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Au carrefour du témoignage autobiographique, de l'ouvrage de référence et du discours militant, cet essai polymorphe de Mickaël Bergeron livre… un percutant plaidoyer pour une revalorisation du corps dans sa diversité. En puisant dans ses expériences personnelles et en évoquant différentes personnalités publiques ou historiques, en se référant à plusieurs études et en menant ses propres enquêtes, en passant de l'anecdote microscopique à l'observation macroscopique, Mickaël Bergeron parvient à offrir un portrait de la grossophobie à la fois détaillé, englobant, drôle et troublant. L'auteur effrite finalement au passage les piliers de la masculinité hégémonique en exprimant son besoin d'amour, de désir, de douceur
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À travers une série d'entretiens avec Jean-Marie Lapointe, l'abbé Claude Paradis nous dévoile la force qui anime l'organisme Notre-Dame-de-la-Rue dans… sa mission auprès des personnes itinérantes. Leurs discussions à coeur ouvert témoignent du lien fraternel qui unit les deux hommes, mais elles révèlent surtout toute l'humanité qui anime le prêtre de la rue. En retournant aux sources de ses propres démons, celui-ci nous montre que nous avons tous en nous une part d'ombre qui peut être apprivoisée. De son enfance heureuse, mais perturbée par les troubles alimentaires, en Gaspésie à sa descente aux enfers dans les bas-fonds de Montréal, il nous livre un témoignage bouleversant de vérité qui change radicalement le regard que nous avons sur la rue, sur les personnes qui y habitent et sur celles qui y oeuvrent
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Cet essai prend la forme d'un dialogue entre un médecin des soins palliatifs depuis trois décennies et une anthropologue pionnière… de l'étude des rapports humains face à la mort. À partir de 40 mots-clés, il offre des facettes souvent inaperçues, voire taboues, des réalités de la maladie, du soin et du lien social présentes lorsque la mort se profile à l'horizon. Il cherche à discerner les besoins psychiques et socioculturels à l'origine de la demande d'une devancée, ainsi replacée au sein des transformations contemporaines de notre rapport à la mort. En éclairant tant les mouvements culturels que l'anticipation du deuil des individus, une question traverse ainsi ce livre: le souhait d'accélérer le tempo vers la mort serait-il aussi une de nos manières actuelles de ruser avec le destin?
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Henry Fraser n'avait que 17 ans lorsqu'un terrible accident lui a irrémédiablement endommagé la colonne vertébrale. Paralysé des pieds aux… épaules, il a surmonté d'inimaginables obstacles pour réapprendre à aimer la vie et s'adapter à son nouveau quotidien. Dans ce récit, Henry dévoile les enseignements qu'il a retirés de ce cauchemar, et plus précisément la nécessité de déceler les cadeaux que nous fait la vie à travers les difficultés qu'elle pose sur notre chemin. Il nous encourage à nous dépasser et à toujours trouver les aspects positifs en toute chose, même lorsque les épreuves nous tombent dessus. À travers ce témoignage tendre et inspirant, Henry nous prouve que chaque jour mérite d'être vécu
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Disabilities
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Dans un langage simple et accessible, ce manuel fournit les notions de base indispensables à la connaissance de la déficience… intellectuelle. L'auteur y traite de sujets précis comme l'histoire de la déficience intellectuelle, l'intégration sociale ou encore le vécu familial, sans oublier d'aborder des thèmes moins souvent considérés tels que la sexualité et les problèmes physiques engendrés par la déficience. Cette nouvelle édition a été entièrement mise à jour. Soulignons notamment une section historique encore plus complète, une révision conforme au DSM-V
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Disabilities, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
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Lambda Literary Award-winning writer and longtime disability justice activist and performance artist Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha explores the politics and realities… of disability justice, a movement that centres the lives and leadership of sick and disabled queer, trans, Black, and brown people, with knowledge and gifts for all. Leah writes passionately and personally about creating spaces by and for sick and disabled queer people of colour, and creative "collective access"--access not as a chore but as a collective responsibility and pleasure--in our communities and political movements. Bringing their survival skills and knowledge from years of cultural and activist work, Piepzna-Samarasinha explores everything from the economics of queer femme emotional labour, to suicide in queer and trans communities, to the nitty-gritty of touring as a sick and disabled queer artist of colour. 2018.
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Family and relationships, Health and medicine, Pregnancy and childbirth
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Karen Gravelle and her 15-year-old niece, Jennifer, look at physical, emotional and social changes, as well as other issues associated… with menstruation. The book seeks to ease the confusion many teenage girls might feel, and celebrates the new sense of maturity their period can bring.
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Disabilities
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Rescue thought he'd grow up to be a Seeing Eye dog -- it's the family business, after all. When he… gets the news that he's better suited to being a service dog, he's worried that he's not up to the task. Then he meets Jessica, a girl whose life is turning out differently than the way she'd imagined it, too. Now Jessica needs Rescue by her side to help her accomplish everyday tasks. And it turns out that Rescue can help Jessica see after all: a way forward, together, one step at a time. An endnote from the authors tells more about the training and extraordinary abilities of service dogs, particularly their real-life best friend and black lab, Rescue. Grades K-3. 2018.
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A chronicle of milestones in the ongoing fight for disability rights in the United States; includes the 1940 establishment of… the National Federation of the Blind and the passing of both the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Grades 4-7. c1996.
