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The Meanest Teacher (Darcy and Friends, #3)
by Joni Eareckson Tada Steve Jensenfrom the book jacket twelve year old Darcy, trying to project a 'normal' image in junior high despite her wheelchair, runs for ofice with the promise of exposing cruel and unfair teachers in the school until prayer and her friends reveal to her that every situation has two sides.
It's $5 Extra for Cerebral Palsy
by Anthony M. Aversano Marie A. LacerraMarie A. Lacerra was born with severe Cerebral Palsy before the days of "accessibility," "normalization," and laws protecting the rights of people with disabilities. However, despite a world which was not ready for her, Marie was blessed with family and friends who were ahead of their time and not afraid to show the world who Marie was. Finally released from the prison of unintelligible speech by modern technology, Marie is now able to tell her stories --stories much like the ones we tell everyday: filled with love and laughter, tears and loss, hope and courage. With the help of a special "word hunting" computer, and a deep desire to communicate, her inspirational stories reveal the power of the human spirit and paint a vivid picture of the prejudice and difficulties a person with Cerebral Palsy must face.
The Wounded Spirit
by Frank E. PerettiFrank Peretti's story of growing up with a medical condition that left him disfigured. Surgery and the miracle of prayer took care of the deformity, but not the reality of being different.
Time For Art: Art Projects and Lessons for Students with Visual Impairments
by Gail Cawley ShowalterThis simple manual gives some helpful suggestions for people who want to teach art to children who are blind or visually impaired. It also gives some suggestions on projects that the students can do. It is not intended as the "all around authority" on the topic but serves as a spring board into other projects and ideas. Topics and projects include, fake fossils, aluminum repousse, papier mache bowls, wire sculptures, and raised line drawings. Good book for anyone interested in ways to adapt lessons in art for learners with special needs. Also includes art projects which relate to science.
"Mommy, What Is Deaf?"
by Nikki Sian-Leigh AksamitThe author of "Mommy, What is Dead?", Nikki Sian-Leigh Aksamit, has added "Mommy, What is Deaf?" as the next book in her "Mommy, What is...?" series. Aimed at preschool age children, "Mommy, What is Deaf?" explains sound, the definition of "deaf", and all the reasons why some people can not hear. With straight forward text, and uncomplicated drawings, young children easily understand how the ears work, and why in some people they do not. Kids are also challenged to "feel" the sounds around them, as deaf people do.
Let Freedom Ring: Braille Letters to President Barack Obama
by National Federation of the BlindA collection of letters to President Obama about the experience of using braille.
I Never Walked Alone
by Jessie HickfordIn this sequel to Eyes at My Feet, the author tells further adventures she had with her golden retriever German Shepherd cross guide dog Prudence. She talks about their presentations and talks to different civic groups, their vacations at the sea, some mishaps with water, and the final sadness and transition between Prudence and her successor Suki. Heartwarming and truly written for any dog lover.
ARISE Impact Professional Introduction Module
by Nivisha Shah Renuka Sharma Paul Kniaz Srikanth Raviprasad Lakshita Duseja Maria Rojas Pillar Erandi Palihakkara Abhishek SyalARISE Impact’s Professional Introduction Module – Core’ prepares people with disabilities to present an effective introduction in professional settings such as job interviews. The book begins by discussing the meaning of a professional introduction. The first part of the book highlights the difference between a professional introduction and a casual introduction. It then presents an example of a professional introduction. Part three of the book examines different formats of a professional introduction as well as how and when a disability can be disclosed to a potential employer. The book concludes with three user stories that highlight the real-life experiences of individuals with visual impairments.
Sounds Like Skipper: The Story of Kerena Marchant and Her Hearing Dog Skipper
by Kerena Marchant<P>Skipper is a shaggy-haired Jack Russell, one of the earliest dogs trained in a new scheme to help people suffering from deafness. The author, a permanent researcher for BBC TV, has been deaf since infancy. Modern technology can equip her with a special high-powered hearing aid, but Skipper enables her to live alone, summoning her to doorbells and telephones, waking her when the alarm rings, and warning her of such unexpected hazards as burglars or fire alarms. The author's story of life with Skipper is full of insights into the plight of the deaf in contemporary society. <P>Kerena tells her story of how she received Skipper a Jack Russell terror mix dog, and how his presence changed her life. She also discusses some problems that she experienced as a almost deaf person in a hearing world, and her experiences with the deaf community too.
