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The everyday diabetic cookbook

By Stella Bowling, British Diabetic Association Staff. 2001

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Food and drink, Diabetes
Human-narrated audio

This diabetic cookbook contains over 200 specially created recipes which provide healthy, balanced meals. Each recipe lists calories per serving,…

fat, protein and carbohydrate content. The book also contains a section on diabetes and a healthy lifestyle. 2001.

The diving-bell and the butterfly: A Memoir Of Life In Death

By Jean-Dominique Bauby. 1997

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Movie and television tie-insBiography, Biography of persons with disabilities
Human-narrated audio
The diary of Jean-Dominique Bauby who, with his left eyelid (the only functioning muscle after a massive stroke) dictated a remarkable account of being locked inside his own body. 1997.

The end of diabetes: the eat to live plan to prevent and reverse diabetes

By Joel Fuhrman. 2012

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Bestsellers (Non-fiction), Health and medicine, Diabetes
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille

The New York Times bestselling author of "Eat to Live" and "Super Immunity", and one of the country's leading experts…

on preventive medicine, offers a scientifically proven, practical program to prevent and reverse diabetes - without drugs. Bestseller. 2013, c2012.

The courage to compete: living with cerebral palsy and following my dreams

By Elizabeth Kaye, Abbey Curran. 2015

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Biography, Biography of persons with disabilities, Women biography
Human-narrated audio

Abbey Curran lives by the motto "If you can dream it, you can do it." She was born with cerebral…

palsy, but early on she resolved to never let it limit her. Abbey made history when she became the first contestant with a disability to win a major beauty pageant. After earning the title of Miss Iowa, she went on to compete in Miss USA. Growing up on a hog farm in Illinois, Abbey competed in local pageants despite naysayers who told her not to. After realizing her own dream, she went on to help other disabled girls achieve their goals by starting Miss You Can Do It, a national nonprofit pageant for girls and women with challenges and special needs. In this uplifting memoir, Abbey tells a story of overcoming the odds, fulfilling her life's goals, and finding in herself the courage to compete, even as she continues to inspire the same spirit in others. For junior and senior high readers. 2015.

The elk hunt

By Alan Edward Nourse. 1986

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Biography, Biography of persons with disabilities, Science and medicine biography
Human-narrated audio

At age 52, the author was stricken by a massive heart attack while hunting elk. He reveals his torturous recovery…

and the strains his illness placed on himself and his family. 1986.

The education of Laura Bridgman: first deaf and blind person to learn language

By Ernest Freeberg. 2001

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Biography of persons with disabilities, Biography of blind or visually impaired persons, Women biography, Disabilities, Blindness and visual impairment
Human-narrated audio

Chronicles the life of Laura Bridgman, who, born into a New Hampshire farm family in 1829, became deaf and blind…

at the age of two. Freeberg recounts Laura's transformation into a woman who voraciously absorbed the world around her under the tutelage of Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe of the Perkins Institution for the Blind. 2001.

The diabetic's book: all your questions answered

By Barbara Toohey, June Biermann, Lois Jovanovic. 1994

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Health and medicine, Diabetes
Human-narrated audio

The authors answer more than 130 frequently asked questions about diabetes. Chapters address general information, facts about Type I and…

Type II diabetes, concerns of family and friends, and weight loss. Also includes results of the 1993 American Diabetes Association's Diabetes Control and Complications Trial Study. 1994.

The diabetes diet: Dr. Bernstein's low-carbohydrate solution

By Richard K Bernstein, Marcia Miele. 2005

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Food and drink, Health and medicine, Nutrition, Diabetes
Human-narrated audio, Automated braille

For diabetics, diet is more than a lifestyle choice - it's the key to controlling the course of their disease.…

Many struggle to maintain a healthy weight because the guidelines of the American Diabetes Association are unhelpful in regulating blood sugar - the critical component in keeping diabetes in check. Dr. Bernstein provides a low-carbohydrate approach that has enabled his patients, and himself, to take control of their disease. 2005.

The center cannot hold: my journey through madness

By Elyn R Saks. 2007

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Biography, Biography of persons with disabilities, Women biography
Human-narrated audio

Professor of psychiatry Elyn R. Saks writes about her struggle with schizophrenia in this unflinching account of her mental illness.…

Saks draws readers into a nightmare world of medications, a misguided health care system, and social stigmas. But she would not be defeated. With a strength and force of will that most can only imagine, Saks reclaimed her life and went on to achieve great success. 2007.

The boy in the moon: a father's search for his disabled son

By Ian Brown. 2009

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Canadian fictionBiography of persons with disabilities, Science and medicine biography, Family biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Disabilities
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille

Walker Brown was born with a genetic mutation so rare that perhaps 300 people around the world also live with…

it. Walker turned twelve in 2008, but he weighs only 54 pounds, is still in diapers, can't speak and needs to wear special cuffs on his arms so that he can't continually hit himself. Expanded from Brown's Globe and Mail series about Walker, he sets out to discover his son. Some strong language. Canada Reads 2012. 2009.

The body silent: The Different World Of The Disabled

By Robert Francis Murphy. 1987

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Biography, Biography of persons with disabilities
Human-narrated audio

In 1976, Robert Murphy first learns that he has a spinal tumour; he now is paralyzed from the neck down.…

He relates his medical treatment and suffering, but also examines the role of the disabled in society. He draws from history, literature, sociology, and psychology as a basis for his views and his means of coping. 2001, c1987.

