Disability: social aspects

The engaging autobiographical account of a poet-in-residence at a psychiatric hospital who helps a silent young man regain his speaking voice through writing poetry.

Belonging to a community reduces isolation, gives people meaning and purpose, and can equip people to contribute more fully.

Making new friends at work can be tricky - it's tough to predict how people will react to certain situations.

This book provides a comprehensive outline of the major parent training programs for parents of children with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD), including Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Neurodiversity in the workplace can be a gift.

Child Protection and Parents with a Learning Disability provides the practical knowledge that professionals need in order to understand common intellectual disabilities and how they might affect parenting capability.

*Shortlisted for the Michael Ramsay Prize 2019*In this groundbreaking book, Jill Harshaw explores the spiritual experiences of people with profound intellectual disabilities with regard to their capacity to enjoy life-giving spiritual experiences in their own right.

Physical structure, economic expectation or social relationship norms developed within various cultures can either restrict or support the participation of individuals with disabilities in society.

Disability can be either an ascribed status or an achieved status and its combination with other statuses will affect the person's social experiences.

Naming Adult Autism is one of the first critiques of cultural and medical narratives of Autism to be authored by an adult diagnosed with this condition.

Disability studies have long been the domain of medical and pedagogical academics.

Disability studies have long been the domain of medical and pedagogical academics.

A rediscovered modern classic: a life-affirming account of one man's journey into blindness'A gift to the whole of humanity' Cathy RentzenbrinkDays before the birth of his first son, writer and academic John M.

Toujours singulière, l'expérience n'est pas toujours rare.

Drawing on the controversial case of Ashley X, a girl with severe developmental disabilities who received interventionist medical treatment to limit her growth and keep her body forever smalla procedure now known as the Ashley TreatmentReconsidering Intellectual Disability explores important questions at the intersection of disability theory, Christian moral theology, and bioethics.

A CBC BOOKS BEST NONFICTION OF 2020AN ENTROPY MAGAZINE BEST NONFICTION 2020/21A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOK OF THE DAY (07/23/2022)Fairy tales shape how we see the world, so what happens when you identify more with the Beast than Beauty?

A CBC BOOKS BEST NONFICTION OF 2020AN ENTROPY MAGAZINE BEST NONFICTION 2020/21A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOK OF THE DAY (07/23/2022)Fairy tales shape how we see the world, so what happens when you identify more with the Beast than Beauty?

How do two parents who are blind take their children to the park?

A rich collection of writing from those negotiating disability in their lives - a group whose voices are not heard often enough My body and its place in the world seemed normal to me.

People with special needs require extra support in different areas of their lives: at home, school and in the community.

This vivid portrait of contemporary parenting blends memoir and cultural analysis to explore evolving ideas of disability and human difference.

What is it like to parent an adopted child, gifted with strong attributes and talents who, nonetheless, is burdened with abusive programming from an early age?

Have you ever, in your wildest dreams, imagined yourself being blind?

Wherever we live or whatever we do, disability will always be a part of us.

India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia.

One of the central and novel convictions of the early Christian movement compared to the existing Greco-Roman beliefs was the dogma of bodily resurrection.

No solo covid por Claudio Calzoni
Hay enfermedades que priman en los medios y en las redes sociales mientras que otras muchas quedan relegadas y casi olvidadas, como si fueran pasajeras y poco debilitantes.

Not just covidThere are diseases that take precedence in the media and on social media while many others are set aside and almost forgotten, as if they were temporary and not very debilitating.

This collection of papers comprises over ten papers published in recent years, with topics on new phenomena, new problems, new thinking, and new views in the fields of "e;barrier-free communication"e;, "e;new technologies and new media"e;, "e;Internet and society"e;, etc.

Betsy, the Cross-Beak Chicken, is a charming, true story of a special needs chicken who fulfills her role as a productive member of her flock.

This is the story of a single mother raising an autistic boy from knowledge of conception to adulthood.

Alzheimer's disease/dementia are diseases that can and do sneak up on you, and it's there before you know what hit you.

This book was written as a memoir about what Garrett Alston, PS winner, went through during a very trying time of strokes and heart-attacks protocol.

Here, Missouri Hall of Famer and sports educator Jim Aziere has crafted a remarkable true story, a classically American story, about an essential part of his youthful struggles and our own, featuring a one-of-a-kind Kansas City parochial high school called De La Salle Academy that flourished in the years between wars--1941-1959--a time of great social strife in our city.

Every three minutes, a child is born with a disability.

I have been involved in the theater as a director, actor, writer and teacher for sixty years.

Master Reset is a body of work about the life and times of a brain injury survivor.

Eva Doherty Gremmert has written a loving, poignant book about the deep joys andprofound challenges of raising a son with complex physical and mental disabilities.

A glimpse into the entangled mind, of a stroke survivor, described through his eyes, in an attempt to help the care givers, survivors and families, better understand what to expect in the stressful days ahead, after a stroke or brain injury.

Strong Is My Middle Name is based on a true testimony on how life changed after the death of my mother.

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A little twelve-year-old boy has just been saved from a fatal disease by a miracle from God: However, this disease has now left him a quadriplegic!

The title comes from years of committing to this clean way of life.