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Don't Call Me Inspirational: A Disabled Feminist Talks Back
ISBN: 9781439909379 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For psychotherapist, painter, feminist, filmmaker, writer, and disability activist Harilyn Rousso, hearing well-intentioned people tell her, "You're so inspirational " is patronizing, not complimentary.In her empowering and at times confrontational memoir, "Don't Call Me Inspirational," Rousso, who has cerebral palsy, describes overcoming the prejudice against disability--not overcoming disability. She addresses the often absurd and ignorant attitudes of strangers, friends, and family. For psychotherapist, painter, feminist, filmmaker, writer, and disability activist Harilyn Rousso, hearing well-intentioned people tell her, "You'r... |
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Disability and Social Work Education: Practice and Policy Issues
ISBN: 9780415542692 / Angielski / Miękka / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text provides leading social work experts providing insightful, effective strategies to address the current gaps in the system between social work and those individuals with disabilities.
This text provides leading social work experts providing insightful, effective strategies to address the current gaps in the system between social wor...
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How Katie Got a Voice: (And a Cool New Nickname)
ISBN: 9781426966491 / Angielski / Miękka / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How Katie Got a Voice (and a cool new nickname) is a story of challenge, triumph, and acceptance. The students and teachers of Cherry Street School all have nicknames that celebrate their differences. But the new girl, Katie, is really different. She can t walk. She can t talk. It seems like she can t do anything So how can the other students involve her in their activities? And how can they give her a nickname?"
How Katie Got a Voice (and a cool new nickname) is a story of challenge, triumph, and acceptance. The students and teachers of Cherry Street School al...
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From Pathology to Public Sphere: The German Deaf Movement, 1848-1914
ISBN: 9783837621198 / Angielski / Miękka / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the late 19th century, the so-called German Method, which employed spoken language in deaf education, triumphed all over the Western world. At the same time as deaf German schoolchildren were taught to articulate and read lips, an emancipation movement of signing deaf adults emerged across the German Empire. This book tells the story of how deaf people moved from being isolated objects of administration or education, depending on welfare or working in the fields, to becoming an urban middle class collective with claims of self-determination. Main questions addressed in this first...
In the late 19th century, the so-called German Method, which employed spoken language in deaf education, triumphed all over the Western world. At the ...
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Young Adults with Disabilities: Post-High School Outcomes
ISBN: 9781619421592 / Angielski / Twarda / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Post-High School Outcomes of Young Adults with Disabilities up to 8 Years after High School: A Report from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2);pp. 1-211 (U.S. Department of Education) The Post-High School Outcomes of Young Adults with Disabilities up to 6 Years after High School: Key Findings From the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2);pp. 213-309 (U.S. Department of Education)
The Post-High School Outcomes of Young Adults with Disabilities up to 8 Years after High School: A Report from the National Longitudinal Transition St...
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Functional Impairment: Management, Types & Challenges
ISBN: 9781620814109 / Angielski / Twarda / 149 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Functional impairment, defined as any abnormality of organ, or psychological function or anatomical structure that leads to inability to perform normal activities, is growing to be a huge challenge. The recent advancements in science as well as technologies, have aided in prolonging human lives, and with that, newer challenges have surfaced as to the quality of this extended life. Thus identifying causes and types of functional impairments with different organ systems and methods of management of these impairments are very crucial. The authors aim to shed some light on this important topic of...
Functional impairment, defined as any abnormality of organ, or psychological function or anatomical structure that leads to inability to perform norma...
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Song Without Words: Discovering My Deafness Halfway Through Life
ISBN: 9780306821936 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Much has been written about the profoundly deaf, but the lives of the nearly 30 million partially deaf people in the United States today remain hidden. Song without Words tells the astonishing story of a man who, at the age of thirty-four, discovered that he had been deaf since childhood, yet somehow managed to navigate his way through Andover, Yale, and Columbia Law School, and to establish a prestigious international legal career. Gerald Shea's witty and candid memoir of how he compensated for his deafness--through sheer determination and an amazing ability to translate the...