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Health and medicine, Pregnancy and childbirth, Self help
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Written with two teenage boys as advisors, this book presents the facts about puberty for boys. It includes straightforward information… about sex, sexually transmitted diseases, and also what happens to girls during puberty. The author includes answers to many related questions, and explains things in a factual but fun way. Some strong language. Grades 4-7. 1998.
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Health and medicine, Pregnancy and childbirth
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Explains how a baby grows inside a mother's womb and how it is born. For parents to share with children. Grades K-3. 1984.
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Health and medicine, Pregnancy and childbirth
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Aujourd'hui, tout le monde peut expliquer d'où viennent les bébés. Mais, on ne l'a pas toujours su. Depuis la Préhistoire… (les femmes font-elles des bébés toutes seules ?) jusqu'au 19e siècle, ce livre soulève les questions que les hommes se sont posées pour élucider ce mystère. Années 3-6 et plus. 2007.
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Biography, Biography of blind or visually impaired persons, Women biography, Disabilities, Blindness and visual impairment
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A biography of the woman who overcame her disabilities to be an inspirational public figure. Discusses the cause of Helen… Keller's blindness and deafness, her determination to lead a useful life, and the importance of her teacher, Annie Sullivan, throughout Helen's life. Grades 5-8. 2001.
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Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Disabilities
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Je m'appelle Mathilde et je suis épileptique. Ça veut dire que dans ma tête quelques fois, il y a des… orages électriques. C'est comme si j'étais dans la lune, je ne bouge plus. Mais Adrien, lui quand ça lui arrive, il tombe par terre et tout son corps tremble et saute. Heureusement que j'ai Berger, mon toutou préféré, pour me rassurer. Années 1-3.
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Disabilities, Journals and memoirs
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For readers of When Bad Things Happen to Good People and When Breath Becomes Air, the story of how one… father's Kafka-esque foray into the bowels of American medicine forced him to reexamine his own values and the purpose of human life. Before becoming a father, Chris Gabbard was a fast-track academic finishing his doctoral dissertation at Stanford. A disciple of reason and all things steeped in the ideas of Enlightenment thinkers, Gabbard was influenced by his favorite philosophers-Socrates, Aristotle, John Locke, Peter Singer. That is, until he had August. Despite his faith in modern medicine, the very science Gabbard touted as infallible fails him. August was born nonverbal, unable to walk or feed himself due to an injury that was the likely result of medical error. In the midst of adjusting to a life of intense caregiving, doctor's visits, negotiations with Medicaid, and the pressure of mounting debt, he becomes obsessed with uncovering what doctors should have done differently to save his son from what he can only fathom as a life of suffering. But, as Gabbard cares for August during his short fourteen years of life, he experiences a profound evolution as the monumental truths of his idols give way and he comes to understand that his son is undeniably a person deserving of life. Unflinching and luminous, A Life Beyond Reason is an account of medical error, family, and excruciating personal and philosophical transformations for anyone who has questioned the very foundations of their beliefs.
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Disabilities, Biography of persons with disabilities
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"What makes this journey so inspiring is Mooney's transcendent humor; the self he has become does not turn away from… old pain but can laugh at it, make fun of it, make it into something beautiful."-Los Angeles Times This program is read by the author. A young man once called unteachable journeys across America to investigate the lives of those, like himself, who are forced to create new ways of living in order to survive Labeled "dyslexic and profoundly learning disabled with attention and behavior problems," Jonathan Mooney was a short bus rider-a derogatory term used for kids in special education and a distinction that told the world he wasn't "normal." Along with other kids with special challenges, he grew up hearing himself denigrated daily. Ultimately, Mooney surprised skeptics by graduating with honors from Brown University. But he could never escape his past, so he hit the road. To free himself and to learn how others had moved beyond labels, he created an epic journey. He would buy his own short bus and set out cross-country, looking for kids who had dreamed up magical, beautiful ways to overcome the obstacles that separated them from the so-called normal world. In The Short Bus, his humorous, irreverent, and poignant record of this odyssey, Mooney describes his four-month, 35,000-mile journey across borders that most people never see. He meets thirteen people in thirteen states, including an eight-year-old deaf and blind girl who likes to curse out her teachers in sign language. Then there's Butch Anthony, who grew up severely learning disabled but who is now the proud owner of the Museum of Wonder. These people teach Mooney that there's no such thing as normal and that to really live, every person must find their own special ways of keeping on. The Short Bus is a unique gem, propelled by Mooney's heart, humor, and outrageous rebellions.
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Biography, Literature biography, Science and medicine biography, Women biography, Disabilities, General non-fiction
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Author reminisces about her long-term friendship with Lucy Grealy, whom she met in college at Sarah Lawrence and who wrote… "Autobiography of a Face", describing her battle with facial cancer. Patchett describes their relationship until Grealy's 2002 death from a heroin overdose. 2004.
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Biography, Biography of persons with disabilities, Biography of blind or visually impaired persons, Women biography, Disabilities, Blindness and visual impairment
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This book is a tribute to the inspirational life of Dorothy Entwistle who was deaf and blind for most of her life. Originally published in 2002.
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Disabilities
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In these writings, children with HIV infection and AIDS tell how it feels to be different from other kids, how… they face rejection if people learn they are sick and what it is like to lose friends and loved ones to AIDS.
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Health and medicine, Pregnancy and childbirth
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This book covers everything from periods to puberty, crushes to contraception and health to harassment. It reinforces the realities of… sex for young people, with up-to-date information supplied by the Sex Education Forum. For junior high readers.