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Making Life Work : Freedom and Disability in a Community Group Home
ISBN: 9780816650811 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Group homes emerged in the United States in the 1970s as a solution to the failure of the large institutions that, for more than a century, segregated and abused people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Yet community services have not, for the most part, delivered on the promises of rights, self-determination, and integration made more than thirty years ago, and critics predominantly portray group homes simply as settings of social control. Making Life Work is a clear-eyed ethnography of a New York City group home based on more than a year of field research. Jack...
Group homes emerged in the United States in the 1970s as a solution to the failure of the large institutions that, for more than a century, segregated...
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272,60 |
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Walter and the Mucous Monsters: A tale of adventure and Cystic Fibrosis
ISBN: 9781442185012 / Angielski / Miękka / 34 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the story of how Walter rode his bicycle from Paris, France, to Istanbul, Turkey. Travelling over 4000 kilometres over 72 days was especially challenging because Walter has Cystic Fibrosis. This book is dedicated to the families of kids with Cystic Fibrosis. Part of all profits will go to CF causes.
This is the story of how Walter rode his bicycle from Paris, France, to Istanbul, Turkey. Travelling over 4000 kilometres over 72 days was especially ...
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60,00 |
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Studying Disability: Multiple Theories and Responses
ISBN: 9781412975766 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Presenting fully integrative text covering disability from a variety of disciplines This innovative text first reviews existing theories, then sets forth a new viewpoint that incorporates elements from disability studies, sociology, human services, rehabilitation counseling, and public health. Authors Elizabeth DePoy and Stephen French Gilson explore the history of disability with a focus on both Western and non-Western cultures, examine the historical conceptions of disability and how they have affected the lives and civil rights... Presenting fully integrative text covering disability from a variety of disciplines Thi... |
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408,89 |
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Just Below the Line: Disability, Housing, and Equity in the South
ISBN: 9781557289230 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With America on the brink of the largest number of older adults and persons with disabilities in the country s history, the deceleration in housing production during the first decade of the twenty-first century, and a continued reliance on conventional housing policies and practices, a perfect storm has emerged in the housing industry. The lack of fit between the existing housing stock and the needs of the U.S. population is growing pronounced. Just as housing needed to be retooled at the end of WWII, the American housing industry is in dire need of change today. The South with its high rates...
With America on the brink of the largest number of older adults and persons with disabilities in the country s history, the deceleration in housing pr...
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223,92 |
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From Learning Disabled to Enabled: A Mother's Journey to Find an Effective Way to Teach Reading to Her Daughter and the Children She Teaches.
ISBN: 9781426909078 / Angielski / Twarda / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Join this mother and educator as she searches to find a more effective way to teach her child to read. While embarking on a great adventure of learning she finds strength and wisdom never imagined.This writing is a reflection of the journey she took; how she changed the course of her daughter's life and the students she teaches. It tells of the knowledge she gained and how she is now sharing her findings with others who are searching for a more effective and efficient way to teach all children to read at their highest potential.
Join this mother and educator as she searches to find a more effective way to teach her child to read. While embarking on a great adventure of learnin...
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87,14 |
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From Learning Disabled to Enabled: A Mother's Journey to Find an Effective Way to Teach Reading to Her Daughter and the Children She Teaches.
ISBN: 9781426901782 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Join this mother and educator as she searches to find a more effective way to teach her child to read. While embarking on a great adventure of learning she finds strength and wisdom never imagined.This writing is a reflection of the journey she took; how she changed the course of her daughter's life and the students she teaches. It tells of the knowledge she gained and how she is now sharing her findings with others who are searching for a more effective and efficient way to teach all children to read at their highest potential.
Join this mother and educator as she searches to find a more effective way to teach her child to read. While embarking on a great adventure of learnin...
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48,92 |
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Intellectual Disability: A Guide for Families and Professionals
ISBN: 9780195145724 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Approximately 2.5 million people in the United States--one percent of the population--have an intellectual disability (previously referred to as mental retardation). These conditions range from genetic disorders such as Down syndrome to disabilities caused by infectious diseases and brain injury. Intellectual Disability: A Guide for Families and Professionals, by one of the country's foremost authorities on intellectual disability, is a comprehensive resource that will be of importance to anyone with a personal connection to a child or adult with a neurodevelopmental disorder. Emphasizing the...
Approximately 2.5 million people in the United States--one percent of the population--have an intellectual disability (previously referred to as menta...
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152,84 |
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Parents with Intellectual Disabilities
ISBN: 9780470772942 / Angielski / Miękka / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first international, cross-disciplinary book to explore and understand the lives of parents with intellectual disabilities, their children, and the systems and services they encounter
The first international, cross-disciplinary book to explore and understand the lives of parents with intellectual disabilities, their children, and th...
