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Author : Garret Lee Frey
Publisher :
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 17,96 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780982254066
Garrett and his family's struggles to provide him with a normal life since his neck was broken when he was four.
Author : Dennis R. Maki, PhD, CRC, NCC
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 527 pages
File Size : 11,88 MB
Release : 2011-07-28
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0826107397
Based on the Handbook of Rehabilitation Counseling (Rigger/Maki 2004), this new volume has been completely revised and updated to accommodate the overarching changes that have recently occurred in the field. It reflects the new, accepted definition of rehabilitation counseling as a specialization within the field of counseling and demonstrates how the knowledge, skills and attitudes of rehabilitation counseling complement those of mental health counseling. The volume now includes an increased emphasis on education in general counseling, and mental health and substance abuse counseling; empirically supported practice; and a focus on the globalization of professional practice in rehabilitation counseling. It has been organized within a new conceptual framework for ease of use, and is based on the authors' ecological model that is a core framework for the book and the field itself. Key Features: Places rehabilitation counseling firmly within the profession of counseling Imparts the essence of the transformative rehabilitation practice Compatible with both CORE and CACREP standards for basic professional identity content Authored by nationally recognized experts in specialized topics who are acknowledge leaders in their field Designed for the practical use of students and instructors of introductory courses, as well as practicing professionals New to This Edition: Learning objectives for each chapter Content review and discussion questions for each chapter to enhance active learning PowerPoint presentations for instructors' use Model syllabus for an introduction to rehabilitation counseling course for instructors Exhaustive in scope, The Professional Practice of Rehabilitation Counseling will provide the expertise necessary for new graduates and practicing professionals who need to gain licensure and employment opportunities.
Author : Najma Al Zidjaly
Publisher : Springer
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 32,89 MB
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1137519576
Exclusion is the main predicament faced by people with disabilities across contexts and cultures, yet it is one of the least academically studied concepts. This book offers an applied linguistics perspective on critical and timely issues in disability research, filling in a number of gaps in discourse analysis and disability studies.
Author : Wally Lamb
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 884 pages
File Size : 48,51 MB
Release : 1998-06-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780060391621
With his stunning debut novel, She's Come Undone, Wally Lamb won the adulation of critics and readers with his mesmerizing tale of one woman's painful yet triumphant journey of self-discovery. Now, this brilliantly talented writer returns with I Know This Much Is True, a heartbreaking and poignant multigenerational saga of the reproductive bonds of destruction and the powerful force of forgiveness. A masterpiece that breathtakingly tells a story of alienation and connection, power and abuse, devastation and renewal--this novel is a contemporary retelling of an ancient Hindu myth. A proud king must confront his demons to achieve salvation. Change yourself, the myth instructs, and you will inhabit a renovated world. When you're the same brother of a schizophrenic identical twin, the tricky thing about saving yourself is the blood it leaves on your bands--the little inconvenience of the look-alike corpse at your feet. And if you're into both survival of the fittest and being your brother's keeper--if you've promised your dying mother--then say so long to sleep and hello to the middle of the night. Grab a book or a beer. Get used to Letterman's gap-toothed smile of the absurd, or the view of the bedroom ceiling, or the influence of random selection. Take it from a godless insomniac. Take it from the uncrazy twin--the guy who beat the biochemical rap. Dominick Birdsey's entire life has been compromised and constricted by anger and fear, by the paranoid schizophrenic twin brother he both deeply loves and resents, and by the past they shared with their adoptive father, Ray, a spit-and-polish ex-Navy man (the five-foot-six-inch sleeping giant who snoozed upstairs weekdays in the spare room and built submarines at night), and their long-suffering mother, Concettina, a timid woman with a harelip that made her shy and self-conscious: She holds a loose fist to her face to cover her defective mouth--her perpetual apology to the world for a birth defect over which she'd had no control. Born in the waning moments of 1949 and the opening minutes of 1950, the twins are physical mirror images who grow into separate yet connected entities: the seemingly strong and protective yet fearful Dominick, his mother's watchful "monkey"; and the seemingly weak and sweet yet noble Thomas, his mother's gentle "bunny." From childhood, Dominick fights for both separation and wholeness--and ultimately self-protection--in a house of fear dominated by Ray, a bully who abuses his power over these stepsons whose biological father is a mystery. I was still afraid of his anger but saw how he punished weakness--pounced on it. Out of self-preservation I hid my fear, Dominick confesses. As for Thomas, he just never knew how to play defense. He just didn't get it. But Dominick's talent for survival comes at an enormous cost, including the breakup of his marriage to the warm, beautiful Dessa, whom he still loves. And it will be put to the ultimate test when Thomas, a Bible-spouting zealot, commits an unthinkable act that threatens the