Much has been written about the profoundly deaf, but the lives of the nearly 30 million partially deaf people in the United States today remain hidden...
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Once Beneath the Stars
ISBN: 9780983214809 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Inspired by true events, ONCE BENEATH THE STARS follows the tumultuous journey of star quarterback, Mike Murphy, whose life changes forever in a split second on the field. What follows is an insightful look at what it means to be human and how love and relationships transcend the physical--both here on earth, and after death. Revolutionary music of the 60's and 70's--Dylan, Led Zeppelin, Van Morrison, The Who, and more--provide an escape for Mike and fuels his desire for freedom. This tender, heartrending novel casts a compassionate eye on the true meaning of life, love, and death.
Inspired by true events, ONCE BENEATH THE STARS follows the tumultuous journey of star quarterback, Mike Murphy, whose life changes forever in a split...
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A Box Full Of Letters
ISBN: 9780984681150 / Angielski / Miękka / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Rethinking Disability: Bodies, Senses, and Things
ISBN: 9780415810548 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text is a critical and empirically-based introduction to disability studies. It offers a comprehensive, book-length analysis of disability through the lens of Science and Technology Studies (STS), and presents a practice-oriented discussion of how bodies, senses and things are linked in everyday life and configure "enabling" and "disabling" scenarios. Relevant to a broad spectrum of medical practitioners and practicing social service workers, the book will also be essential reading in the fields of disability studies, sociology of the body/senses, medical sociology and STS.
This text is a critical and empirically-based introduction to disability studies. It offers a comprehensive, book-length analysis of disability throug...
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Ephphatha! Open Up! a Children's Curriculum for Understanding Disabilities
ISBN: 9780788013508 / Angielski / Miękka / 74 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Ephphatha Open Up "is a series of thirteen lessons to help children accept persons with disabilities and treat them with compassion. Stories, skits, games, and role-playing enhance students' understanding of those with physical handicaps, including blindness and hearing impairment, and those with learning disabilities.
Each lesson can be used individually or in random order for Sunday school classes, retreats, kids' clubs, or fellowship gatherings with intergenerational settings. The goal of this curriculum is to challenge young people to understand, accept, and value the special... "Ephphatha Open Up "is a series of thirteen lessons to help children accept persons with disabilities and treat them with compassion. Stories, skits...
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A Geography of Horse-Riding: The Spacing of Affect, Emotion and (Dis)Ability Identity Through Horse-Human Encounters
ISBN: 9781443843355 / Angielski / Twarda / 265 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book presents an in-depth, qualitative exploration of the practice of horse-riding by disabled and non-disabled riders and their horses. Situated as part of an affective turn within human geography, creative and original use is made of poststructuralist theory to bring together animal studies and disability studies in order to decentre the human as we think about the social. Eighteen months of multi-sited performance ethnography on the hoof were conducted with riders recruited from local riding schools, an internet forum and three Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) groups. The...
This book presents an in-depth, qualitative exploration of the practice of horse-riding by disabled and non-disabled riders and their horses. Situated...
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Deaf American Literature
ISBN: 9781563685774 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Uses the archetypal concept of the carnival as a framework to interpret the evolution of ASL literature. This title shows how Deaf artists and ASL performers have used and continue to use their art as a means to traverse the barriers between disenfranchisement and privilege.
Uses the archetypal concept of the carnival as a framework to interpret the evolution of ASL literature. This title shows how Deaf artists and ASL per...
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Native American Communities on Health and Disability: A Borderland Dialogues
ISBN: 9781137308603 / Angielski / Twarda / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume examines concepts of disability and wellness in Native American communities, prominently featuring the life's work of Dr. Carol Locust. Authors Locust and Lovern confront the difficulties of translating not only words but also entire concepts between Western and Indigenous cultures, and by increasing the cultural competency of those unfamiliar with Native American ways of being are able to bring readers from both cultures into a more equal dialogue. The three sections contained herein focus on intercultural translation; dialogues with Native American community members; and finally...
