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Miracles happen: one mother, one daughter, one journey
By Brooke Ellison, Jean Ellison. 2001
Dual account of Jean Ellison and daughter Brooke, who at age eleven was struck by a car and left paralyzed…
from the neck down. They recall the accident, Brooke's battle to stay enrolled in school, her graduation from Harvard, and the nature of their extraordinary bond. 2001Helen Keller: out of a dark and silent world
By Sandra H Shichtman. 2002
Visions of courage: the Bobby Smith story
By Bobby E Smith. 1998
Account of former Louisiana state trooper who was shot and blinded during a routine 1986 traffic stop. By describing his…
experience and intense physical and mental recovery Smith hopes to help other police officers stay safe in similar situations and to cope with the aftershock of trauma. 1998An ocean to cross: daring the Atlantic, claiming a new life
By Liz Fordred, Susie Blackmun. 2001
Account of a resourceful paraplegic couple who built a boat in landlocked Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and sailed from South Africa…
to the Americas in 1981. Fordred describes how she and her husband, Pete, overcame formidable obstacles in constructing the Usikusiku to accommodate their handicaps. Details their remarkable journey to gain independence and a new life. 2001My thirteenth winter: a memoir
By Samantha Abeel. 2003
Abeel, both gifted and learning disabled, describes being different at school. Discusses her diagnosis of dyscalculia, which compromises sequential processing…
required for spelling, telling time, remembering locker combinations, and understanding math and grammar. Relates learning coping skills in a prescribed special ed math class. Schneider Family Book Award. For senior high readers. 2003Kate's journey: triumph over adversity
By Kate Adamson. 2004
Author recounts her survival against immense odds after suffering a brain stem stroke that left her completely paralyzed at the…
age of thirty-three. Describes the physical and emotional challenges she overcame and the lessons she learned on her long road to recovery. 2004Caddy for life: the Bruce Edwards story
By John Feinstein. 2004
Sports commentator, bestselling author of Open (DB 56287), paints an intimate portrait of the late Bruce Edwards, who was diagnosed…
in 2003 with an aggressive form of Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS). Chronicles four decades of Edwards's career as lifelong friend and caddy of champion golfer Tom Watson. Bestseller. 2004Why I burned my book and other essays on disability
By Paul K Longmore. 2003
Thirteen articles by history professor, coauthor of The New Disability History (DB 52391), and polio survivor discussing issues posed by…
"systemic prejudice and institutionalized discrimination." In the title essay, Longmore describes torching a book he spent ten years writing to protest government "work disincentive" policies penalizing disabled persons trying to earn a living. 2003Reflections: the life and writings of a young blind woman in post-revolutionary France (The History of Disability #5)
By Zina Weygand, Catherine Kudlick, Thérèse-Adèle Husson, Therese-Adèle Husson. 2001
Essay written in 1825 by twenty-two-year-old woman hoping to gain admittance to a Paris hospital that provided aid to blind…
people. Addressed to the institution's director, Husson's personal account affords insight into blind people's lives and reveals growing solidarity in their advocacy for education and independence. 2001The radical lives of Helen Keller (The History of Disability #1)
By Kim E. Nielsen, Kim E Nielsen. 2004
Feminist professor analyzes the political and social views of Helen Keller. Describes Keller's support of the Socialist Party of America…
in 1909, women's suffrage and birth control, and radical labor unions. But, according to the author, "the disability politics she adopted were frequently conservative, consistently patronizing, and occasionally repugnant." 2004Helen and teacher: the story of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Macy (Radcliffe biography series)
By Joseph P. Lash, Joseph P Lash, Trude Lash, Trude W. Lash. 1980
Dual biography reveals the depth and intensity in the mutually dependent relationship between deaf-blind Helen Keller and her teacher, Anne…
Sullivan. Chronicles both women's childhoods and adult years until Keller's death in 1968. 1980How I became a human being: a disabled man's quest for independence (Wisconsin studies in autobiography)
By Mark O'Brien, Gillian Kendall. 2003
Poet and journalist relates his struggle to live independently despite paralysis. O'Brien (1949-1999), the subject of a 1997 Academy Award-winning…
documentary, describes how the "disability revolution" gave him the freedom to pursue goals of graduating from college and finding love. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2003Ten things I learned from Bill Porter
By Shelly Brady. 2002
The story of a Portland, Oregon, door-to-door salesman with cerebral palsy, whose "indomitable optimism" enabled him to succeed in business…
and life. Porter's tale unfolds as his assistant elaborates on the lessons she learned from this remarkable man, who is also the subject of a television movie. Foreword by actor William H. Macy. 2002Sweet recovery: a young woman's emotional ride with diabetes, vision loss, and food addiction-- to health and freedom
By Denise J Bradley, Denise J. Bradley. 1992
The author of What Does It Feel Like to Have Diabetes? (RC 32581) describes the effect on her and her…
family of two decades of uncontrolled illness. Recalls how she became healthy through self-motivation and careful oversight of her condition. 1992Long time, no see
By Beth Finke. 2003
NPR commentator's memoir of confronting blindness from diabetic retinopathy. Includes medical information pertinent to her personal experience as she discusses…
going blind as a twenty-six-year-old newlywed, having and caring for a multiply disabled child, using a talking-computer setup, and acquiring a guide dog to support her independence. Some strong language. 2003Nine accounts by blind people about work and everyday routines. Includes editor Marc Maurer's recollections of campus life at the…
University of Notre Dame, a young man's reflections on choosing a career in music, and a home owner's musings on his neighbors' surprise that he works around the house. 2002Summit
2002
Seven blind persons recall how they have reached the summit as they scaled "personal mountains." "To Climb Every Mountain" describes…
Erik Weihenmayer's successful ascent of Mt. Everest. Other chapters recount a blind student's camp counselor job and a teenager's conquest of the fear of losing her physical freedom on becoming blind. 2002Growing up with scoliosis: a young girl's story
By Michelle Spray, Susan Pasternack, Tracy Arcari. 2002
The author describes how it feels to grow up with scoliosis (curvature of the spine). First diagnosed in fifth grade,…
Michelle starts brace therapy in seventh grade and eventually undergoes successful back surgery when a high school junior to treat her condition. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2002The sound of a miracle: a child's triumph over autism
By Annabel Stehli. 1996
A mother's inspirational tale of a search for treatment for her autistic daughter, Georgie. After years of frustration with professionals…
who urged her to institutionalize the child, Stehli sought therapeutic intervention with a French audiologist, whose treatment virtually cured Georgie's condition. 1991I am the Central Park Jogger: a story of hope and possibility
By Trisha Meili. 2003
The victim of a 1989 brutal assault and rape in New York City recounts overcoming medical odds to become an…
inspiration to others suffering massive brain injury. Fourteen years after the attack, Meili discusses the aftermath of her trauma, her rehabilitation, and the reasons for finally going public with her story. Bestseller. 2003