.O.T.C. cadet at North Covington High, J.T. is at war—with himself, his enemies and his past...
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Auteur:Madden, KerrySommaire:In the early 1960s, twelve-year-old songwriter Livy Two Weems dreams of seeing the world beyond the Maggie Valley, North Carolina, holler where she lives in poverty with her parents and eight brothers and sisters, but understands that...
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Auteur:Lowry, LoisSommaire:Lame and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful Guardians.
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Auteur:Plum-Ucci, CarolSommaire:Legally-blind college reporter Mike Mavic hopes to get a story about a body found in Steepleton, believed to be that of long-missing teen Christopher Creed, but finds something odd about the town, including Justin Creed's obsessive...
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Auteur:Barnes, ColinSommaire: - Auteur:Province of British ColumbiaSommaire:
The Provincial Accessibility Committee developed recommendations on draft standards that will remove and prevent barriers that restrict people with disabilities from equally participating in the workforce and accessing services in the...
- Auteur:Province of British ColumbiaSommaire:
A standard is a set of rules or guidelines. The Employment Accessibility Standard provides guidance on how to remove barriers for people with disabilities across the whole continuum of employment including hiring, training, retention...
- Auteur:Thompson, Laurie Ann.Sommaire:
*Odyssey Honor Audiobook* Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah's inspiring true story—which was turned into a film, Emmanuel's Gift, narrated by Oprah Winfrey—is nothing short of remarkable. Born in Ghana, West Africa, with one deformed leg...
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