A Brain's Battle Against a Stroke

My Recovery Combines My Memories of Dad's Approach with Medicine Today

by Robert Sussler

<p>A stroke because it is the blocking of blood flow to tissues within the</p> <p>brain can be life threatening , leave permanent damage, or require the</p> <p>patient to do daily battle with his own brain.</p> <p>The recovery of the stroke ...

ISBN: 9781434315366

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A Day in the Life of an Autistic Mind

by Dennis Adonis

<p>When a mother discovered that her twelve-year-old autistic son has defied the rules of science and suddenly began to show signs that the simplest elements of life can help him to escape the clutches of autism; - she swiftly sent her ...

ISBN: 9781370961580

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A Disability History of the United States

by Kim E. Nielsen

<p><strong>The first book to cover the entirety of disability history, from pre-1492 to the present</strong><br /> * *<br /> Disability is not just the story of someone we love or the story of whom we may become; rather it is undoubtedly the ...

ISBN: 9780807022030

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A Feminist Ethnography of Secure Wards for Women with Learning Disabilities

Locked Away

by Rebecca Fish

<p>What is life like for women with learning disabilities detained in a secure unit? This book presents a unique ethnographic study conducted in a contemporary institution in England.</p> <p>Rebecca Fish takes an interdisciplinary approach, ...

ISBN: 9781351614719

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A Few Impertinent Questions

About Autism, Freudianism and Materialism

by Berthajane Vandegrift

The Freudian view seemed to be that people consist of Ids, ego's and superego's. People are supposedly also inhabited by something called a subconscious, a mysterious entity with a tendency to think naughty thoughts and keep them a secret from ...

ISBN: 9781456719715

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A Sensory Sociology of Autism

Habitual Favourites

by Robert Rourke

<p>This innovative book places the sensory experiences of autistic individuals within a sociological framework. It instigates new discussions around sensory experience, autism and how disability and ability can be reconceived.</p> <p>Autism is ...

ISBN: 9781351031486

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A Single Door

Social Work with the Families of Disabled Children

by Caroline Glendinning

<p>First published in 1986, this study explores the increased public concern with policies of ‘community care’ and their effects on informal carers, at that time. It looks at the widespread evidence that one particular group of informal carers- ...

ISBN: 9781317360582

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A Sociological Approach to Acquired Brain Injury and Identity

by Jonathan Harvey

<p>Inspired by the author’s personal experience of sustaining acquired brain injury (ABI), this path-breaking book explores the (re)construction of identity after ABI. It offers a way of understanding ABI through a social scientific lens, ...

ISBN: 9781317186694

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About Us: Essays from the New York Times' Disability Series

by The New York Times Company

<p><strong>Based on the pioneering <em>New York Times</em> series, <em>About Us</em> collects the personal essays and reflections that have transformed the national conversation around disability.</strong></p> <p>Since its debut in 2016, the ...

ISBN: 9781631495861

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Adventures of a Deaf-Mute and Other Short Pieces

by William B. Swett

<p>In <em>Adventures of a Deaf-Mute</em>, Deaf New Englander William B. Swett recounts his adventures in the White Mountains of New Hampshire in the late 1860s. Given to us in short, energetic episodes, Swett tells daring stories of narrow ...

ISBN: 9781563686849

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After War

The Weight of Life at Walter Reed

by Zoë H. Wool

<p>In <em>After War</em> Zoë H. Wool explores how the American soldiers most severely injured in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars struggle to build some kind of ordinary life while recovering at Walter Reed Army Medical Center from grievous ...

ISBN: 9780822375098

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All My Relations: Understanding the Experiences of Native Americans with Disabilities

by Hilary N. Weaver & Francis K. Yuen

<p>Native Americans suffer disproportionately from many social and health disparities. High rates of poverty, exposure to environmental toxins, and various forms of violence all increase the risk of health problems, including disabilities, yet ...

ISBN: 9781315470672

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Almost Perfect

Disabled Pets and the People Who Love Them

by Mary A. Shafer, Susan Bertrand, Joyce Grant-Smith & others

<p>Everyone loves a story about well-muscled retrievers barreling after thrown balls or elegant, longhaired cats commanding the attention of all&nbsp;in a room. But what about those less fortunate companion animals, whose experiences have robbed

ISBN: 1230001324693

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Another Gift from Jo Ann

by Starr Nicole

<p>My mom had multiple sclerosis, and it screwed up my whole family. This not just her story; it is my family’s story about how we all coped with my mom’s progressive condition in our own different ways. One was ashamed and fled—he was my ...

ISBN: 9781796032437

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Assistive Technology for People with Disabilities

by Denis K. Anson

<p>Assistive technology can be used in two ways: to help people with disabilities to do things that people without disabilities can do without technology, and to improve access to everyday technology that is not designed for people with ...

ISBN: 9781440835124

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Attachments to War

Biomedical Logics and Violence in Twenty-First-Century America

by Jennifer Terry

<p>In <em>Attachments to War</em> Jennifer Terry traces how biomedical logics entangle Americans in a perpetual state of war. Focusing on the Afghanistan and Iraq wars between 2002 and 2014, Terry identifies the presence of a biomedicine-war ...

ISBN: 9780822372806

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Authoring Autism

On Rhetoric and Neurological Queerness

by Melanie Yergeau

<p>In <em>Authoring Autism</em> Melanie Yergeau defines neurodivergence as an identity—neuroqueerness—rather than an impairment. Using a queer theory framework, Yergeau notes the stereotypes that deny autistic people their humanity and the ...

ISBN: 9780822372189

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Barriers and Belonging

Personal Narratives of Disability

by Michelle Jarman, Leila Monaghan & Alison Quaggin Harkin

<p>What is the direct impact that disability studies has on the lives of disabled people today? The editors and contributors to this essential anthology, <em>Barriers and Belonging,</em> provide thirty-seven personal narratives thatexplore what ...

ISBN: 9781439913895

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Beep

Inside the Unseen World of Baseball for the Blind

by David Wanczyk

<p>In <em>Beep,</em> David Wanczyk illuminates the sport of blind baseball to show us a remarkable version of America’s pastime. With balls tricked out to squeal three times per second, and with bases that buzz, this game of baseball for the ...

ISBN: 9780804040822

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Being Heumann

An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist

by Kristen Joiner & Judith E. Heumann

<p><strong>A powerful memoir by one of the most influential disability rights activists in U.S. history and a manifesto for the future of accessibility.</strong></p> <p>Paralyzed from polio and raised by her Holocaust surviving parents, Judy ...

ISBN: 9780807019382

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