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All about my brother

A story of disability, abuse and care

by Ilana Snyder ...

According to Archbishop Mannix, boys like David Kanatopsky were the lucky ones.Having sustained a traumatic brain injury at birth, Davey nevertheless grew up in a loving Jewish family in Melbourne. At 16, he was entrusted to the Hospitaller Brothers of St John of God, a Catholic order dedicated to meeting the needs of people with intellectual disability.But behind closed doors, and away from his ... Read more

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According to Archbishop Mannix, boys like David Kanatopsky were the lucky ones.Having sustained a traumatic brain injury at birth, Davey nevertheless grew up in a loving Jewish family in Melbourne. At 16, he was entrusted to the Hospitaller Brothers of St John of God, a Catholic order dedicated to meeting the needs of people with intellectual disability.But behind closed doors, and away from his
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Crip Authorship

Disability as Method

Edited by Mara Mills, Rebecca Sanchez ...

2024 Daniel E. Griffiths Research Award Winner2024 Outstanding Academic Title, given by Choice ReviewsAn expansive volume presenting crip approaches to writing, research, and publishing.Crip Authorship: Disability as Method is an expansive volume presenting the multidisciplinary methods brought into being by disability studies and activism. Mara Mills and Rebecca Sanchez have convened lead... ... Read more

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2024 Daniel E. Griffiths Research Award Winner2024 Outstanding Academic Title, given by Choice ReviewsAn expansive volume presenting crip approaches to writing, research, and publishing.Crip Authorship: Disability as Method is an expansive volume presenting the multidisciplinary methods brought into being by disability studies and activism. Mara Mills and Rebecca Sanchez have convened lead...
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Crip Times

Disability, Globalization, and Resistance

by Robert McRuer ...

Series Book 1 - Crip
Contends that disability is a central but misunderstood element of global austerity politics.Broadly attentive to the political and economic shifts of the last several decades, Robert McRuer asks how disability activists, artists and social movements generate change and resist the dominant forms of globalization in an age of austerity, or “crip times.”Throughout Crip Times, McRuer considers how ... Read more

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Contends that disability is a central but misunderstood element of global austerity politics.Broadly attentive to the political and economic shifts of the last several decades, Robert McRuer asks how disability activists, artists and social movements generate change and resist the dominant forms of globalization in an age of austerity, or “crip times.”Throughout Crip Times, McRuer considers how
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How to Be Disabled in a Pandemic

by Judith Heumann ...

Winner, 2026 Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize, given by the British Sociological AssociationA chronicle of ableism and disability activism in New York City during the COVID-19 pandemicHow to Be Disabled in a Pandemic documents the pivotal experiences of disabled people living in an early epicenter of COVID-19: New York City. Among those hardest hit by the pandemic, ... Read more

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Winner, 2026 Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize, given by the British Sociological AssociationA chronicle of ableism and disability activism in New York City during the COVID-19 pandemicHow to Be Disabled in a Pandemic documents the pivotal experiences of disabled people living in an early epicenter of COVID-19: New York City. Among those hardest hit by the pandemic,
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Mother Magistrate

Negress Of Saturn's Deeds, #17

by Zisa Aziza ...

Series Book 17 - Negress Of Saturn's Deeds
Love is Destiny. We burning the mis-signed contract of entropy. ... Read more

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Love is Destiny. We burning the mis-signed contract of entropy.
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Words Made Flesh

Nineteenth-Century Deaf Education and the Growth of Deaf Culture

by R. A. R. Edwards ...

Series Book 4 - The History of Disability
During the early nineteenth century, schools for the deaf appeared in the United States for the first time. These schools were committed to the use of the sign language to educate deaf students. Manual education made the growth of the deaf community possible, for it gathered deaf people together in sizable numbers for the first time in American history. It also fueled the emergence of Deaf culture ... Read more

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During the early nineteenth century, schools for the deaf appeared in the United States for the first time. These schools were committed to the use of the sign language to educate deaf students. Manual education made the growth of the deaf community possible, for it gathered deaf people together in sizable numbers for the first time in American history. It also fueled the emergence of Deaf culture
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Understanding Accessibility

by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala ...

