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Letters with Smokie: Blindness and More-than-Human Relations
By Rod Michalko, Dan Goodley. 2023
Letters with Smokie captures an epistolic exchange between Dan Goodley and Rod Michalko, or rather, Rod Michalko's late guide dog,…
Smokie. A lively exploration of human-animal relationships and disability as disruption, disturbance, and art, the book offers a refreshing re-evaluation of cultural misunderstandings of disability.We've Got This: Essays by Disabled Parents
By Eliza Hull. 2023
The first major anthology by parents with disabilities. How does a father who is blind take his child to the…
park? How is a mother with dwarfism treated when she walks her child down the street? How do Deaf parents know when their baby cries in the night? When writer and musician Eliza Hull was pregnant with her first child, like most parents-to-be she was a mix of excited and nervous. But as a person with a disability, there were added complexities. She wondered: Will the pregnancy be too hard? Will people judge me? Will I cope with the demands of parenting? More than 15 percent of people worldwide live with a disability, and many of them are also parents. And yet their stories are rarely shared, their experiences almost never reflected in parenting literature. In We’ve Got This, parents around the world who identify as Deaf, disabled, or chronically ill discuss the highs and lows of their parenting journeys and reveal that the greatest obstacles lie in other people’s attitudes. The result is a moving, revelatory, and empowering anthology that tackles ableism head-on. As Rebekah Taussig writes, ‘Parenthood can tangle with grief and loss. Disability can include joy and abundance. And goddammit — disabled parents exist.’The braille cookbook: compiled for the benefit of the blind housewife
By Marjorie S Hooper. 1951
A work prepared especially to meet the needs of blind cooks. It contains not only a variety of recipes, but…
also purchasing and storage hints, including information on buying suitable cuts of meat and timetables for cookingVeteran National Public Radio correspondent Anne Garrels, embedded with the U.S. military forces in Baghdad, chronicles her observations before and…
during the 2003 second Gulf War. Includes e-mails that her husband, Vint Lawrence, sent while she was gone and describes hardships endured by her Iraqi driver, Amer.Braille books, 2001-2002
By Library Of Congress. 2002
A catalog of braille books produced during 2001 and 2002 by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically…
Handicapped. Separate sections list fiction and nonfiction by subject categories. Young adult books and Grade 1 braille books are also included.Veterans recall experiences of battle from World War I to the war in Iraq. Soldiers' letters, diaries, memoirs, and oral…
histories provide personal accounts of D-Day, the Tet offensive, heroic actions, and sinking ships. Includes an interview with Senator John McCain about his captivity in Vietnam. 2005Sinister touches: the secret war against Hitler
By Robert Goldston. 1982
A dramatic account of the daring covert operations carried out by scientists, private citizens, professors, and assassins who risked their…
lives for an allied victory. This compelling and well-documented report penetrates the veils of secrecy that have shrouded some of the most important activities of World War II. For junior and senior high and adult readersThe ledge between the streams
By Ved Mehta. 1984
Continues the author's life as a blind boy growing up in India during the 1940s. He recalls his loving and…
cultured family, the political violence of partition, and his attempts, fired by a thirst for learning, to overcome his handicap. Sequel to "Vedi."The secret that exploded
By Howard Morland. 1981
The author tells the true story of his investigation of the nuclear weapons industry, the inner workings of the H-bomb,…
and the U.S. government's unsuccessful attempt to suppress his discoveries. Morland, a former Air Force pilot, is devoutly anti-nuclear and very forthright about his positionIf blindness strikes--don't strike out: a lively look at living with a visual impairment
By Margaret Smith. 1984
The author, blind since birth, has worked with the visually handicapped since completing her master's degree in journalism. Designed primarily…
to help blind people cope, the volume is crammed with anecdotes and information that offers the sighted a realistic glimpse into what it is like to live without sightA Digest of legislation relating to travel with dog guides
By Inc Eye. 1987
A digest of statutes from the fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the provinces of Canada on…
the legal rights of blind persons who use dog guides. Seventh editionSound friendships: the story of Willa and her hearing ear dog
By Elizabeth Yates. 1987
The Hearing Ear Dog program was begun in 1975 to assist deaf and severely hearing impaired persons. Dogs are trained…
to recognize ordinary household sounds (smoke alarms, doorbells) and more specific individual needs (owner's name, crying baby). The success of the program is shown in this story of Willa and her dog Honey. For junior and senior high and older readersLooking the tiger in the eye: confronting the nuclear threat
By Carl Feldbaum. 1988
The authors emphasize the important roles of individual scientists, politicians, and military officials in the nuclear arms race. They trace…
the history of nuclear weapons as a series of deliberate decisions.... They explain the circumstances of these decisions through extensive quotation and paraphrasing of historical documents and memoirs. For high school and older readersPublic law 101-336 --July 26, 1990
By United States. 1990
A place of their own: creating the deaf community in America
By John V Van Cleve. 1989
The authors look at the cultural developments taking place in the nineteenth century, such as residential schools, from which the…
true "deaf communities" began to emerge. They also look at the development of American Sign Language, and the repudiation of Alexander Graham Bell's theory that marriage between deaf people would result in deaf offspringHandbook for itinerant and resource teachers of blind and visually impaired students
By Doris Willoughby. 1989
The authors write as teachers to other teachers and professionals working with blind people. Beginning with ways to work with…
preschool children and continuing through discussions on life after high school, they treat such topics as multiple handicaps, mobility training, daily living skills, and fitting in sociallyRobyn's book: a true diary
By Robyn Miller. 1986
Robyn Miller is a young woman who has cystic fibrosis--a hereditary disease that is disabling, progessive, and fatal. This collection…
of prose and poetry reveals her talent as a writer, and her indomitable spirit and sense of humor. For grades 6-9 and older readersThe week the world heard Gallaudet
By Jack Gannon. 1989
In March 1988, the board of trustees of Gallaudet met to select the seventh president in the 124-year history of…
the college. There were three candidates--two deaf men and a hearing woman. When the board announced the hiring of Dr. Elisabeth Ann Zinser, the students, were incensed and began a week of protest that led to Zinser's resignation and the appointment of Dr. I. King Jordan as the first deaf presidentA guide to the accessibility of parks such as Grand Canyon, Bryce, and Petrified Forest for visitors with disabilities. Parks…
are evaluated as accessible; usable, but with assistance; or unaccessible. Includes information on parking, restroom, dining, and lodging facilities as well as programs for persons with various disabilitiesTouching the rock: an experience of blindness
By John Hull. 1990
In 1983, after about three years as "a sighted person who could not see," Hull made the transition to being…
blind. He began to keep a journal--recording his reactions to what delighted or puzzled him, and his thoughts about his relationships, his job as a university lecturer, his dreams, his self-image, his faith, his anguish, and his eventual acceptance of his blindness