Disability: social aspects books

In 1959, at the age of twenty-one, Max Starkloff was in a car accident that left him paralyzed from the neck down....  Read More >>

Holly is the story of a girl with locked-in syndrome denying her speech, she is also spastic and has limited control...  Read More >>

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Drawing on DC and Marvel comics from the 1950s to the 1990s, and marshalling insights from three burgeoning fields...  Read More >>

True story of a woman's harsh upbringing leading her down the path of all the usual WRONG love suspects and her...  Read More >>

Written by two adults diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, this groundbreaking, personal look at the sexual challenges...  Read More >>

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When terror struck the world's oldest and most beloved marathon on April 15, 2013, it was a defining moment in Mary...  Read More >>

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In The Family Fund, first published in 1980, Bradshaw discusses the introduction of The Family Fund- a grant given...  Read More >>

Many health and social care professionals today feel untrained, fearful and ill-equipped to support their disabled...  Read More >>

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The birth of a very premature baby is a shock for parents. The immediate anxiety about whether their infant will...  Read More >>

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This unique and topical companion provides expert analyses that explore the interface between criminal justice and...  Read More >>

The birth of a very premature baby is a shock for parents. The immediate anxiety about whether their infant will...  Read More >>

The U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), conducted the 2008 Survey of Employer...  Read More >>

Federal agencies need talented workers to meet new challenges and complete new missions in the 21st century. Currently,...  Read More >>

This book focused on five Federal systems1 that play key and inter-related roles in preparing youth with disabilities...  Read More >>

Many Americans are the descendants of people who came to the United States from across the globe to realize opportunity...  Read More >>

For many years individuals with disabilities have been less likely to be employed than their working age nondisabled...  Read More >>

Customized Employment strategies offer new processes to advance employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities....  Read More >>

This book identifies promising and emerging practices for advancing the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals...  Read More >>

Tracing how the meanings of a barbaric surgical procedure emerged, accrued, and transformed within medicine and...  Read More >>

This practical guide addresses key learning around the historical evolution of the role of a personal assistant...  Read More >>