Understanding what accessibility means, why it is important, and how it can be implemented is essential to facilitating full and equal participation of everyone in all walks of life. This book introduces accessibility, and explains its dimensions in simple and easy to understand language. It includes relatable examples from daily life to help illustrate the key topics.The book can be read in about ... Read more

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Understanding what accessibility means, why it is important, and how it can be implemented is essential to facilitating full and equal participation of everyone in all walks of life. This book introduces accessibility, and explains its dimensions in simple and easy to understand language. It includes relatable examples from daily life to help illustrate the key topics.The book can be read in about
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Global Perspectives on Legal Capacity Reform

Our Voices, Our Stories

Edited by Eilionóir Flynn, Anna Arstein-Kerslake, Clíona de Bhailís, Maria Laura Serra ...

Series series Routledge Research in Human Rights Law
This edited collection is the result of the Voices of Individuals: Collectively Exploring Self-determination (VOICES) based at the Centre for Disability Law and Policy, National University of Ireland Galway. Focusing on the exercise of legal capacity under Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the stories of people with disabilities are combined with responses ... Read more

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This edited collection is the result of the Voices of Individuals: Collectively Exploring Self-determination (VOICES) based at the Centre for Disability Law and Policy, National University of Ireland Galway. Focusing on the exercise of legal capacity under Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the stories of people with disabilities are combined with responses
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The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability

by Dr Shelley Lynn Tremain ...

The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability is a revolutionary collection encompassing the most innovative and insurgent work in philosophy of disability. Edited and anthologized by disabled philosopher Shelley Lynn Tremain, this book challenges how disability has historically been represented and understood in philosophy: it critically undermines the detrimental assumptions that various ... Read more

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The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability is a revolutionary collection encompassing the most innovative and insurgent work in philosophy of disability. Edited and anthologized by disabled philosopher Shelley Lynn Tremain, this book challenges how disability has historically been represented and understood in philosophy: it critically undermines the detrimental assumptions that various
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Lectura fácil

by Cristina Morales ...

Son cuatro: Nati, Patri, Marga y Àngels. Son parientas, tienen diversos grados de lo que la Administración y la medicina consideran «discapacidad intelectual» y comparten un piso tutelado. Han pasado buena parte de sus vidas en RUDIS y CRUDIS (residencias urbanas y rurales para personas con discapacidad intelectual). Pero ante todo son mujeres con una extraordinaria capacidad para enfrentarse a ... Read more

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Son cuatro: Nati, Patri, Marga y Àngels. Son parientas, tienen diversos grados de lo que la Administración y la medicina consideran «discapacidad intelectual» y comparten un piso tutelado. Han pasado buena parte de sus vidas en RUDIS y CRUDIS (residencias urbanas y rurales para personas con discapacidad intelectual). Pero ante todo son mujeres con una extraordinaria capacidad para enfrentarse a
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Keywords for Disability Studies

Edited by Rachel Adams, Benjamin Reiss, David Serlin ...

Series Book 7 - Keywords
Introduces key terms, concepts, debates, and histories for Disability StudiesKeywords for Disability Studies aims to broaden and define the conceptual framework of disability studies for readers and practitioners in the field and beyond. The volume engages some of the most pressing debates of our time, such as prenatal testing, euthanasia, accessibility in public transportation and the workplace, ... Read more

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Introduces key terms, concepts, debates, and histories for Disability StudiesKeywords for Disability Studies aims to broaden and define the conceptual framework of disability studies for readers and practitioners in the field and beyond. The volume engages some of the most pressing debates of our time, such as prenatal testing, euthanasia, accessibility in public transportation and the workplace,
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Code des pensions civiles et militaires de retraite

Partie réglementaire - Décrets simples. - Livre I : Dispositions générales relatives au régime général des retraites (droit français)

by Various ...

Découvrez le Code des pensions civiles et militaires de retraite, Partie réglementaire - Décrets simples, Livre Ier : Dispositions générales relatives au régime général des retraites. Cet ouvrage incontournable s'adresse aux professionnels du droit, offrant une compilation exhaustive des dispositions réglementaires et des textes officiels qui régissent le système des retraites en France. Grâce à ... Read more

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Découvrez le Code des pensions civiles et militaires de retraite, Partie réglementaire - Décrets simples, Livre Ier : Dispositions générales relatives au régime général des retraites. Cet ouvrage incontournable s'adresse aux professionnels du droit, offrant une compilation exhaustive des dispositions réglementaires et des textes officiels qui régissent le système des retraites en France. Grâce à
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Special Education Law Case Studies

A Review from Practitioners

by David F. Bateman, Jenifer L. Cline ...

