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By Jennifer Worth. 2013
Following Call the Midwife (DB 76915), London midwife Jennifer Worth continues chronicling her time working in the postwar East End.…
This time, she focuses on the stories of people she met who grew up in the harsh workhouses where the poor were given accommodation and employment. PBS series tie-in. 2005By Jennifer Worth. 2013
In this final book of the London midwife's memoir trilogy, she chronicles the last of her work among the East…
End characters--including a patient and her identical twin who share a husband--before Worth's career took her elsewhere. Includes a glossary of obstetric terms. PBS series tie-in. 2005By Amy B. Tuteur. 2016
Harvard-trained ob-gyn examines the myths and potential harm of the natural parenting movement, which advocates minimal medical interference, advocates breastfeeding…
for all mothers, and hails attachment parenting. Discusses the movement's history and modern practices and incorporates the author's experiences as a mother and doctor. 2016By 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. 2016By 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. 2016Political scientist explores the world of breastfeeding advocacy. Examines the social history of breastfeeding in America, governmental policy changes--such as…
having breast pumps covered under the Affordable Care Act--and lifestyle companies catering to new mothers. Discusses what motivates otherwise disparate groups to unite over an issue in common. 2015By 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. 2014By Jessica Shortall. 2015
A working mother shares the basics for surviving as both a working and a breastfeeding mother. She provides a guide…
to negotiating a pumping schedule, navigating business travel, and pumping in less-than-ideal locales. She draws on stories from both her own experiences and those of others. 2015In this collection of essays, sixteen writers discuss cultural pressures to become parents and provide their own perspectives and experiences…
with this decision. Each of the authors makes a case for valid reasons to forgo having children. 2015By 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. 2011By 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. 2014By 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. 2015By 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. 2015By Elizabeth Davis. 2012
Revised and updated guide from a practicing midwife. She discusses how to become a midwife and establish a practice. Includes…
instructions, advice, and anecdotes for midwives and expectant parents on prenatal and postpartum care, assisting at births, and problems that may arise during pregnancy and labor. 2012After 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. 2015By Catherine Musemeche. 2014
Pediatric surgeon recounts the history of the field, her day-to-day experiences, and the emotional highs and lows of dealing with…
the families of her patients. Examines the development of treatments for conditions which would have been death sentences in years previous. 2014By 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. 2015By 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. 2014By 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. 2013By 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. 2013