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194,46 |
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Music, Disability, and Society
ISBN: 9781439900253 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Musical talent in Western culture is regarded as an extraordinary combination of technical proficiency and interpretative sensitivity. Ina"Music, Disability, and Society," Alex Lubet challenges the rigid view of technical skill and writes about music in relation to disability studies. He addresses the ways in which people with disabilities are denied the opportunity to participate in music. Elaborating on the theory of social confluence, Lubet provides a variety of encounters between disability and music to observe radical transformations of identity. Considering hand-injured and... Musical talent in Western culture is regarded as an extraordinary combination of technical proficiency and interpretative sensitivity. Ina"Music, D... |
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331,01 |
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Music, Disability, and Society
ISBN: 9781439900260 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How musicians can be disabled and how musicality itself can be disabling
How musicians can be disabled and how musicality itself can be disabling
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116,78 |
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On the Margins of Citizenship: Intellectual Disability and Civil Rights in Twentieth-Century America
ISBN: 9781592136988 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A sociological history of the fight for civil rights for people with intellectual disabilities. Allison Carey develops a relational practice approach to the issues of intellectual disability & civil rights, looking at how advocacy has progressed over the course of the past century.
A sociological history of the fight for civil rights for people with intellectual disabilities. Allison Carey develops a relational practice approach ...
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126,51 |
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Disability and Mobile Citizenship in Postsocialist Ukraine
ISBN: 9780253222473 / Angielski / Miękka / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sarah D. Phillips examines the struggles of disabled persons in Ukraine and the other former Soviet states to secure their rights during the tumultuous political, economic, and social reforms of the last two decades. Through participant observation and interviews with disabled Ukrainians across the social spectrum--rights activists, politicians, students, workers, entrepreneurs, athletes, and others--Phillips documents the creative strategies used by people on the margins of postsocialist societies to assert claims to "mobile citizenship." She draws on this rich ethnographic material to... Sarah D. Phillips examines the struggles of disabled persons in Ukraine and the other former Soviet states to secure their rights during the tumult... |
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102,18 |
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Parents with Intellectual Disabilities
ISBN: 9780470772959 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first international, cross-disciplinary book to explore and understand the lives of parents with intellectual disabilities, their children, and the systems and services they encounter
The first international, cross-disciplinary book to explore and understand the lives of parents with intellectual disabilities, their children, and th...
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501,90 |
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Walk of the Centipede: A Story of One Man's Journey Through Catastrophic Injury
ISBN: 9781450222150 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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76,25 |
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Walk of the Centipede: A Story of One Man's Journey through Catastrophic Injury
ISBN: 9781450222174 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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114,47 |
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Representing Disability in an Ableist World: Essays on Mass Media
ISBN: 9780972118934 / Angielski / Miękka / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Towson University journalism professor Beth A. Haller's 20 years of research into disability and mass media inform this one-of-a-kind collection on advertising, news, entertainment television, film and Internet new media. Ideal for disability studies students and researchers as well as disability activists. " T]his textual analysis is a gem of clarity. . . . a welcome addition to disability studies literature in general, and in particular, to those who feel strongly about the necessity of educating students about responsible consuming, reporting and reviewing of disability issues in...
Towson University journalism professor Beth A. Haller's 20 years of research into disability and mass media inform this one-of-a-kind collection on ad...
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100,13 |
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Boo-Boo's New Leg: A True Story of Illness, Acceptance, and Healing
ISBN: 9781456715458 / Angielski / Miękka / 44 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sarah is ten years old. She tells the story of how her grown up friend is very sick and medicines don't seem to help her too much. Her foot is bandaged and she can't get around without the help of a wheelchair and crutches. Sarah is saddened to see her friend in pain. Her friend must go to the hospital to have a special operation, called an amputation to cure her illness. This is no ordinary or easy operation and though her life will be forever changed, she will inspire a positive way of thinking in those around her with the greatest gifts one can have- laughter and friendship. ... Sarah is ten years old. She tells the story of how her grown up friend is very sick and medicines don't seem to help her too much. Her foot is ban... |
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84,14 |
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Disability and Difference in Global Contexts: Enabling a Transformative Body Politic
ISBN: 9780230100183 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the possibilities and limitations re-theorizing disability using historical materialism in the interdisciplinary contexts of social theory, cultural studies, social and education policy, feminist ethics, and theories of citizenship.
This book explores the possibilities and limitations re-theorizing disability using historical materialism in the interdisciplinary contexts of social...
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201,72 |
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Disabled Students in Education: Technology, Transition, and Inclusivity
ISBN: 9781613501832 / Angielski / Twarda / 374 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There can be little doubt that the rapid technological developments that have characterized the decades since the middle of the 19th century have given great scope for improving the quality of life of disabled people. Disabled Students in Education: Technology, Transition, and Inclusivity reports on 15 research projects aimed at improving the educational prospects of disabled people. Through its discussion of three main themes technology, transition, and inclusivity this book aims to be of interest to disabled students, their parents and teachers, and the people who run, and set policies for,...
There can be little doubt that the rapid technological developments that have characterized the decades since the middle of the 19th century have give...
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889,57 |
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Disability Through the Life Course
ISBN: 9781412987677 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume in The SAGE Reference Series on Disability explores issues involving disability through the life courses, and is one of eight volumes in the cross-disciplinary and issues-based series, which examines topics central to the lives of individuals with disabilities and their families. With a balance of history, theory, research, and application, specialists set out the findings and implications of research and practice for others whose current or future work involves the care and/or study of those with disabilities, as well as for the disabled themselves. The concise, engaging...
This volume in The SAGE Reference Series on Disability explores issues involving disability through the life courses, and is one of eight volum...
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389,42 |
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