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...
Disability Perspectives Collection
Titles about disabilities, including theoretical works and lived experiences. Many authors with titles in this collection prefer identity first language and have disability pride.
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Author:Summary: - Author:Ferreira, LauraSummary:
The autobiography of a survivor of a ruptured brain aneurysm and stroke at age 51, now gratefully living life to the fullest.
- Author:Hughes, Patrick HenrySummary:
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.
- Author:Jewell, Geri, Nichelson, TedSummary:
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...
- Author:Michelle Creedy, Holly Hoffman, Kerry Kijewski, Marcia Yale, Mary Ellen GabiasSummary:
This study on improving Braille availability in Canadian public libraries was requested by NNELS in 2018 and written by a group of Canadian writers and...
- Author:Lavoie, YoanSummary:
Par hasard, par accident, le narrateur tombe sur Martin, un handicapé moteur asocial muni d’un dangereux bolide de fauteuil roulant, replié sur son imaginaire nourri de vieux rock et de science-fiction, et s’engage à l’assister dans son...
- Author:Bowling, DustiSummary:
The audio edition of the bestselling middle grade novel about a spunky girl born without arms and a boy with Tourette syndrome navigating the challenges of middle school, disability, and friendship-all while solving a mystery in a...
- Author:Mineau, SuzanneSummary:
Les stratégies d'intervention présentées dans ce guide visent principalement à répondre aux besoins des enfants autistes non verbaux, des enfants autistes ayant un début d'acquisition du langage et des enfants autistes verbaux âgés d'...
- Author:Brunstetter, Wanda E.Summary:
Confined to a wheelchair for 13 years, Rebekah Stoltzfus believes it'll take a miracle for her to ever enjoy the blessings of marriage or self-sufficiency.
- Author:DANIELS, EllenSummary:
Handbook for the blind, partially sighted, their families and friends. Explains what it is really like to be blind and how the sighted can make the lives of the blind easier.
- Author:Gleason, Mona, Myers, Tamara, Paris, Leslie, Strong-Boag, VeronicaSummary:
Children and youth occupy important social and political roles, even as they sleep in cribs or hang out on street corners. Conceptualized as either harbingers or saboteurs of a bright, secure tomorrow, they have motivated many adult-...
- Author:Vallis, RuthSummary:
Excited and full of the confidence of youth, totally blind Ruth arrived in London, England, to study Physiotherapy. She spoke the same language, was domestically independent, and had good mobility skills: how hard could this be? As it...
- Author:Limpsfield Grange School (Oxted, England)Summary:
M. That's what I'd like you to call me please. I'll tell you why later. Welcome to M's world. It's tipsy-turvy, sweet and sour, and the beast of anxiety lurks outside classrooms ready to pounce. M just wants to be like other teenagers...
- Author:John, AntonySummary:
Noah Savino has been in a wheelchair for months and hates being treated like he's helpless. He misses playing baseball, though not as much as he misses his dad, who died in the car accident that paralyzed Noah. He'll have to throw off...
- Author:Kuttai, HeatherSummary:
Combining ethnology and memoir, describes the issues surrounding childbirth and motherhood for disabled women. The author, a paraplegic, tells about her own hunt for medical advice before getting pregnant - and then about the normal...
- Author:Little, JeanSummary:
After spending five years in a cerebral palsy center, Sally is challenged to adjust to normal family and school life.
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"Mobilizing Metaphor illustrates how artistic and radical efforts are reshaping disability activism in Canada and, in the process, challenging dominant perceptions of disability. Recent changes to Canadian disability policy have seen...
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A collection of writings by disabled women, in which they share, sometimes with humour, the everyday reality of their lives, and seek to challenge the cliches and misconceptions commonly held about disabled people.
- Author:Lebeuf, DarrenSummary:
A young girl and her father spend a day in the city, her city, traveling to the places they go together: the playground, the community garden, the market, an outdoor concert. As they do, the girl describes what she senses in...
- Author:Edelson, MiriamSummary:
Jake is celebrating his tenth birthday. That's a remarkable feat, because at birth he was given only three years to live. Miriam Edelson is his mother, a dedicated fighter for Jake and families in similar situations. Edelson poses...
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