This volume examines concepts of disability and wellness in Native American communities, prominently featuring the life's work of Dr. Carol Locust. Au...
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Land Use Law and Disability: Planning and Zoning for Accessible Communities
ISBN: 9781316614143 / Angielski / Miękka / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book argues that communities need better planning to be safely navigated by people with mobility impairment and to facilitate intergenerational aging in place.
This book argues that communities need better planning to be safely navigated by people with mobility impairment and to facilitate intergenerational a...
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To Love This Life: Quotations by Helen Keller
ISBN: 9780891283478 / Angielski / Twarda / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A beautiful, moving souvenir of one of the world's most admired women, this memorable collection of quotations by Helen Keller brings words of wisdom, courage, humor, and inspiration from a remarkable individual, who above all wanted to make a difference in the lives of her fellow men and women. The thoughts captured here--many from previously unpublished letters and speeches housed in the Helen Keller Archives of the American Foundation for the Blind--offer profound reflections on the meaning of being human and on life in all its complexity. Illustrated with beautiful vintage photographs,...
A beautiful, moving souvenir of one of the world's most admired women, this memorable collection of quotations by Helen Keller brings words of wisdom,...
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The Art and Science of Teaching Orientation and Mobility to Persons with Visual Impairments
ISBN: 9780891284741 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The second edition of this popular and classic text, now updated for the 21st century, provides a complete manual for the beginning O&M instructor that serves as a reference for the experienced practitioner as well. An invaluable guide for teaching travel techniques to students of all ages, the second edition of The Art and Science of Teaching Orientation and Mobility provides step-by-step presentations of each O&M technique and describes in detail how to individualize and teach each one; outlines the scope and sequence of a complete O&M curriculum; offers a guiding philosophy as well as...
The second edition of this popular and classic text, now updated for the 21st century, provides a complete manual for the beginning O&M instructor tha...
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Deaf Children in China
ISBN: 9781563683398 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. To learn how Chinese parents raise their deaf children, Alison Callaway in 1994 conducted extensive research in the city of Nanjing. There, she interviewed the parents of 26 deaf children while also carefully analyzing a large collection of letters written by other parents to the supervisor of a nursery school that was the center of her research. She also made fact-finding visits to several other schools and programs for deaf preschoolers, and had discussions with teachers, administrators, and staff members. The results of her study form the remarkable body of information presented in Deaf...
To learn how Chinese parents raise their deaf children, Alison Callaway in 1994 conducted extensive research in the city of Nanjing. There, she interv...
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Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity
ISBN: 9780743236720 / Angielski / Miękka / 976 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, a Books for a Better Life Award, and one of The New York Times Book Review's Ten Best Books of 2012, this masterpiece by the National Book Award-winning author of The Noonday Demon features stories of parents who not only learn to deal with their exceptional children, but also find profound meaning in doing so--"a brave, beautiful book that will expand your humanity" (People). Solomon's startling proposition in Far from the Tree is that being exceptional is at the core of the human condition--that...
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, a Books for a Better Life Award, and one of The New York Times Book Review's Ten Best Book...
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Redesigning Health Care for Children with Disabilities: Strengthening Inclusion, Contribtuion, and Health
ISBN: 9781598572346 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One in five families has a child with special health care needs-but medical and human service professionals often don't get the training they need to provide long-term, integrated care for these children. Filling a critical gap in professional education, this groundbreaking textbook and training tool presents a comprehensive, interdisciplinary framework for delivering effective health care to children with disabilities and chronic illnesses. Going far beyond the traditional model of treating and reducing symptoms, renowned pediatrician Heidi Feldman gives professionals a big-picture... One in five families has a child with special health care needs-but medical and human service professionals often don't get the training they need... |
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