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This book is an informative book about Multiple Sclerosis and it also shows a first-hand glimpse at my life with MS. It will take you from the diagnosis to support groups. From usual Multiple Sclerosis symptoms to unusual symptoms. This is your one-stop book for all of your Multiple Sclerosis information. I tried to cover every question I had when I first got diagnosed. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed getting to share my MS journey.
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Despite a lifelong challenge managing epilepsy, Laura Beretsky has led a good life with friends, rewarding work, and a life-partner. After having a grand mal seizure at work, she was devastated by the subsequent job insecurity-her superiors sidelined her. When her first child was born three years later, she worried that loss of awareness during seizures jeopardized his safety. Laura opted for brain surgery despite terrifying possible life-threatening...
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A young man's quest to reconcile his deafness in an unforgiving world leads to a remarkable sojourn in a remote African village that pulsates with beauty and violence
These are hearing aids. They take the sounds of the world and amplify them." Josh Swiller recited this speech to himself on the day he arrived in Mununga, a dusty village on the shores of Lake Mweru. Deaf since a young age, Swiller spent his formative years in frustrated limbo on the...
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"This author goes where no other might dare." Catherine Filloux, award-winning playwright
What's in a smile? Or the absent smile? Saving Face is Effy Redman's thought-provoking answer.
Born with a rare condition of facial paralysis called Moebius Syndrome, Redman's grit and eye for beauty help her survive childhood bullying and adolescent doldrums. Her physical transformation at age thirteen via plastic surgery eviscerates her concept of image,...
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My Withered Legs and Other Essays is a collection of personal essays by Sandra Gail Lambert that reflects upon her experience becoming a writer alongside discussions of disability, queerness, and aging. A seventy-year history of disability is threaded throughout these essays and intertwined with writing that celebrates lesbian love, explores the slapstick moments of life, and shares the obstacles and triumphs of becoming a writer later in life.
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Dan McSkimming was a Deputy for 18 years and on the SWAT team (SET - Special Enforcement Team) for 13 years- all with the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Office. A normal adjustment of his rifle led to a visit to a chiropractor which would change his life forever. A stroke sent him to Cottage Hospital-the same Hospital of his birth. At age 43, Dan had to learn to live all over again-how to talk, eat, communicate, love… This is the true story of a shocking...
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In life, everyone has their own story to tell. And all our stories are extraordinary. When and how does a person's story begin or end? Is it as simple as starting at birth and ending with death? Do many events intertwine to create one's story, or does a significant incident dominate, taking precedence over all other events? And do those other events, although insignificant in comparison, lead to that dominating event? Can words and actions impact...
8) How to Handle an Anthropologist: Russell Shuttleworth, PhD interviews shaman/performance artist F
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In 1997, shaman/performance artist Frank Moore was contacted by Russell Shuttleworth, a then University of California, Berkeley graduate student, working on his doctoral dissertation. The thesis was a research study to help understand how men with moderate to severe cerebral palsy experience and interpret their search for intimacy and sexual relationships in the face of significant social and cultural barriers, or as Frank called it, "The Sexual Practices...
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« J'avais du mal à regarder le handicap, il ne me regardait pas. »
En se laissant bousculer par des rencontres de personnes en situation de handicap, Delphine Dhombres élargit notre regard sur la vie.
Leurs handicaps visibles aident à prendre conscience des ntres, invisibles, qui parfois nous empêchent d'aimer, de vivre, de comprendre le monde. Un changement de vision s'opère, une appréhension renouvelée de ces personnes comme de la vie.
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A moving story about how autism and a shared appreciation for superheroes brought two brothers together. Author Josh Stehle learned everything he knows about superheroes from his older brother and best friend, Zach. From the worlds they live in, to the writers who created them, and studios who produced them--Zach is an expert in all things superhuman and heroic. He is also on the autistic spectrum. Detailing the unique experience of growing up with...
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How many parents can say that they have no fears, doubts, or regrets after having raised a child? We always doubt ourselves and regret some of the mistakes we made. This father looks back on his job of parenting his oldest son with the conviction that he did the best he could do. He believes he learned more from his son than he taught, and he wants to share the nine insights that he realized he'd attained after raising his son. This is a compelling...
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« Le handicap (vous) est donné : je n'ai pas choisi la polio, je compose avec quatre contraintes. Un : je serai toujours perdant ! Deux : ma chance, le handicap est physique limité à la paralysie de la jambe droite ! Trois : la polio m'adapte, quel que soit le coût, en exclusion, en énergie, en envie ou en temps : parce que moi, je n'ai vraiment pas le choix ! Quatre : le handicap est toujours banal dans son impossibilité, je suis le seul à...
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In this book, the first her 'Living Autistically' series, Michelle Swan shares what it was like to realise she is Autistic. Like so many late identified autistic people, the discovery came after her children were diagnosed. And like so many, Michelle experienced the process of learning this new information about herself, though not without its challenges, as empowering and transformative. Michelle discusses the emotions and feelings and the practical...
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From becoming legally blind to suddenly becoming a widower, this is the story of John, AKA "The Blind Fury," and how he overcame these difficult situations.Do NOT buy this book if:You do not like to be challenged.You do not like your toes stepped on.You do not like to laugh.Read John's humourous take on surviving three major brain diseases at one time while having no immune system, to the heart-wrenching account of him becoming a widower.This book...
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How can social workers and neuro-diverse foster carers collaborate to provide the best support for a child or teen in need?
Building strong relationships between social workers and neuro-diverse foster carers can be challenging. With professionals often having no experience working with Autistic adults, trust can be difficult to initiate, and problems can seem insurmountable. Drawing from her own lived experience as a neuro-divergent foster carer,...
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Después de atravesar el umbral que le regala su movilidad de nuevo, la protagonista de esta historia enfrentará su pasado, con el dolor y alegría que ello implica. Paso a paso, en un mundo que está creado para ella, va descubriendo y valorando, a través de sus vivencias, todo lo que se ha fortalecido. Marcando la pauta para ser la mujer que hoy es. Una mujer resiliente, noble, fuerte y dueña de sus decisiones a pesar de dejar estampadas huellas...
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[2024]
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Drew Daniels, aka the Fantastic Freewheeler, is paired up with unlikable Brent Baker who hijacks their science project to build a mega robot that goes haywire, so Freewheeler uses his superpowers to figure out how to stop the destructive construction.
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[2023]
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The school dance is on Saturday, and twelve-year-old Drew Daniels, the Fantastic Freewheeler, has overused his information absorbing ability trying to impress his date, Maxima--so when an actual alien shows up at the Interplanetary Dance he can not use his power to communicate with the party crasher.
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