Series series Special Education Law, Policy, and Practice
Special education isn't defined by paperwork-it's defined by decisions. And when those decisions are wrong, the consequences are immediate, personal, and often legal.This book puts you inside real-world special education scenarios drawn from actual cases involving students, families, and school systems. Each case challenges you to think like a leader under pressure-balancing law, data, and ... Read more

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Special education isn't defined by paperwork-it's defined by decisions. And when those decisions are wrong, the consequences are immediate, personal, and often legal.This book puts you inside real-world special education scenarios drawn from actual cases involving students, families, and school systems. Each case challenges you to think like a leader under pressure-balancing law, data, and
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Human Rights and Disability Advocacy

Edited by Maya Sabatello, Marianne Schulze ...

Series series Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
The United Nations adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) constituted a paradigm shift in attitudes and approaches to disability rights, marking the first time in law-making history that persons with disabilities participated as civil society representatives and contributed to the drafting of an international treaty. On the way, they brought a new kind of ... Read more

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The United Nations adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) constituted a paradigm shift in attitudes and approaches to disability rights, marking the first time in law-making history that persons with disabilities participated as civil society representatives and contributed to the drafting of an international treaty. On the way, they brought a new kind of
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Moral Issues in Special Education

An Inquiry into the Basic Rights, Responsibilities, and Ideals

by Robert F. Ladenson ...

The book identifies and analyzes important yet insufficiently explored moral issues in k-12 special education. It aims to achieve a successful combination of experience and theory. The experience comes from the many years the author was an Illinois special education due process hearing officer (1987-2007). The theory comes from the even more years he taught and did scholarly work in the areas of ... Read more

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The book identifies and analyzes important yet insufficiently explored moral issues in k-12 special education. It aims to achieve a successful combination of experience and theory. The experience comes from the many years the author was an Illinois special education due process hearing officer (1987-2007). The theory comes from the even more years he taught and did scholarly work in the areas of
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The Disabled Contract

Severe Intellectual Disability, Justice and Morality

by Jonas-Sébastien Beaudry ...

Series series Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series
Social contract theories generally predicate the authority of rules that govern society on the idea that these rules are the product of a contractual agreement struck between members of society. These theories embody values, such as equality, reciprocity and rationality, that are highly prized within our culture. Yet a closer inspection reveals that these features exclude other important values, ... Read more

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Social contract theories generally predicate the authority of rules that govern society on the idea that these rules are the product of a contractual agreement struck between members of society. These theories embody values, such as equality, reciprocity and rationality, that are highly prized within our culture. Yet a closer inspection reveals that these features exclude other important values,
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Discrimination, Copyright and Equality

Opening the e-Book for the Print-Disabled

by Paul Harpur ...

Series series Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series
While equality laws operate to enable access to information, these laws have limited power over the overriding impact of market forces and copyright laws that focus on restricting access to information. Technology now creates opportunities for everyone in the world, regardless of their abilities or disabilities, to be able to access the written word – yet the print disabled are denied reading ... Read more

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While equality laws operate to enable access to information, these laws have limited power over the overriding impact of market forces and copyright laws that focus on restricting access to information. Technology now creates opportunities for everyone in the world, regardless of their abilities or disabilities, to be able to access the written word – yet the print disabled are denied reading
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Win Your Social Security Disability Case

Advance Your SSD Claim and Receive the Benefits You Deserve

by Benjamin Berkley ...

Win Your Social Security Disability Case provides step-by-step information to successfully obtain and keep receiving Social Security Disability benefits. All the necessary forms and sample letters required to appeal an unfavorable decision will be provided, along with over 30 medical questionnaires that will assist the treating doctor to establish that his or her patient is disabled.Topics to be ... Read more

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Win Your Social Security Disability Case provides step-by-step information to successfully obtain and keep receiving Social Security Disability benefits. All the necessary forms and sample letters required to appeal an unfavorable decision will be provided, along with over 30 medical questionnaires that will assist the treating doctor to establish that his or her patient is disabled.Topics to be
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International and European Disability Law and Policy

Text, Cases and Materials

by Andrea Broderick, Delia Ferri ...

