Extraordinary People with Disabilities

Extraordinary People with Disabilities
Author: Deborah Kent
Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1996
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780516260747

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Real-life stories of struggle, achievement, victory, and sometimes loss that are an ideal companion for history, social science, language and geography studies. The Extroardinary People series is the perfect starter for students who want to know more about the people who shaped their world, focusing on the unique histories of people from every culture, and every walk of life.

Extraordinary People With Disabilities

Extraordinary People With Disabilities
Author: Deborah Kent
Publisher: Turtleback
Total Pages:
Release: 1997-03-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780613544726

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Profiles seven dozen people throughout history with various physical or mental disabilities. Additional articles provide historical background on the disability rights movement.

Extraordinary Bodies

Extraordinary Bodies
Author: Rosemarie Garland Thomson
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2017-03-07
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0231544774

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Extraordinary Bodies is a cornerstone text of disability studies, establishing the field upon its publication in 1997. Framing disability as a minority discourse rather than a medical one, the book added depth to oppressive narratives and revealed novel, liberatory ones. Through her incisive readings of such texts as Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin and Rebecca Harding Davis's Life in the Iron Mills, Rosemarie Garland-Thomson exposed the social forces driving representations of disability. She encouraged new ways of looking at texts and their depiction of the body and stretched the limits of what counted as a text, considering freak shows and other pop culture artifacts as reflections of community rites and fears. Garland-Thomson also elevated the status of African-American novels by Toni Morrison and Audre Lorde. Extraordinary Bodies laid the groundwork for an appreciation of disability culture and an inclusive new approach to the study of social marginalization.

Extraordinary Measures

Extraordinary Measures
Author: Joseph N. Straus
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2011-03-24
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0199830304

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Approaching disability as a cultural construction rather than a medical pathology, this book studies the impact of disability and concepts of disability on composers, performers, and listeners with disabilities, as well as on discourse about music and works of music themselves. For composers with disabilities--like Beethoven, Delius, and Schumann--awareness of the disability sharply inflects critical reception. For performers with disabilities--such as Itzhak Perlman and Evelyn Glennie--the performance of disability and the performance of music are deeply intertwined. For listeners with disabilities, extraordinary bodies and minds may give rise to new ways of making sense of music. In the stories that people tell about music, and in the stories that music itself tells, disability has long played a central but unrecognized role. Some of these stories are narratives of overcoming-the triumph of the human spirit over adversity-but others are more nuanced tales of accommodation and acceptance of life with a non-normative body or mind. In all of these ways, music both reflects and constructs disability.

Extraordinary People with Disabilities

Extraordinary People with Disabilities
Author: Deborah Kent
Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1996
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780516260747

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Real-life stories of struggle, achievement, victory, and sometimes loss that are an ideal companion for history, social science, language and geography studies. The Extroardinary People series is the perfect starter for students who want to know more about the people who shaped their world, focusing on the unique histories of people from every culture, and every walk of life.

Stuck in Neutral

Stuck in Neutral
Author: Terry Trueman
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2012-07-24
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0062216996

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This "intense reading experience"* is a Printz Honor Book. Shawn McDaniel's life is not what it may seem to anyone looking at him. He is glued to his wheelchair, unable to voluntarily move a muscle—he can't even move his eyes. For all Shawn's father knows, his son may be suffering. Shawn may want a release. And as long as he is unable to communicate his true feelings to his father, Shawn's life is in danger. To the world, Shawn's senses seem dead. Within these pages, however, we meet a side of him that no one else has seen—a spirit that is rich beyond imagining, breathing life. *Booklist starred review

Able!

Able!
Author: Nancy Henderson
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-11-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1942952600

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In a time when companies are outsourcing abroad, Habitat International, a Tennessee-based carpet manufacturer, has managed to achieve superior levels of productivity at home, often two to three times greater than its competition. Habitat's business has grown enormously, with much of its new business coming from work outsourced to them by competitors who could not come close to matching its productivity. Habitat's secret: they hire the people no one else will. At Habitat three of every four workers have a physical or mental disability. They earn normal wages and are cross-trained on every job. They work harder, with less supervision, lower turnover and an unparalleled level of loyalty. The challenges have been significant; the rewards extraordinary. This is Habitat's story. It's a powerful and moving tale of personal courage, deep commitment and challenging expectations. It's a story of success and personal triumph. It'll change the way you think about business … and the people around you.

'Extra-Ordinary' Ergonomics

'Extra-Ordinary' Ergonomics
Author: Karl H.E. Kroemer
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2005-08-12
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0203025245

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Small and big persons, disabled and elderly, expectant mothers and children. Everyone will fall into one of these categories at least once in their lifetime. In fact, demographics show that at least two of every five people vary from the norm in height, width, and weight at any given time. Yet customarily, designers design for adults of regular siz

Sharing Love Abundantly in Special Needs Families

Sharing Love Abundantly in Special Needs Families
Author: Gary Chapman
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2019-08-06
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0802496865

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"With a frank and honest observation on how disability can unravel family unity, this book inspires and equips us to live out our faith as we interact with those we love." -Joni Eareckson Tada, founder & CEO, Joni and Friends Between the worry, the doctor’s appointments, and the thousand small challenges of everyday life, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and exhausted. The idea of showing abundant love to every member of your family can feel like a daunting task. Jolene Philo has been there. And in this wise, warm, practical guide, she and Dr. Gary Chapman show you how the 5 love languages can help strengthen your marriage and family life—whatever your needs. Sharing dozens of stories from parents of children with special needs children, they teach you how to: protect your marriage amidst the stress discover and speak the love language of your child—even if they’re nonverbal accommodate the love languages for children with special needs and disabilities show love to every member of your family when you have limited time, money, and energy Having a special needs child shouldn’t mean sacrificing a full family life. Learn to share love abundantly no matter your circumstances.

Extraordinary and Eminent

Extraordinary and Eminent
Author: Paul F. Gaiser
Publisher:
Total Pages: 231
Release: 1989
Genre: Gifted persons
ISBN:

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