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  • Disability and Social Media

    Global Perspectives

    Rivisto da Katie Ellis, Mike Kent ...
    Serie series 500 Tips
    Social media is popularly seen as an important media for people with disability in terms of communication, exchange and activism. These sites potentially increase both employment and leisure opportunities for one of the most traditionally isolated groups in society. However, the offline inaccessible environment has, to a certain degree, been replicated online and particularly in social networking ... Altre info

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  • A Dog Called Dez - The Story of how one Amazing Dog Changed his Owner's Life

    di John Tovey ...
    When John Tovey lost his sight at the age of 42, he thought his life was over. He was wrong, it was just beginning.John had followed a bad path drifting in and out of trouble. He was sent to improvement schools, a young offenders institute and eventually a prison. John was on self-destruct and thought nothing or no one could help him. Then he became the victim of a vicious attack by a notorious ... Altre info

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  • A Brain's Battle Against a Stroke

    My Recovery Combines My Memories of Dad's Approach with Medicine Today

    A stroke because it is the blocking of blood flow to tissues within thebrain can be life threatening , leave permanent damage, or require thepatient to do daily battle with his own brain.The recovery of the stroke patient requires the specialist to treat , to understand and to involve the whole patient and not just the.physical damage and the cause. . Today , medicine concentrates on the physical ... Altre info

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  • Against the Pollution of the I

    On the Gifts of Blindness, the Power of Poetry, and the Urgency of Awareness

    Despite being blinded as a child, Jacques Lusseyran went on to help form a key unit of the French Resistance — and survive the Nazis’ Buchenwald concentration camp. He wrote about these experiences in his inspiring memoir And There Was Light. In this remarkable collection of essays, Lusseyran writes of how blindness enabled him to discover aspects of the world that he would not otherwise have ... Altre info

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  • Succeeding in College with Asperger Syndrome

    A student guide

    College life is particularly stressful for students with Asperger Syndrome (AS) and the resources that colleges provide for such students are often inadequate. This much needed guide provides information to help these students prepare successfully for the rites and rituals of studying, interact with staff and fellow students, cope with expectations and pressures, and understand their academic and ... Altre info

    19,33 €

  • The Cultural Politics of the Paralympic Movement

    Through an Anthropological Lens

    di P. David Howe ...
    Serie series Routledge Critical Studies in Sport
    Do the Paralympic Games empower the disability sport community?Like many other contemporary sporting institutions, the Paralympic Games have made the transition from pastime to spectacle, and the profile of athletes with disabilities has been increased as a result. This book reviews the current status of the Paralympics and challenges the mainstream assumption that the Games are a vehicle for ... Altre info

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  • It's All Right Mum!

    A mother's journey with muscular dystrophy

    A heartwarming story of courage, faith and family love in the life story of David Vincent a young New Zealander who suffered muscular dystrophy (Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy - DMD) and whose 27-year life touched hundreds of people."David displayed so many characteristics of great sportspeople: courage, determination, passion and a strong desire to be the very best he could despite his disability. ... Altre info

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  • Disability in Twentieth-Century German Culture

    di Carol Poore ...
    Serie series Corporealities: Discourses Of Disability
    "Comprehensively researched, abundantly illustrated and written in accessible and engaging prose . . . With great skill, Poore weaves diverse types of evidence, including historical sources, art, literature, journalism, film, philosophy, and personal narratives into a tapestry which illuminates the cultural, political, and economic processes responsible for the marginalization, stigmatization, ... Altre info

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  • Deaf People in Hitler's Europe

    Inspired by the conference “Deaf People in Hitler’s Europe, 1933–1945,” hosted jointly by Gallaudet University and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1998, this extraordinary collection, organized into three parts, integrates key presentations and important postconference research.Henry Friedlander begins “Part I: Racial Hygiene” by analyzing the assault on deaf people and people with ... Altre info

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  • The Cookbook for Children with Special Needs

    Learning a Life Skill with Fun, Tasty, Healthy Recipes

    Illustrato da Leah Ehrlich ...
    Learning to cook not only equips children with a valuable life skill, but will help boost self-esteem in other areas of their lives. The book starts with a basic illustrated guide to where food comes from, the different food groups, how to create our own diet and why cooking is a great skill to master. Simple, step-by-step instructions accompanied by fun illustrations, guide children through three ... Altre info

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  • Learning Difficulties and Sexual Vulnerability

    A Social Approach

    People with learning difficulties are considerably more likely to experience sexual violence than non-disabled people, and for this reason they are often described as 'vulnerable'. However, the use of this label can in fact increase risk.This book argues that by seeing adults with learning difficulties as vulnerable and in need of protection, they are stripped of their autonomy and left with fewer ... Altre info

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  • Diversion from Custody for Mentally Disordered Offenders

    The authors aim to provide practical guidance to enable practitioners in the various criminal justice, health and social care agencies to divert mentally disordered offenders from prosecution and custody and to help prevent re-offending. ... Altre info

    52,71 €