tenuous balance of both his and Dominick's lives. To save himself, Dominick must confront not only the pain of his past but the dark secrets he has locked deep within himself, and the sins of his ancestors--a quest that will lead him beyond the confines of his blue-collar New England town to the volcanic foothills of Sicily 's Mount Etna, where his ambitious and vengefully proud grandfather and a namesake Domenico Tempesta, the sostegno del famiglia, was born. Each of the stories Ma told us about Papa reinforced the message that he was the boss, that he ruled the roost, that what he said went. Searching for answers, Dominick turns to the whispers of the dead, to the pages of his grandfather's handwritten memoir, The History of Domenico Onofrio Tempesta, a Great Man from Humble Beginnings. Rendered with touches of magic realism, Domenico's fablelike tale--in which monkeys enchant and religious statues weep--becomes the old man's confession--an unwitting legacy of contrition that reveals the truth's of Domenico's life, Dominick learns that power, wrongly used, defeats the oppressor as well as the oppressed, and now, picking through the humble shards of his deconstructed life, he will search for the courage and love to forgive, to expiate his and his ancestors' transgressions, and finally to rebuild himself beyond the haunted shadow of his twin. Set against the vivid panoply of twentieth-century America and filled with richly drawn, memorable characters, this deeply moving and thoroughly satisfying novel brings to light humanity's deepest needs and fears, our aloneness, our desire for love and acceptance, our struggle to survive at all costs. Joyous, mystical, and exquisitely written, I Know This Much Is True is an extraordinary reading experience that will leave no reader untouched.
Author : Senior Partner
Publisher :
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 32,3 MB
Release : 2020-05-09
Category :
ISBN :
We have been brainwashed that people living with disability are liabilities to the society. The society perceives them as low-class citizens that need assistance to survive. Thus they have been neglected and discriminated. This wrong perception of the society has also affected the ego of people living with disability. We see ourselves as disadvantaged citizens that will ever be pitied. Thus, most of us become beggars because we have lost our purpose of existence. They fail to understand that physical challenge is not purpose disability. We fail to understand that you don't need all of your body to be successful. Just an exceptional part of your body can distinguish you. If we know that focusing on the disability of a part of the body, leads to disability of the whole body, we would appreciate ourselves.This book contains true stories of renowned celebrities living with disabilities. You will find how regardless of their challenged condition, endure the pains, pursued their purpose and became famous. You will find the stories of-Bible Namaan, a leper who because of his gallantry remained the commander of the Armed forces of Syria at a time when leprosy sufferers were often confined against their will in leper colonies or outside the city walls.-Cobhams Asuquo, who dropped out of school because he discovered that music was his pathway to the top. Today, regardless of his total blindness he signed on with Sony ATV London as a songwriter.-Mordecai "Three Finger" Peter Brown, who became one of the greatest baseball luminaries because through practice he exercised his crippled fingers to throw ball in radical manner that made it difficult for a batter to connect with his pitches.-Franklin D. Roosevelt, who at age 39, Roosevelt lost the use of both of his legs due to poliomyelitis. But became the President of the U.S. because he refused to relax in a comfort zone.-Helen Adams Keller was deaf, blind and had speech impediment. But, before her death in 1968, Miss Keller received honorary doctoral degrees from six world class universities and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (American's Highest Civilian Award)-Stephen Hawking, the doctors predicted two more years for him to live due to neuromuscular disease that weakens muscular strength and the nerves of the spinal cord. Instead of dying in self-pity he received a PhD from Cambridge at age 23.-Thomas Edison, who regardless of his deafness, Edison established himself as one of the most prolific inventors of all time. -Pope John Paul 11 endured Parkinson's disease to give hope and strength to the sick and the elderly. His burial was the largest single pilgrimage of Christianity ever.-Nick Vujicic, who no limb except a small foot on my left hip that has two toes, but has shared the message of hope to over 5 million people inspired across 44 countries.-Earvin "Magic" Johnson, rejected by the NBA world because he was HIV positive, but later purchased an NBA team. You don't need to face the same battles to achieve success; all you need is to learn the lessons of their stories in this book.
Author : Laurie Ann Thompson
Publisher : Schwartz & Wade
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 31,36 MB
Release : 2015-01-06
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0449817466
Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah's inspiring true story—which was turned into a film, Emmanuel's Gift, narrated by Oprah Winfrey—is nothing short of remarkable. Born in Ghana, West Africa, with one deformed leg, he was dismissed by most people—but not by his mother, who taught him to reach for his dreams. As a boy, Emmanuel hopped to school more than two miles each way, learned to play soccer, left home at age thirteen to provide for his family, and, eventually, became a cyclist. He rode an astonishing four hundred miles across Ghana in 2001, spreading his powerful message: disability is not inability. Today, Emmanuel continues to work on behalf of the disabled. Thompson's lyrical prose and Qualls's bold collage illustrations offer a powerful celebration of triumphing over adversity. Includes an author's note with more information about Emmanuel's charity.