Series series Law in Context
In this first textbook on international and European disability law and policy, Broderick and Ferri analyse the interaction between different legal systems and sources. Guided by the global legal standards of the CRPD, students are equipped with the necessary background on disability, and are given a comprehensive overview of the legal and policy frameworks on disability. The narrative maintains ... Read more

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In this first textbook on international and European disability law and policy, Broderick and Ferri analyse the interaction between different legal systems and sources. Guided by the global legal standards of the CRPD, students are equipped with the necessary background on disability, and are given a comprehensive overview of the legal and policy frameworks on disability. The narrative maintains
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No More Deaths by Welfare

by China Mills ...

‘Brilliant ... Exposes how stigma and violence have been designed into the welfare state and demonstrates how we can abolish the current system and build life-affirming alternatives’ Imogen Tyler, author of Stigma‘An enraging and energising call to action... Abolition means building something different and better together, this work helps us to think how’ Gargi Bhattacharyya, author of Rethinking ... Read more

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‘Brilliant ... Exposes how stigma and violence have been designed into the welfare state and demonstrates how we can abolish the current system and build life-affirming alternatives’ Imogen Tyler, author of Stigma‘An enraging and energising call to action... Abolition means building something different and better together, this work helps us to think how’ Gargi Bhattacharyya, author of Rethinking
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The Right to Legal Personhood of Marginalised Groups

Achieving Equal Recognition Before the Law for All

by Anna Arstein-Kerslake ...

Legal personhood is required for voting, marrying, inheriting, contracting, consenting, and other critical social acts that can be predicates to power and privilege. The Right to Legal Personhood of Marginalised Groups addresses personhood and legal capacity as human rights issues, in particular as they relate to disabled people, migrant groups, indigenous peoples, racial minorities, women, and ... Read more

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Legal personhood is required for voting, marrying, inheriting, contracting, consenting, and other critical social acts that can be predicates to power and privilege. The Right to Legal Personhood of Marginalised Groups addresses personhood and legal capacity as human rights issues, in particular as they relate to disabled people, migrant groups, indigenous peoples, racial minorities, women, and
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Pessoa com Deficiência - Inclusão e Acessibilidade

inclusão e acessibilidade

by José Marcelo Menezes Vigliar ...

Series series Obras Coletivas
Fruto de pesquisas dos alunos do Programa de Mestrado em Direito da Sociedade da Informação, do Centro Universitário das Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas, sob a coordenação do Prof. Dr. Jose Marcelo Menezes Vigliar, vem a público a obra Pessoa com Deficiência – Inclusão e Acessibilidade, cujos artigos denotam o compromisso com a remoção de barreiras e a apresentação de possíveis soluções para a ... Read more

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Fruto de pesquisas dos alunos do Programa de Mestrado em Direito da Sociedade da Informação, do Centro Universitário das Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas, sob a coordenação do Prof. Dr. Jose Marcelo Menezes Vigliar, vem a público a obra Pessoa com Deficiência – Inclusão e Acessibilidade, cujos artigos denotam o compromisso com a remoção de barreiras e a apresentação de possíveis soluções para a
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Book 1: Exterior Access to Businesses

ADA Made Easy

by Tony K Boatright ...

Series Book 1 - ADA Made Easy
The Americans with Disabilities Act Title III addresses the fundamental right of access to goods and services for people with disabilities.This book discusses access before you enter the store, business, or facility. Parking, Loading Zones, Accessible Routes, and some specific insight into obstacles faced by people with visual impairments.Learn the accessibility responsibilities for businesses and ... Read more

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The Americans with Disabilities Act Title III addresses the fundamental right of access to goods and services for people with disabilities.This book discusses access before you enter the store, business, or facility. Parking, Loading Zones, Accessible Routes, and some specific insight into obstacles faced by people with visual impairments.Learn the accessibility responsibilities for businesses and
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Neuropsychological Aspects of Brain Injury Litigation

A Medicolegal Handbook for Lawyers and Clinicians

Edited by Shereen Brifcani, Andrew Worthington, Phil S. Moore ...

This accessible handbook focuses on the importance of neuropsychological evidence and the role of the neuropsychologist as expert witness in brain injury litigation.This thorough, evidence-based resource fosters discussion between the legal profession and expert neuropsychological witnesses. The chapters reflect collaborations between leading personal injury lawyers and neuropsychologists in the ... Read more

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This accessible handbook focuses on the importance of neuropsychological evidence and the role of the neuropsychologist as expert witness in brain injury litigation.This thorough, evidence-based resource fosters discussion between the legal profession and expert neuropsychological witnesses. The chapters reflect collaborations between leading personal injury lawyers and neuropsychologists in the
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