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Books for Living
For Will Schwalbe, Reading Is A Way To Entertain Himself But Also To Make Sense Of The World, To Become A Better Person, And To Find The Answers To The Big (and Small) Questions About How To Live His ...Life. In This Delightful Celebration Of Reading, Schwalbe Invites Us Along On His Quest For Books That Speak To The Specific Challenges Of Living In Our Modern World, With All Its Noise And Distractions.'-- The Importance Of Living : Slowing Down -- Stuart Little : Searching -- The Girl On The Train : Trusting -- The Odyssey : Embracing Mediocrity -- What I Talk About When I Talk About Running : Napping -- Giovanni's Room : Connecting -- David Copperfield : Remembering -- Wonder : Choosing Kindness -- Lateral Thinking : Solving Problems -- Gift From The Sea : Recharging -- The Taste Of Country Cooking : Nourishing -- Bartleby, The Scrivener : Quitting -- The Gifts Of The Body : Losing -- The Little Prince : Finding Friends -- 1984 : Disconnecting -- Epitaph Of A Small Winner : Overcoming Boredom -- Zen In The Art Of Archery : Mastering The Art Of Reading -- Song Of Solomon : Admiring Greatness -- A Little Life : Hugging -- Bird By Bird : Feeling Sensitive -- Rebecca : Betraying -- Reading Lolita In Tehran : Choosing Your Life -- More, More, More, Said The Baby : Staying Satisfied -- A Journey Around My Room : Traveling -- Death Be Not Proud : Praying -- What The Living Do : Living -- A Final Word. Will Schwalbe. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 263-270).
Petey
in 1922, At The Age Of Two, Petey's Distraught Parents Commit Him To The State's Insane Asylum, Unaware That Their Son Is Actually Suffering From Severe Cerebral Palsy. Bound By His Wheelchair And Str...uggling To Communicate With The People Around Him, Petey Finds A Way To Remain Kind And Generous Despite The Horrific Conditions In His New Home. Through The Decades, He Befriends Several Caretakers But Is Heartbroken When Each Eventually Leaves Him. Determined Not To Be Hurt Again, He Vows To No Longer Let Hope Of Lifelong Friends And Family Torment Him. that Changes After He Is Moved Into A Nursing Home And Meets A Young Teen Named Trevor Ladd; He Sees Something In The Boy And Decides To Risk Friendship One Last Time. Trevor, New To Town And A Bit Of A Loner, Is At First Weary Of The Old Man In The Wheelchair. But After Hearing More Of His Story, Trevor Learns That There Is Much More To Petey Than Meets The Eye.petey is A Touching Story Of Friendship, Discovery, And The Uplifting Power Of The Human Spirit.voyaat His Birth In 1920, Two-year-old Petey Corbin Is Diagnosed As An Idiot And Is Admitted To Warm Springs Insane Asylum In Warm Springs, Montana. The Story That Follows Shows The Relationships Petey Forms With His Caregivers, Until He Is Seventy Years Old And Living In The Bozeman Nursing Home. Trevor Ladd Is An Eighth Grade Student Who Has Yet To Make Friends At His New School. On His Walk Home From Class One Day, Trevor Sees The School Bullies Throwing Snowballs At An Old Man In A Wheelchair Outside The Nursing Home. The Old Man Is Petey, Whose Cerebral Palsy Was Misdiagnosed So Many Years Ago. Trevor Protects Petey And, With The Assistance Of Petey's Nurse, Sissy, The Two Become Friends. Trevor Takes Petey Fishing At A Local Dock And Shopping At K-mart. Frustrated Pushing Petey's Dilapidated Wheelchair, Trevor Begins A Fund Raising Campaign To Collect Money To Purchase A New One. The Townspeople, Including Trevor's Workaholic Parents, Find It Difficult To Understand The Bond Between This Old Man With A Twisted Body And Limited Speaking Capabilities And The Lonely But Dedicated Preteen. The Friendship The Two Enjoy, Including Petey's Reunion With His Friend Calvin And Former Caregiver Owen, Is A Story That Both Adults And Students Will Enjoy. An Author's Note Is Included To Explain How Cerebral Palsy Was Misdiagnosed Early In The Century. This Sensitive Story Is Recommended Reading For Adults And Students Alike. Adults Will Enjoy The Book Because It Shows Positive Interaction Between A Disabled, Disfigured Older Man And A Preteen. Students Will Find The Novel Easy To Follow Because Of Its Episodic Nature, Showing Petey's Emotional Growth As He Is Involved With Each Caregiver. The Quality Of The Writing Adds To The Story Without Making It Unnecessarily Challenging, And Will Be Enjoyed By Students With Varieties Of Reading Levels. Voya Codes: 4q 4p M J (better Than Most, Marred Only By Occasional Lapses, Broad General Ya Appeal, Middle School-defined As Grades 6 To 8 And Junior High-defined As Grades 7 To 9).
Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century
A Groundbreaking Collection Of First-person Writing On The Joys And Challenges Of The Modern Disability Experience: Disability Visibility Brings Together The Voices Of Activists, Authors, Lawyers, Pol...iticians, Artists, And Everyday People Whose Daily Lives Are, In The Words Of Playwright Neil Marcus, An Art . . . An Ingenious Way To Live. A Vintage Books Original. According To The Last Census, One In Five People In The United States Lives With A Disability. Some Are Visible, Some Are Hidden--but All Are Underrepresented In Media And Popular Culture. Now, Just In Time For The Thirtieth Anniversary Of The Americans With Disabilities Act, Activist Alice Wong Brings Together An Urgent, Galvanizing Collection Of Personal Essays By Contemporary Disabled Writers. There Is Harriet Mcbryde Johnson's Unspeakable Conversations, Which Describes Her Famous Debate With Princeton Philosopher Peter Singer Over Her Own Personhood. There Is Columnist S. E. Smith's Celebratory Review Of A Work Of Theater By Disabled Performers. There Are Original Pieces By Up-and-coming Authors Like Keah Brown And Haben Girma. There Are Blog Posts, Manifestos, Eulogies, And Testimonies To Congress. Taken Together, This Anthology Gives A Glimpse Of The Vast Richness And Complexity Of The Disabled Experience, Highlighting The Passions, Talents, And Everyday Lives Of This Community. It Invites Readers To Question Their Own Assumptions And Understandings. It Celebrates And Documents Disability Culture In The Now. It Looks To The Future And Past With Hope And Love.
Sitting Pretty Lib/E: The View from My Ordinary, Resilient, Disabled Body
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Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens
An Anthology Of Stories In Various Genres, Featuring Disabled Characters And Written By Disabled Creators, Ranging From Established Best Selling Authors To Debut Authors.
A Disability History of the United States
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With Love from Karen
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How to Live Well with Chronic Pain and Illness: A Mindful Guide
Comfort, Understanding, And Advice For Those Who Are Suffering--and Those Who Care For Them,-- Introduction: Making Peace With A Life Upside Down -- I. Skills To Help With Each Day -- Ii. Mindfulness:... Potent Medicine For Easing The Symptoms Of Chronic Illness -- Iii. Responding Wisely To Troubling Thoughts And Emotions -- Iv. Special Challenges -- V. Isolation And Loneliness -- Vi. Enjoy The Life You Have -- Vii. For Family, Friends, Caregivers -- Viii. Last But Not Least -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- About The Author. Toni Bernhard.
Waist-High In The World: A Life Among the Nondisabled
In a blend of intimate memoir and passionate advocacy, Nancy Mairs takes on the subject woven through all her writing: disability and its effect on life, work, and spirit.
The Disability Studies Reader
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