Disability: social aspects books

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Goze: Women, Musical Performance, and Visual Disability in Traditional Japan

Goze: Women, Musical Performance, and Visual Disability...

Author: Gerald Groemer (Professor, Professor, University of Yamanashi)
ISBN: 9780190259037
Format: Hardback
$245.95

In a tradition extending from the medieval era up through the middle of the 19th century, visually disabled Japanese...  Read More >>

Will and I

Will and I

Author: Clay Byars
ISBN: 9780374290283
Format: Paperback
$42.24

""An unusual and strikingly beautiful piece of memory work."" - John Jeremiah Sullivan  Read More >>

International Measurement of Disability: Purpose, Method and Application

International Measurement of Disability: Purpose, Method...

Author: Barbara M. Altman
ISBN: 9783319284965
Format: Hardback
$343.17

The volume includes a description of the development and testing of a short set of questions for Censuses, now used...  Read More >>

Roosevelt

Roosevelt

Author: Alexander Kennedy
ISBN: 9781535251761
Format: Paperback
$31.65

<strong>Franklin D. Roosevelt was the pivot on which the twentieth century turned.</strong> No president since George...  Read More >>

The Incantations of Daniel Johnston

The Incantations of Daniel Johnston

Author: Ricardo Cavolo ,  Scott McClanahan
ISBN: 9781937512453
Format: Paperback
$47.39

Renowned artist Ricardo Cavolo and Scott McClanahan combine talents in a dazzling, eye-popping biography of musician...  Read More >>

Eliminating Inequities for Women with Disabilities: An Agenda for Health and Wellness

Eliminating Inequities for Women with Disabilities:...

Author: Shari E. Miles-Cohen ,  Caroline Signore
ISBN: 9781433822537
Format: Hardback
$186.00

Contributors to this book examine the widespread barriers that prevent women with disabilities from accessing effective...  Read More >>

My Friend Bipolar: Korean Translation

My Friend Bipolar: Korean Translation

Author: Caroline Heejeon Gale
ISBN: 9781535204781
Format: Paperback
$23.73

This book is Korean version of My Friend Bipolar My Friend Bipolar is not a text book or guideline about bipolar...  Read More >>

Enabling Acts: The Hidden Story of How the Americans with Disabilities Act Gave the Largest US Minority Its Rights

Enabling Acts: The Hidden Story of How the Americans...

Author: Lennard J. Davis
ISBN: 9780807059296
Format: Paperback
$49.99

"The first major behind-the-scenes account of the history, passage, and impact of the Americans with Disabilities...  Read More >>

Untethered: Growing Up with My Autistic Son

Untethered: Growing Up with My Autistic Son

Author: Carolyn Cooper Rn Phd
ISBN: 9781635051230
Format: Paperback
$42.24

Mark is just four days old when Carolyn's pride shifts to concern. Why doesn't he cry? Where is his appetite? As...  Read More >>

The Story of My Life

The Story of My Life

Author: Helen Keller
ISBN: 9781535336628
Format: Paperback
$23.63

Synopsis coming soon.......  Read More >>

Memoirs of Well-Being: Rewriting Discourses of Illness and Disability

Memoirs of Well-Being: Rewriting Discourses of Illness...

Author: Tanja Reiffenrath
ISBN: 9783837635461
Format: Paperback
$74.95

The ""case studies"" show how contemporary illness and disability memoirs effectively subvert traditional narratives...  Read More >>

A Boys Life: : Recollections of the Nineteen Twenties and Thirties

A Boys Life: : Recollections of the Nineteen Twenties...

Author: Richard H Bloomer
ISBN: 9781530740628
Format: Paperback
$34.29

I am the most fortunate of beings! I went to school before progressive education tightened its grip on American...  Read More >>

The Minor Gesture

The Minor Gesture

Author: Erin Manning
ISBN: 9780822361213
Format: Paperback
$73.79

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Henry David Thoreau and Two Other Autistic Lives: before the diagnosis existed.

Henry David Thoreau and Two Other Autistic Lives: before...

Author: Gilbert Wesley Purdy
ISBN: 9781535005609
Format: Paperback
$31.65

The formal diagnosis of Autism was not established until about 1940. The idea of a spectrum of autistic experiences...  Read More >>

The Minor Gesture

The Minor Gesture

Author: Erin Manning
ISBN: 9780822361039
Format: Hardback
$298.19

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Unexpected Rewards

Unexpected Rewards

Author: Corrigan Maureen T
ISBN: 9781925442472
Format: Paperback
$32.21

Have you ever packed your bags for a holiday and wondered whether you'd forgotten anything? Passport, plane ticket,...  Read More >>

In Our Own Hands: Essays in Deaf History, 1780-1970

In Our Own Hands: Essays in Deaf History, 1780-1970...

Author: Brian H. Greenwald ,  Joseph J. Murray
ISBN: 9781563686603
Format: Paperback
$105.47

Examines the development of deaf people's autonomy and citizenship discourses as they sought access to full civil...  Read More >>

Disability in Film and Literature: A Critical Study

Disability in Film and Literature: A Critical Study...

Author: Nicole Markoti?
ISBN: 9780786496495
Format: Paperback
$49.50

Literary and filmic depictions of the disabled reinforce an “ableist” ideology that classifies bodies as normal...  Read More >>

Fostering Skills in Cameroon: Inclusive Workforce Development, Competitiveness, and Growth

Fostering Skills in Cameroon: Inclusive Workforce Development,...

Author: Shobhana Sosale ,  Shobhana Sosale
ISBN: 9781464807626
Format: Paperback
$79.07

Examines such questions as: What has been the trajectory of Cameroon's economic growth? Which sectors have contributed...  Read More >>

Conquering Your Mountains

Conquering Your Mountains

Author: Lynita Mitchell-Blackwell ,  Veronica Cox
ISBN: 9780989145763
Format: Paperback
$39.60

All things are possible with faith. With faith, we know before we even see the mountain of challenge that we will...  Read More >>

Broadening my Horizons Living With Epilepsy

Broadening my Horizons Living With Epilepsy

Author: P J Churchill ,  Telsie Boese
ISBN: 9781532940958
Format: Paperback
$23.68

Broadening my Horizons - Living with Epilepsy is a real-life story of the author's life growing up with epilepsy...  Read More >>

Disability and Social Change: A Progressive Canadian Approach

Disability and Social Change: A Progressive Canadian...

Author: Jeanette Robertson ,  Grant Larson
ISBN: 9781552668139
Format: Paperback
$49.95

"This book offers as a fresh Canadian perspective on disAbility from a critical lens, challenging and inspiring...  Read More >>

Le sens de la formule: Les mots d'un pere

Le sens de la formule: Les mots d'un pere

Author: Barlino
ISBN: 9781534895546
Format: Paperback
$28.64

''Le sens de la formule'' c'est au dela de la virtuosite verbale, c'est aussi le bon sens, la vertu, un rappel de...  Read More >>

Living Vicariously Through Life: You're Not Alone.

Living Vicariously Through Life: You're Not Alone.

Author: Lisa Marie Price
ISBN: 9781534926271
Format: Paperback
$31.68

I have a learning disability, I grew up in a hostile environment. I was told I was stupid, and I would never amount...  Read More >>

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