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Un pari pour la joie: l'Arche de Jean Vanier : un message actuel ((Points. Point-virgule, ISSN 0751-8080 ; 37))
By Bill Clarke, Claire De Miribel. 1985
"T'est la vie"
By Philippe Laborit. 1988
Sans yeux et sans mains
By Jacques Lebreton. 1985
Un soldat français, dans le désert de Lybie, après la bataille d'El-Alamein. Une grenade éclate dans ses mains. L'accident le…
laisse presque mort. Il vivra, mais il n'a plus d'yeux et plus de mains. Ce livre est son histoire, une longue confidence, franche, abrupte, pudique. 1985.Ton silence m'appelle (Collection Jeunesse de la foi ; #7)
By Jean Vanier. 1974
Les textes de ce recueil insistent sur les dimensions d'amour, de compassion et de communion inscrites dans le coeur humain…
qu'interpellent les déshérités de ce monde. Fondateur de foyers pour handicapés mentaux adultes, l'auteur poursuit à travers le monde son oeuvre de sensibilisation à la détresse des faibles et des laissés pour compte de la civilisation moderne axée sur l'efficacité. 1974.The dam busters
By Paul Brickhill. 1951
617 Squadron was formed in 1943 for one specific task, to destroy the Moehne and Eder Dams. In fact they…
carried out many more unusual tasks and became one of the British Forces' most effective units. 1951.The ultimate guide to sex and disability: for all of us who live with disabilities, chronic pain, and illness
By Miriam Kaufman, Cory Silverberg, Fran Odette. 2003
Guide drawn from authors' professional and personal experiences and from an informal survey of people living with various disabilities. Topics…
include sexual health, self-esteem, communication, and debunking myths. Explicit descriptions of sex. Some descriptions of violence. Explicit strong language. 2003.A history of an Ontario grassroots disability rights movement, and their unfinished campaign to achieve a barrier-free province for persons…
with physical, mental and/or sensory disabilities, through the enactment of strong new legislation -- the Ontarians with Disabilities Act (ODA). Also provides a thorough description of the legislation which this movement secured in 2001, why it ended up being so disappointing, and the ODA movement's strategies to get the legislation implemented from late 2001 to 2003. It concludes with a look to the future when the ODA movement will seek to get Ontario's new government, elected in October 2003, to substantially strengthen this legislation. 2003.Tug of war: the Canadian victory that opened Antwerp
By Shelagh Whitaker, W. Denis Whitaker. 1984
Two lives: an autobiography of one man's two lives
By Peter Marshall. 1963
Un enfant à découvrir: [au-delà de la déficience physique ou intellectuelle] (Collection Parents)
By Francine Ferland. 2001
Tornado down
By John Peters. 1992
The authors were the two-man crew of a Tornado bomber which was shot down by an Iraqi SAM missile during…
the Gulf War. Brutally interrogated by the Iraqis, their battered faces became a symbol of Saddam Hussein's brutal regime. Descriptions of violence. 1992.The story of my life
By Helen Keller. 1988
At the age of 20, deaf/blind Helen Keller wrote this account of her education, which turned a neglected, ignorant child…
into a thinking, responsive person. Followed by "Midstream : my later life". (Reissue). 1998.Teens with physical disabilities: real-life stories of meeting the challenges
By Glenn Alan Cheney. 1995
Eight teenagers describe the impact their physical disabilities have made on their lives. Three of the youths use wheelchairs because…
of injuries. Others deal with blindness, deafness, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, and rheumatoid arthritis. For junior and senior high school. 1995.Storm command: a personal account of the Gulf war
By Peter De La Billiere. 1992
Desert Storm was a war fought with weapons of a sophistication beyond anything previously seen in battle, against a ruthless…
dictator. This is a chronicle of war from the allied nerve centre and the portrait of an exceptional commander in action. 1992.The baby challenge: a handbook on pregnancy for women with a physical disability
By Mukti Jain Campion. 1990
Take one step
By Evelyn West Ayrault. 1963
A victim of cerebral palsy tells the story of her life and of the determined parents who literally forced her…
to become self-sustaining in the face of discouragement. Today, a successful practicing psychologist, she has an intimate understanding of the problems faced by handicapped people. 1963.Rickenbacker
By Eddie Rickenbacker. 1967
The colourful career of the American aviator included winning the Congressional Medal of Honour and the Croix de Guerre during…
World War I, and drifting for 27 days on the Pacific after a plane crash in World War II. 1967.Père Jacques Ouellette & Père Roland Campbell, clercs de Saint-Viateur
By Roger Brousseau. 1990
Voici une brève biographie des Pères Jacques Ouellette et Roland Campbell, Clercs de Saint-Viateur. On relate ici l'enfance, la vocation,…
les années de formation, ainsi que le précieux travail des deux hommes; particulièrement les nombreuses années de dévouement passées auprès des handicapés visuels et des aveugles. 1990.Until we have no tomorrows: "Dottie"
By Patricia Brudenell. 1999
Be a friend: children who live with HIV speak
By Lori Wiener, Aprille Best, A Pizzo. 1994
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.