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By David Menasche. 2014
High school English teacher Menasche relates his battle with brain cancer that began at age thirty-four with a prognosis of…
death within a few months. Explains his decision years later--despite vision and mobility loss--to travel alone throughout the country to visit hundreds of his former students. Strong language. 2013By Jake Olson, McKay Christensen. 2013
Management professor Christensen details the faith-based perseverance of Olson (born 1997), who was diagnosed with retinoblastoma at the age of…
eight months and lost his second eye to cancer in 2009. Offers suggestions for overcoming challenges, such as making happiness a habit and developing the winner within you. 2013By Mary J. MacLeod. 2013
Memoir of a nurse who worked on the pseudonymously named island of Papavray off the coast of Scotland in the…
1970s. Details the culture shock of moving to Papavray after living in southern England, island life, and the challenges of raising two young boys. 2012By Jennifer Senior. 2014
Award-winning journalist at New York magazine researches the positive and negative effects children have on middle-class parents. Uses examples to…
illustrate modern parenting, which she likens to a "narcissistic undertaking" in which children are protected from hardships. Bestseller. 2014By Jake Kushner, Barbara J. Anderson, Moira McCarthy. 2013
Practical suggestions for parents dealing with a child with type 1 diabetes. Discusses the physiology of teenagers, including mood swings…
and depression; peer and family dynamics; and difficult issues such as drinking, driving, and rebellion. Includes ideas for transitioning to self-care and advocacy. 2013Special education professional offers guidance to help parents obtain an Individualized Education Program (IEP) for a child with special needs.…
Advocates a collaborative approach and uses case studies to illustrate what works and what does not. 2014By Oliver North. 2013
Profiles American servicemen and servicewomen who have returned home from military deployments to deal with their battle wounds and/or illnesses.…
Discusses their combat actions, rehabilitation, and family lives as they have learned to live with multiple handicaps. Companion to television series War Stories. Some violence. 2013By Osagie K Obasogie, Osagie Obasogie. 2014
Legal scholar explores the ways blind people experience racial differences. Argues that we are socialized to attach particular characteristics to…
race regardless of our ability to see and considers the implications of that convention on efforts to achieve a "colorblind" society. 2014Registered dietitian offers nutritional strategies and recipes for children with autism, Asperger's, ADHD, sensory processing disorder, or other developmental disabilities,…
who may be picky eaters. Discusses working with your doctors, basic nutritional therapy, lab tests, supplements, and other ways to encourage healthy eating habits. 2009By Kate Chamberlin, Writers Disabilities. 2013
Anthology of memoirs, stories, poems, and essays by authors with disabilities. In "Banging the Drum Loudly" Peter Altschul describes how…
he performed with his school's marching band. In " A Prickly Tree" Robert Feinstein recounts his Jewish mother buying him a Christmas tree. 2013Twelve essays explore the ways disabilities are presented and corrected by technology in science fiction. Examines characters in the novel…
Flowers for Algernon, the television series The Bionic Woman, the movie The Empire Strikes Back, and other works. 2013By Adrienne Ehlert Bashista, Kay Marner. 2012
Parents of children with what are known as "invisible" mental and behavioral disabilities--such as fetal alcohol syndrome, attention deficit disorder,…
sensory processing disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder--pen essays describing their experiences. Includes tips on behavior, treatment, and education. 2012By David Mitchell, Naoki Higashida, K. A. Yoshida. 2013
Autistic thirteen-year-old communicates with a special alphabet grid to explain his behaviors, like why he doesn't make eye contact or…
stay still. Originally published in Japan in 2007. Translated by British novelist David Mitchell and his wife, who are parents of an autistic child. Includes short stories. Bestseller. 2013By Dave Liniger. 2013
Cofounder of real-estate giant RE/MAX shares lessons he learned after dealing with a near-fatal staph infection along his spine. Describes…
treatments that rendered him paralyzed and comatose and his fight to regain mobility. Includes commentary from his children. 2013By Sara Palmer, Kay Harris Kriegsman. 2013
Psychologist Kriegsman and Johns Hopkins assistant professor Palmer discuss the social and emotional aspects of family life that are affected…
by a child's physical disability. They use examples to demonstrate ways to be pragmatic and inclusive when solving problems and setting expectations. 2013By David Oliver Relin. 2013
The late coauthor of Three Cups of Tea (DB 64285) describes following ophthalmologists Geoffrey Tabin and Sanduk Ruit as they…
performed eye surgeries in rural Nepal. Discusses the 1995 founding of the Himalayan Cataract Project to prevent blindness in the Third World. 2013By Harilyn Rousso. 2013
Fifty-two essays by the disability activist, who has cerebral palsy. Explores growing up in the 1950s, feminist politics, dating and…
other relationships, and coming to terms with the presentation of her condition. Strong language. 2013By Bret Witter, Susan Spencer-Wendel. 2013
After accepting her diagnosis of Lou Gehrig's disease in 2011, forty-five-year-old Palm Beach Post journalist quit her job and took…
seven journeys with friends and family to celebrate her life and create memories. She also met her birth mother, adopted a dog, and got permanent makeup. Some strong language. 2013By Dan Bigley, Debra McKinney. 2013
Author recounts being blinded during a near-fatal grizzly bear attack in Alaska in 2003 at age twenty-five. Details his recovery…
and his attendance at a center for the visually impaired. Discusses earning a master degree, changing careers, and reuniting with--and marrying--his girlfriend. Some strong language. 2013By Peggy R. Wolfe. 2011
Second edition of guidebook suggests strategies to compensate for declining vision. Provides tips for organizing one's home; dealing with financial,…
personal, and legal affairs; and maximizing one's independence. Lists technological devices available and organizations and businesses that offer assistance. 2011