What Can a Body Do?

What Can a Body Do?
Author: Sara Hendren
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2020-08-18
Genre: Design
ISBN: 073522000X

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Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR and LitHub Winner of the 2021 Science in Society Journalism Book Prize A fascinating and provocative new way of looking at the things we use and the spaces we inhabit, and a call to imagine a better-designed world for us all. Furniture and tools, kitchens and campuses and city streets—nearly everything human beings make and use is assistive technology, meant to bridge the gap between body and world. Yet unless, or until, a misfit between our own body and the world is acute enough to be understood as disability, we may never stop to consider—or reconsider—the hidden assumptions on which our everyday environment is built. In a series of vivid stories drawn from the lived experience of disability and the ideas and innovations that have emerged from it—from cyborg arms to customizable cardboard chairs to deaf architecture—Sara Hendren invites us to rethink the things and settings we live with. What might assistance based on the body’s stunning capacity for adaptation—rather than a rigid insistence on “normalcy”—look like? Can we foster interdependent, not just independent, living? How do we creatively engineer public spaces that allow us all to navigate our common terrain? By rendering familiar objects and environments newly strange and wondrous, What Can a Body Do? helps us imagine a future that will better meet the extraordinary range of our collective needs and desires.

What Can a Body Do?

What Can a Body Do?
Author: Sara Hendren
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2020-08-18
Genre: Design
ISBN: 0735220026

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Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR and LitHub Winner of the 2021 Science in Society Journalism Book Prize A fascinating and provocative new way of looking at the things we use and the spaces we inhabit, and a call to imagine a better-designed world for us all. Furniture and tools, kitchens and campuses and city streets—nearly everything human beings make and use is assistive technology, meant to bridge the gap between body and world. Yet unless, or until, a misfit between our own body and the world is acute enough to be understood as disability, we may never stop to consider—or reconsider—the hidden assumptions on which our everyday environment is built. In a series of vivid stories drawn from the lived experience of disability and the ideas and innovations that have emerged from it—from cyborg arms to customizable cardboard chairs to deaf architecture—Sara Hendren invites us to rethink the things and settings we live with. What might assistance based on the body’s stunning capacity for adaptation—rather than a rigid insistence on “normalcy”—look like? Can we foster interdependent, not just independent, living? How do we creatively engineer public spaces that allow us all to navigate our common terrain? By rendering familiar objects and environments newly strange and wondrous, What Can a Body Do? helps us imagine a future that will better meet the extraordinary range of our collective needs and desires.

What a Body Can Do

What a Body Can Do
Author: Ben Spatz
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2015-03-05
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1317524713

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In What a Body Can Do, Ben Spatz develops, for the first time, a rigorous theory of embodied technique as knowledge. He argues that viewing technique as both training and research has much to offer current debates over the role of practice in the university, including the debates around "practice as research." Drawing on critical perspectives from the sociology of knowledge, phenomenology, dance studies, enactive cognition, and other areas, Spatz argues that technique is a major area of historical and ongoing research in physical culture, performing arts, and everyday life.

The Body Keeps the Score

The Body Keeps the Score
Author: Bessel A. Van der Kolk
Publisher: Penguin Books
Total Pages: 466
Release: 2015-09-08
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0143127748

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Originally published by Viking Penguin, 2014.

Body of Truth

Body of Truth
Author: Harriet Brown
Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2015-03-24
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0738217697

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A science journalist's provocative exploration of how biology, psychology, media, and culture come together to shape our ongoing obsession with our bodies, while also tackling the myths and realities of the "obesity epidemic."

What a Body Knows

What a Body Knows
Author: Kimerer L. LaMothe
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2012-01-27
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1780993501

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I simply cannot praise the book enough! The prose is positively brilliant. It is full of sparkling gems of insight and astonishing, concise yet profound formulations. The nature passages remind me of Annie Dillard. It is truly a remarkable achievement! Miranda Shaw, Ph.D., Professor of Religion, University of Richmond

What Do You Use to Help Your Body?