Author : Al Etmanski
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 36,53 MB
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1523087579
“This book reminds us of what we have in common: the power to create a good life for ourselves and for others, no matter what the world has in store for us.” —Michael J. Fox This book reveals that people with disabilities are the invisible force that has shaped history. They have been instrumental in the growth of freedom and birth of democracy. They have produced heavenly music and exquisite works of art. They have unveiled the scientific secrets of the universe. They are among our most popular comedians, poets, and storytellers. And at 1.2 billion, they are also the largest minority group in the world. Al Etmanski offers ten lessons we can all learn from people with disabilities, illustrated with short, funny, inspiring, and thought-provoking stories of one hundred individuals from twenty countries. Some are familiar, like Michael J. Fox, Greta Thunberg, Stephen Hawking, Helen Keller, Stevie Wonder, and Temple Grandin. Others deserve to be, like Evelyn Glennie, a virtuoso percussionist who is deaf—her mission is to teach the world to listen to improve communication and social cohesion. Or Aaron Philip, who has revolutionized the runway as the first disabled, trans woman of color to become a professional model. The time has come to recognize people with disabilities for who they really are: authoritative sources on creativity, love, sexuality, resistance, dealing with adversity, and living a good life.
Author : Yvette Cabrera
Publisher : Balboa Press
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 27,37 MB
Release : 2017-04-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1504379225
Living Proof is a real, insightful, honest, and yet, strongly informative story of how a young womans personal experiences through the U.S. public education system equipped her with the knowledge and tools that would unknowingly lead her later in life to recognize an issue of discrimination, resulting in the dissonance between the disabled and general populations. Where it has now lead her to embark on the road of sharing her story with YOU by writing this book to promote more awareness in regard to the lack of inclusiveness. From an early age, as she dealt with her physical disability, specifically visual impairment, she always had to adapt to each new situation as it came. For the most part, she remained to keep herself optimistic and live her life as ordinarily as possible. This book provides an original module that teaches and suggests how one can begin to bridge the gap, at any time, in reaching inclusiveness. It centers on the importance of self-advocacy through the importance of self-awareness. Foreseen as anything but ordinary to most, Living Proof gives way for individuals with and without disabilities to see how ones life is just as ordinary as another even if it may not seem like it. Currently as an entrepreneur, Ms. Cabrera is a dedicated disability consultant and life coach, compassionately bringing forth techniques and understanding to both the disabled and general populations in reaching inclusiveness on a personal and professional level.
Author : Kimberley Brownlee
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 36,91 MB
Release : 2009-06-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0191569968
This book offers a much-needed investigation of moral and political issues concerning disability, and explores how the experiences of people with disabilities can lead to reconsideration of prominent positions on normative issues. Thirteen new essays examine such topics as the concept of disability, the conditions of justice, the nature of autonomy, healthcare distribution, and reproductive choices. The contributors are Norman Daniels, Ellen Daniels Zide, Leslie P. Francis, Christie Hartley, Richard Hull, Guy Kahane, F. M. Kamm, Rosalind McDougall, Jeff McMahan, Douglas MacLean, Susannah Rose, Anita Silvers, Julian Savulescu, Lorella Terzi, David Wasserman, and Jonathan Wolff.
Author : Judith Heumann
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 19,75 MB
Release : 2021-06-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0807095184
As featured in the Oscar-nominated documentary Crip Camp, and for readers of I Am Malala, one of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her story of fighting to belong. “If I didn’t fight, who would?” Judy Heumann was only 5 years old when she was first denied her right to attend school. Paralyzed from polio and raised by her Holocaust-surviving parents in New York City, Judy had a drive for equality that was instilled early in life. In this young readers’ edition of her acclaimed memoir, Being Heumann, Judy shares her journey of battling for equal access in an unequal world—from fighting to attend grade school after being described as a “fire hazard” because of her wheelchair, to suing the New York City school system for denying her a teacher’s license because of her disability. Judy went on to lead 150 disabled people in the longest sit-in protest in US history at the San Francisco Federal Building. Cut off from the outside world, the group slept on office floors, faced down bomb threats, and risked their lives to win the world’s attention and the first civil rights legislation for disabled people. Judy’s bravery, persistence, and signature rebellious streak will speak to every person fighting to belong and fighting for social justice.