The art of cooking for the diabetic

By Mary Abbott Hess, Katharine Middleton. 1978

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Food and drink, Nutrition, Diabetes
Human-narrated audio

Revised edition containing information on diabetes and its management, based on 1994 recommendations of the American Diabetes Association. Includes advice…

on exercise, alcohol, dining out, and eating while travelling; recipes for soups, breads, meats, poultry, seafood, eggs, cheese, yogurt, pastas, and desserts. 1996, c1978.

Terry Fox: his story

By Leslie Scrivener. 1981

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Biography, Biography of persons with disabilities, Sports biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction
Human-narrated audio
Twenty-one-year old Terry, who lost a leg to cancer, ran part way across Canada to raise money for cancer research, stopping only when he again became ill. 1981.

Succeeding with LD: 20 true stories about real people with LD

By Jill Lauren. 1997

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Biography, Biography of persons with disabilities
Human-narrated audio

Profiles of twenty individuals who prevailed over various learning differences (LD), such as dyslexia and attention-deficit disorder. Each narrative account…

describes a particular LD, the obstacles it presented, and efforts to overcome its limitations. Grades 5-8. c1997.

Talk to the hand

By Nicole Dryburgh. 2010

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Biography, Biography of persons with disabilities, Biography of blind or visually impaired persons, Science and medicine biography, Women biography, Blindness and visual impairment
Human-narrated audio

Nicole went through surgery to remove a malignant tumour on her spine, then radiotherapy, a brain haemorrhage, blindness, loss of…

movement, chemotherapy, more chemotherapy, loss of hearing, more radiotherapy, and more surgery. Nicole also has raised thousands of pounds for charity, passed GCSE English after just 6 months' study, gone abseiling, visited New York, had meetings with royalty and government ministers, been the subject of a BBC TV documentary, won numerous national and local awards, and worked for the Teenage Cancer Trust. "Talk to the Hand" is a continuation of Nicole's very full life story, and includes her tips for overcoming setbacks and crises. 2010.

SIDA, témoignage sur la vie et la mort de Martin

By Hélène Laygues. 1985

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Biography, Biography of persons with disabilities, Science and medicine biography, Family and relationships
Human-narrated audio
Ce temoignage dresse le portrait saisissant d'une epoque, la notre, qui redecouvre avec effroi que la sexualite reste une affaire dangereuse. 1985.

So who's perfect!: people with visible differences tell their own stories

By Dhyan Cassie. 1984

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Biography of persons with disabilities, Disabilities
Human-narrated audio

Presents interviews with handicapped or physically "different" people. They tell of their experiences in childhood, school, social and work life,…

religious faith, and what they would like to share with society. 1984.

Song without words: discovering my deafness halfway through life (A merloyd Lawrence Book Ser.)

By Gerald Shea. 2013

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Biography, Biography of persons with disabilities
Human-narrated audio

At the age of thirty-four, Gerald Shea discovered that he had been partially deaf since childhood, yet somehow managed to…

navigate his way through Andover, Yale, and Columbia Law School, and to establish an international legal career. Shea had compensated for his deafness through sheer determination and an amazing ability to translate the melody of vowels. His experience gives fascinating new insight into the nature and significance of language, the meaning of deafness, the fierce controversy between advocates of signing and of oral education, and the longing for full communication that unites us all. 2013.

Rosemary, l'enfant que l'on cachait

By Kate Clifford Larson, Marie-Anne de Béru. 2016

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Biography, Biography of persons with disabilities, Women biography
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille

Rosemary est la fille de Joe Kennedy et la petite soeur du futur président John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Joe Kennedy est…

le patriarche d'une famille qui incarne le rêve américain. D'origine irlandaise il connaît une fulgurante ascension dans l'industrie et dans la finance. Obsédé par la réussite, la sienne et celle de sa famille, il est sans état d'âme pour ses enfants qu'il dédie à de grandes ambitions politiques. Née en 1918, Rosemary est différente des autres membres de la fratrie. Très vite, on lui décèle un léger retard mental associé plus tard à des troubles de l'humeur. Un peu rebelle, elle affectionne les fêtes, pratique la voile et le tennis. En 1939, elle obtient un diplôme d'enseignante. Mais sa santé mentale se dégrade. Elle séjourne régulièrement dans des établissements spécialisés. Son père craint que Rosemary soit à l'origine d'un éventuel scandale. Il décide alors d'employer les grands moyens et accepte que sa fille soit lobotomisée. L'opération tourne mal. Rosemary en sort lourdement handicapée, à la fois physiquement et mentalement. Elle est alors internée, cachée, effacée. Pendant longtemps, ses propres frères et soeurs ignorent ce qu'est devenue Rosemary. Seule l'attaque cérébrale de Joe en 1961 permet à la famille de la revoir. 2016.

Rick Hansen: man in motion

By Jim Taylor, Rick Hansen. 1987

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Biography, Biography of persons with disabilities, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction
Human-narrated audio

Hansen, a paraplegic since 1973, tells of the events that led to his incredible 25,000 mile wheelchair journey around the…

world. He describes the hardships and accomplishments of the trip that raised millions of dollars and public awareness for the physically disabled. Bestseller 1987.

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