What Do You Use to Help Your Body?
Author: Jewel Kats
Publisher: Loving Healing Press
Total Pages: 29
Release: 2011-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1615990828

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Who are the people with disabilities in your neighborhood?Maggie and Momma love going for walks. During every outing, Maggie learns aboutsomething new. Today's no different! Momma has arranged for Maggie to meet lotsof people in her neighborhood. They all have different jobs. They all come from differentcultures. They all use different things to help their bodies. Maggie doesn't just stopto chit-chat. Rather, she gets to the bottom of things. By asking the right question, shediscovers how many people with disabilities use aids to help them out. Let's find outhow they work, too! Children will learn that disabilities occur in every cultureParents and teachers can accurately explain how various disability aids workChildren will realize that working with a disability is a possibility for someTherapists can use this book as a motivational tool for patients with disabilitiesKids can satisfy their curiosity about disability aids in an unimposing manner Therapists' Acclaim: "This book is just right for a preschooler or young elementaryaged child who needs a simple introductory explanationabout disabilities and accommodations. It's charactersexperience varied limitations and are represented byculturally diverse people in the neighborhood. The bookis short, matter of fact, colorful and to the point." --Laurie Zelinger, PhD, author of Please Explain Anxiety to Me "Perception of a disability is life-shaping for those whoare 'differently able'. it is imperative that they have assistivedevices to help them lead normal lives and beperceived as 'normal'. i.e. differently able. Your bookshows people living their normal lives with assistive deviceswhich is the way it should be Thanks for your greatcontribution to the positive perception of people who aredifferently abled." --N.Siddiq, B.Sc., M.D., CBC freelance broadcast journalist "This book is a great resource for parents, teachers andother childhood educators to help teach children aboutliving with a disability. It offers important lessons in tolerance, compassion and dignity." --Mary Lynne Stewart, Director of Fund Development and Communications, March of Dimes Canada For more info see www.JewelKats.com From the Growing With Love Series at Loving Healing Press www.LovingHealing.com Juvenile Fiction: Social Issues - Special Needs Education: Special Education - Physical Disabilities

Disability Visibility

Disability Visibility
Author: Alice Wong
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2020-06-30
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1984899422

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“Disability rights activist Alice Wong brings tough conversations to the forefront of society with this anthology. It sheds light on the experience of life as an individual with disabilities, as told by none other than authors with these life experiences. It's an eye-opening collection that readers will revisit time and time again.” —Chicago Tribune One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent—but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Activist Alice Wong brings together this urgent, galvanizing collection of contemporary essays by disabled people, just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, From Harriet McBryde Johnson’s account of her debate with Peter Singer over her own personhood to original pieces by authors like Keah Brown and Haben Girma; from blog posts, manifestos, and eulogies to Congressional testimonies, and beyond: this anthology gives a glimpse into the rich complexity of the disabled experience, highlighting the passions, talents, and everyday lives of this community. It invites readers to question their own understandings. It celebrates and documents disability culture in the now. It looks to the future and the past with hope and love.

Body Kindness

Body Kindness
Author: Rebecca Scritchfield
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2016-12-27
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0761189750

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Imagine a graph with two lines. One indicates happiness, the other tracks how you feel about your body. If you’re like millions of people, the lines do not intersect. But what if they did? This practical, inspirational, and visually lively book shows you how to create a healthier and happier life by treating yourself with compassion rather than shame. It shows the way to a sense of well-being attained by understanding how to love, connect, and care for yourself—and that includes your mind as well as your body. Body Kindness is based on four principles. WHAT YOU DO: the choices you make about food, exercise, sleep, and more HOW YOU FEEL: befriending your emotions and standing up to the unhelpful voice in your head WHO YOU ARE: goal-setting based on your personal values WHERE YOU BELONG: body-loving support from people and communities that help you create a meaningful life With mind and body exercises to keep your energy spiraling up and prompts to help you identify what YOU really want and care about, Body Kindness helps you let go of things you can't control and embrace the things you can by finding the workable, daily steps that fit you best. Think of it as the anti-diet book that leads to a more joyful and meaningful life!

Making Disability Modern

Making Disability Modern
Author: Bess Williamson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2020-07-23
Genre: Design
ISBN: 1350070440

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Making Disability Modern: Design Histories brings together leading scholars from a range of disciplinary and national perspectives to examine how designed objects and spaces contributes to the meanings of ability and disability from the late 18th century to the present day, and in homes, offices, and schools to realms of national and international politics. The contributors reveal the social role of objects - particularly those designed for use by people with disabilities, such as walking sticks, wheelchairs, and prosthetic limbs - and consider the active role that makers, users and designers take to reshape the material environment into a usable world. But it also aims to make clear that definitions of disability-and ability-are often shaped by design.