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Nujeen: one girl's incredible journey from war-torn Syria in a wheelchair
By Christina Lamb, Nujeen Mustafa. 2016
The story of Nujeen Mustafa, who was born with cerebral palsy and journeyed from Syria to Germany in a wheelchair.…
Denied education in Syria because of her condition, she taught herself English using American soap operas. Nujeen fled after her small town became the epicenter of conflict between ISIS militants and Kurdish troops. Some violence. 2016A clinical psychologist offers quick, easy-to-learn mindfulness exercises teens can use anytime to stop worries from taking over. Discusses how…
to get back in control by letting go, how to gain freedom from school pressures, and how to deal with relationship anxieties. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2017Journalist reflects on raising his son Tyler, who was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome at the age of twelve. Discusses parental…
expectations for their children, what happens when their children don't meet those expectations, the advocacy of his wife, and the lessons he has learned--both positive and negative--while parenting Tyler. 2016And that's how I see it: selected commentaries / Volume 1-2
By Larry P. Johnson. 2016
Two collections of columns published in the San Antonio (TX) Express-News by the author of Mexico by Touch (DBC04882) and…
Inside My World (DB 72707). A persuasive advocate for disability rights and an incurable optimist, Johnson's often humorous personal views range from driverless cars and talking ATMs to self-reliance, gratitude, and overcoming adversity. 2016This kid can fly: it's about ability (not disability)
By Aaron Philip. 2016
Young artist and disability activist's memoir recounts his inspirational journey. Discusses living with cerebral palsy in New York City, his…
many challenges, and triumphs such as his popular Tumblr blog, Aaronverse, that has succeeded in raising awareness. For grades 4-7. 2016A blessing well disguised: a blinded artist's inner journey out of the dark
By Lloyd Burlingame. 2014
Broadway stage designer, blinded at the height of his career, describes his efforts to reinvent himself as an author--Two Seeing…
Eye Dogs Take Manhattan (DB 75550), Sets, Lights, and Lunacy (DB 80648)--and, more important, to accept his condition and find wholeness. His journey is facilitated by Jungian analysis. 2014Blind: a memoir
By Belo Miguel Cipriani. 2011
A man recounts losing his sight in 2007 at the age of twenty-six due to a violent attack by childhood…
friends. Describes his life prior to the attack and the ways he learned to navigate the world after it in a series of essays. Discusses the emotional impact of vision loss. 2011Campbell's rambles: how a seeing eye dog retrieved my life
By Patty Fletcher, Patty L Fletcher. 2014
A woman recounts her experiences working with a guide dog after using a cane for thirty-one years. Describes the training…
process, finding a connection with her dog, and the impact on her life after returning home from training. Discusses the effect of her increased independence on personal relationships. 2014Rosemary: the hidden Kennedy daughter
By Kate Clifford Larson, Prof. Kate Clifford Larson. 2015
Historian profiles the little-known older sister of President John F. Kennedy, whose intellectual disabilities were kept secret. Using diaries and…
correspondence, school and doctors' letters, and family interviews, details the care Rosemary received and the decision to lobotomize her at age twenty-three. Bestseller. 2015Neurotribes: the legacy of autism and the future of neurodiversity
By Steve Silberman. 2015
A science journalist explores the past, present, and future of autism diagnosis and treatment. Once seen simply as a mental…
handicap, autism is now considered a spectrum disorder with a wide range in severity and symptoms, and possibly a natural and valuable variation in human cognition. Bestseller. 2015After relating her first years with guide dog Teela in Traveling Blind: Adventures in Vision with a Guide Dog by…
My Side (DB 71184), Stanford professor Krieger returns with another book about her now aging companion. She discusses her blindness and the many ways her relationship with Teela has enriched her life. 2015A disease called childhood: why ADHD became an American epidemic
By Marilyn Wedge. 2015
The number of children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, has grown to epidemic proportions in the past…
twenty years. Family therapist Wedge looks at the nature, diagnosis, and current treatment of the disease, and questions whether alternative approaches might achieve more success. 2015Laughing at my nightmare
By Shane Burcaw. 2014
Burcaw describes the challenges he faces as a twenty-year-old with spinal muscular atrophy--from awkward handshakes to trying to find a…
girlfriend, and everything in between. Some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2014Ghost boy: the miraculous escape of a misdiagnosed boy trapped inside his own body
By Martin Pistorius. 2013
Pistorius explains how, in 1988 at age twelve, a mysterious illness left him mute and in a wheelchair. Misdiagnosed, he…
lived in care centers for severely disabled children for ten years. Describes how he was finally able to communicate that his mind was fine, reclaim his life, and fall in love. 2013Freedom found: 7 seeing eye miracles
By Joseph Dean Klatt. 2013
Autobiography of Joseph Dean Klatt and the challenges he faced when he lost his eyesight in a tragic car accident…
at the age of nineteen. Discusses his determination to achieve independence, his academic years, his seven Seeing Eye dogs, and his personal life. 2013Always climb higher!
By Jeff Pagels. 2014
Paralympian Pagels discusses being paralyzed in a 1984 tree-cutting accident, his recovery, becoming involved in wheelchair sports, and eventually going…
to the Paralympics in Albertville, France, and winning gold medals. Explains how he then went on to climb mountains using a specialized chair. 2014Physical therapist describes her time working at Walter Reed Army Medical Center from 2005 to 2011. Shares the stories of…
many patients, often amputees injured due to improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Iraq or Afghanistan. Explains the impact of her work on her personal life. 2014Struck by genius: how a brain injury made me a mathematical marvel
By Maureen Ann Seaberg, Jason Padgett, Maureen Seaberg. 2014
In 2002 while out with friends, Jason Padgett was mugged and suffered traumatic brain injury. Those injuries led first to…
severe agoraphobia and eventually synesthesia, which causes him to view the world in terms of fractal patterns. Discusses his coping with the injury, and newfound interest in mathematics. 2014A chance to win: boyhood, baseball, and the struggle for redemption in the inner city
By Jonathan Schuppe. 2013
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist recounts the life of Rodney Mason, an ex-con drug dealer from Newark's rough South Ward, who was…
shot and paralyzed. Highlights the positive changes in Mason, such as his involvement with a Little League team to help boys avoid the dangerous street life. Strong language. 2013That God's work be displayed: what I saw after I lost my sight
By John Erickson, John H Erickson. 2013
Personal account of the spiritual journey of a man who was given Last Rites at age sixteen following a series…
of medical challenges that led to vision loss and seizures. Saved by a risky experimental procedure and guided by faith, Erickson finds renewal and a deep sense of purpose. 2013