An overview of a disability insurance scheme proposed by the Australian Government, Productivity Commission in Feb 2011
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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Author(s):Australian Government, Productivity CommissionSummary: - Author(s):Kelly, ChristineSummary:
"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...
- Author(s):Withers, A. J.Summary:
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....
- Author(s):Mattlin, BenSummary:
An eye-opening portrait of the diverse disability community as it is today and how attitudes, activism, and representation have evolved since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
- Author(s):Cole, Kevin L.Summary:
A review of literature concerning disability studies.
- Author(s):Wong, AliceSummary:
Disabled young people will be proud to see themselves reflected in this hopeful, compelling, and insightful essay collection, adapted for young adults from the critically acclaimed adult book, Disability Visibility: First Person Stories...
- Author(s):Rousso, HarilynSummary:
Women with disabilities face a double set of prejudices, based on gender and disability. The world too often sees them in terms of stereotypes: childlike, dependent, incompetent, asexual, unable to take on the role of worker, sexual...
- Author(s):Malhotra, Ravi, Isitt, BenjaminSummary:
Disabling Barriers analyzes issues relating to disability at different moments in Canadian and American history. In this volume, legal scholars, historians, and disability-rights activists explore how disabled people have been portrayed...
- Author(s):Leduc, AmandaSummary:
Fairy tales shape how we see the world, so what happens when you identify more with the Beast than Beauty? If every disabled character is mocked and mistreated, how does the Beast ever imagine a happily-ever-after? Amanda Leduc looks at...
- Author(s):Johnson, Terry LynnSummary:
A riveting adventure about a musher who sets out to prove her impaired vision won't hold her back from competing in a rigorous sled race through the Canadian wilderness. McKenna Barney is trying to hide her worsening eyesight and has...
- Author(s):Leach, Sara, Bender, RebeccaSummary:
The third title in the collection that began with USBBY Outstanding International Book Slug Days. Lauren, a third-grade student who has Autism Spectrum Disorder, takes on the challenges of sharing her best friend and persevering when a...
- Author(s):Béliveau, Marie-ClaudeSummary:
La dyslexie et d'autres « maux d'école » (dysorthographie dyspraxie dyscalculie trouble déficitaire de l'attention dysfonctions non verbales...) nuisent grandement aux apprentissages de 10 à 15 % des enfants. En dépit du manque de...
- Author(s):Walters, EricSummary:
Edward est paresseux. Il se contente de la note de passage. Lorsqu'il découvre que les élèves admis en éducation spéciale ont plus de temps pour faire leurs examens, il croit avoir trouvé la combine parfaite. Il ne s'attend pas à devoir...
- Author(s):McDonnell, KathleenSummary:
The true story of Emily Eaton. Born with severe cerebral palsy, Emily and her family had to fight for her right to go to school with non-disabled children in a regular classroom. Unwilling to take no for an answer, her fight would take...
- Author(s):Barnes, ColinSummary:
- Author(s):Hogan, DennisSummary:
- Author(s):Gerber, AlysonSummary:
Twelve-year-old Clea wants to do her homework, follow instructions, pay attention in school, and play chess on the school team, but somehow she cannot focus on whatever is in front of her, and the other kids at school are starting to...
- Author(s):Little, JeanSummary:
In this sequel to Rescue Pup, Shakespeare, the unusual Seeing Eye dog who understands humans, must win over his new master, a desperately unhappy young man who was recently blinded in an accident.
- Author(s):McGovern, CammieSummary:
After being separated from his family, Franklin becomes an independent cat, until he meets a goofy dog named Chester. Chester is a service dog to his person, a boy named Gus, and Chester knows just the girl to be Franklin's person--Gus'...
- Author(s):Little, JeanSummary:
Nine-year-old Anna has always been the clumsy one in the family - somehow she can never do anything right. She bumps into tables, and she can't read the chalkboard at school. Her perfect brothers and sisters call her 'Awkward Anna.'...
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