Exploring contemporary theory and practice surrounding loss and bereavement for people with intellectual disabilities (ID), this book brings together international contributors with a range of academic, professional and personal experience.This authoritative edited book looks at diverse experiences of loss across this population whether it be loss due to transition, the loss or death of others, or facing their own impending death. The book begins by offering theoretical perspective...

"Will allow you to truly understand creation and the nature of life. Perfection awaits us all when we leave our bodies and cross the bridge." —Bernie Siegel, MD, #1 New York Times–bestselling authorWe Don't Die gives credible evidence of life after death. The goal of We Don't Die is to have people believe that their deceased loved ones are still near them, help them navigate through the grieving process, and educate that we are eternal so...

In the bestselling novels of suspense master David Morrell, fear is the main subject. But Morrell himself had never known genuine terror until he watched his 15-year-old son wage a heroic but doomed struggle with cancer. This is one father’s powerful and unforgettable story of fierce love, impenetrable loss, and an unexpected, breathtaking encounter with the miraculous. Ultimately, Fireflies is a tribute to the undying human spirit that has already given new hope to enthralled and...

"Provid[es] all of us with the insight and skills needed to transcend our grief and find joy and wholeness once more." —Christine Northrup, M.D.The author of the bestselling Life After Life, Raymond Moody is the "grandfather" of the modern NDE (Near Death Experience) and ADE (After Death Experience) movement. Now with his colleague Dianne Arcangel, Life After Loss examines the latest findings and developments in NDE and ADE experiences, including ...

A "fascinating memoir" of living with partial deafness that offers new insight into the nature of language ( Booklist).Much has been written about the profoundly deaf, but the lives of the nearly thirty million partially deaf people in the United States today remain hidden. Song without Words tells the astonishing story of a man who, at the age of thirty-four, discovered that he had been unable to hear higher ranges of speech since a bout of scarle...

An “absolutely magnificent” book (The New Republic)—the fruit of almost two decades of study—that traces the changes in Western attitudes toward death and dying from the earliest Christian times to the present day.A truly landmark study, The Hour of Our Death reveals a pattern of gradually developing evolutionary stages in our perceptions of life in relation to death, each stage representing a virtual redefinition of human nature.Starting ...

‘Let the dead live in peace. Don’t cling to your family and friends, don’t let your sorrow at their depature hold them down and, above all, don’t try to communicate with them by calling them back. This only troubles them and prevents them from breaking free. Pray for them, send them your love, think of them becoming freer аnd freer and rising higher and higher towards the light. If you really love them, be sure that you will be with them again one day. That is the truth. How many times hav...

'This is a wonderful, beautiful little book. It is like a quiet, wise friend, full of comfort and practical counsel, when your world has collapsed or changed beyond recognition. It is like a crib sheet of how to cope; it is as helpful to friends of widows as to the widows themselves, and it is written from experience, which is the bedrock of reliable advice' Joanna LumleyWhen Jan Robinson's husband died suddenly and unexpectedly, she had the idea of asking any othe...

Rehabilitation practitioners face the difficult task of helping clients adjust to chronic illness or disability. This can be a long and trying process for both practitioner and client. With this handbook, however, practitioners and students can gain a wealth of insight into the critical issues clients face daily.This book presents the dominant theories, models, and evidence-based techniques necessary to help the psychosocial adjustment of chronically ill or disabled persons. Each c...

With more than 40% of people eventually facing a cancer diagnosis, Conversing with Cancer is a much-needed addition to understanding and improving cancer care through strong communication among providers, patients, and caregivers. Each person whose life is affected by a cancer diagnosis—patient, healthcare provider, caregiver—has information and needs information in order to make the best decisions possible under the circumstances. After studying and writing about the topics of co...

This 150-page booklet guides those looking at care-giving as well as those actively involved as caregivers. If you're reluctantly doing the things that must be done for another person, a loved one or a friend in need, you will benefit from the shared experiences, the helpful reminders, and the knowledge that you're not alone.

Widow As Butterfly (Dealing with Grief and Loss) is an outgrowth of a keynote presentation for the International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam and over thirty years of working with bereaved families and children. It combines traditional Native American legends and ceremonies dealing with grief and bereavement, systemic family therapy approaches of healing, and a research project on the coping skills of those who lost loved ones to AIDS. The latter was done for the American Psycholo...