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By Philippe Pozzo di Borgo, Jean Vanier, Laurent De Cherisey, Vivianne Perret. 2012
"Philippe Pozzo di Borgo dont le livre Le second souffle inspira le scénario du film Intouchables, Jean Vanier, fondateur des…
communautés de L'Arche pour une vie partagée avec des personnes en situation de handicap mental, et Laurent de Cherisey, directeur général de l'association Simon de Cyrène, communauté de vie partagée entre personnes cérébro-lésées (traumatismes crâniens, AVC...) et valides, témoignent de leur bouleversante expérience et nous interpellent : Tous ceux qui souffrent d'une fragilité, d'un handicap quel qu'il soit, ne sont pas uniquement à accueillir au sein de notre société. À rebours de toutes nos représentations ordinaires, ils sont eux-mêmes des acteurs essentiels à notre vie ensemble. Il ne s'agit pas là de leur seule dignité, mais de celle de chacun d'entre nous. " -- 4e de couv.The founder of the Famous People Players, a professional theatre company comprising people who are developmentally handicapped, recounts their struggle…
to find a permanent home for the troupe. She tells of the successes and failures of her efforts in the political and corporate world, as well as the support of people such as Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, and Phil Collins. 1996.Flink, the leader of Eye to Eye--a national mentoring program for students with learning and attention issues--enlarges our understanding of…
the learning process and offers innovative strategies for parenting, teaching, and supporting the 20 percent of students with learning disabilities. A fighter who has helped thousands of children adapt to their specific learning issues, Flink understands the needs and experiences of these children firsthand. He, too, has dyslexia and ADHD. Focusing on how to arm students who think and learn differently with essential skills, including meta-cognition and self-advocacy, Flink offers real, hard advice, providing the tools to address specific problems they face--from building self-esteem and reconstructing the learning environment to getting proper diagnoses and discovering their inner gifts. With his easy, hands-on "Step-by-Step Launchpad to Empowerment," parents can take immediate steps to improve their children's lives. 2014.By John Man. 1986
The harrowing experiences of a woman who endured almost lethal psychological and physical abuse during her married life, homesteading in…
the Amazon jungle. Despite being blind and deaf, and separated from civilization, she survived for three months on her own after her husband and daughter died of fever. 1986.By Stephen Brusatte. 2018
Sixty-six million years ago, the Earth's most fearsome and spectacular creatures vanished. Today their extraordinary true story remains one of…
our planet's great mysteries. In this stunning narrative spanning more than 200 million years, Steve Brusatte, a young American paleontologist who has emerged as one of the foremost stars of the field--discovering ten new species and leading groundbreaking scientific studies and fieldwork--masterfully tells the complete, surprising, and new history of the dinosaurs. 2018.By Paul K Longmore, Lauri Umansky. 2001
Fourteen essays examine disability in the social context of American history. Several discuss attitudes towards deafness and blindness specifically, including…
Kim Nielsen's "Helen Keller and the politics of civic fitness." The collection ends with Richard K. Scotch's historical overview of "American disability policy in the twentieth century". c2001.By Julia Nunes, Scott Simmie. 2001
Scott Simmie recounts his own battle with a serious mental disorder while Julia Nunes provides a caregiver and supporter's perspective.…
Includes real stories of other Canadians and their opinions on the successes and failures of the health care system. They offer coping strategies for consumers, family members, friends, and employers, and demonstrate how we can all contribute to the recovery of a person with a mental illness. 2001.By Gerald Coles. 1987
The author points out that the theory of neurological dysfunction absolves society, the family and the schools of responsibility for…
many children's learning problems. He believes that the start of many learning difficulties lie in individual attributes and social relationships. c1987.By Charles Lockwood. 2007
This book is a guide to man's ancestors, from the earliest hominids such as Sahelanthropus, dating back 6-7 million years,…
through to our own species, Homo sapiens. Over the past twenty years there has been an explosion of species' names in the story of human evolution, due both to new discoveries and to a growing understanding of the diversity that existed in the past. Drawing on this new information the author explains what each of the key species represents and how it contributes to our knowledge of human evolution. He describes the main sites, the individual fossils, the people and stories involved in the key discoveries and the basic facts about each species - what it looked like, how and when it lived and what it ate as well as explaining how we know all this. 2007.By Gary Karp. 1998
The author, a paraplegic and ergonomics specialist, details the process of selecting a wheelchair for both new and experienced users.…
Takes into account costs, usage, and wheeling technique. Includes list of manufacturers. c1998.By John R Gribbin. 1996
British science writers provide an overview on how interstellar collisions and meteoroidal impacts have shaped life on earth, beginning with…
the dinosaurs. They discuss different technologies that could be used in the future to prevent a calamitous collision between the Earth and an asteroid. 1996.By Chalda Maloff, Susan Macduff Wood. 1988
After interviewing 100s of people who have lived with impairments for at least 3 years, the authors offer suggestions on…
how people with disabilities wish to be treated in both business and social situations. 1988.By Bill Clarke, Claire De Miribel. 1985
By Philippe Laborit. 1988
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.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.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.By Stephen Jay Gould. 1989
The Burgess Shale is a rock formation containing the fossilized remains of a large number of marine creatures that no…
longer exist. An account of the studies, the misinterpretations and the revisions of opinion which arose from the Burgess Shale findings. 1989.