Classroom Success for the Learning Disabled
by Suzanne H. StevensFrom The Book Jacket "Stevens has done it again! Her newest book on learning disabilities is lucid, accurate, insightful, practical, and it makes superb reading.... Her book provides the most helpful information I have seen for regular classroom teachers who are concerned with the realities and the nitty-gritties of helping LD children. My only regret is that the book has not been available for the last 20 years." DR. BARBARA BATEMAN University of Oregon "Stevens' book should be on the desk of every elementary and middle school teacher in every English-speaking country of the world. Stevens must have been an excellent classroom teacher, for she obviously understands both good elementary education and the learning-disabled child. Her book will go far to assist learning-disabled children toward a greater realization of their potentials." WILLIAM M. CRUICKSHANK, Ph.D. University of Michigan Between ten and twelve percent of the children in the U.S. are learning disabled. With such a large proportion of the population affected, the problem is not simply the concern of parents, LD individuals, and their teachers. It is the concern of society as a whole. In Classroom Success for the Learning Disabled, Suzanne Stevens discusses ways that we can help these children succeed in school and grow into productive adults. She offers practical suggestions on: Recognizing the LD child Adjusting teaching techniques Adapting texts and other materials Using LD specialists and psychologists effectively Adjusting classroom management procedures Testing and grading fairly Mainstreaming the LD child Stevens, a learning disabilities expert and a former classroom teacher, is the author of The Learning-Disabled Child: Ways That Parents Can Help. JOHN F. BLAIR, Publisher 1406 Plaza Drive Winston Salem, NC 27103 ISBN 0-89587-035-5 $8.95
The Counseling Approach to Careers Guidance
by Lynda Ali Barbara Graham Susan LendrumFrom The Book Jacket The Counselling Approach to Careers Guidance offers a structured model which can be adapted to meet the specific needs of each client. Through detailed case material Lynda All and Barbara Graham show how to use counselling strategies with clients to enable them to change unhelpful patterns of thought and to move towards achievable goals. The book also explores materials available to careers counsellors and discusses important issues affecting their training and development within the public sector. This will be a useful handbook for experienced advisers and trainees in the careers service and a range of professional settings. Lynda All is Senior Careers Adviser, Edinburgh University. Barbara Graham is Director of the Careers Service, University of Strathclyde. Susan Lendrum is author of Gift of Tears and Case Material and Role Play in Counselling Training and a counsellor in private practice, Manchester. CAREERS GUIDANCE/COUNSELLING
Over My Head
by Claudia L. OsbornFrom the Book: A Doctor's own story of head injury from the inside looking out.
A Teachers' Guide to the Special Educational Needs of Blind and Visually Handicapped Children
by Sally S. MangoldSuggestions and ideas from educational officials on how to provide additional support to blind students in the classroom setting.
Tangerine
by Edward BloorPaul Fischer is not excited about moving to Florida with his family. And he is not happy about living the "Erik Fisher football dream" like his father is. Paul tries to sign up to play soccer at his new middle school but because of his Vision impairment is denied. But when a sink hole opens up beneath his school, he is given a new chance at Tangerine Middle School where be becomes a substitute but still can take pride in being a War Eagle. In the meantime, things in their new housing development are becoming difficult. Home owners complain about insects, robberies, a muck fire that will not go out, and the death of two people in the town. One by accident, he was being struck by lightning and another under shady circumstances. Paul sees things going on that his mom and dad are blind or or don't want to see. Can he get up the courage to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth, even if it will make his life at home very difficult? Great story for anyone interested in the underdog.
A Place for Grace
by Jean Davies Okimoto<P>Grace is a little dog with big dreams. She longs to be a seeing-eye dog, but is disappointed when she finds that she is too small for guide dog school. Grace isn't discouraged for long, though. She's discovered by Charlie, a deaf man who sees her perform a remarkable rescue and who knows a way she can use her eagerness and courage to help other people. <P>Charlie takes Grace to a hearing dog program, where she learns the skills dogs need to assist the hearing impaired throughout the day. School is difficult for Grace, but thanks to the flexibility of Mrs. Lombardi, the program director, and Charlie's encouragement, Grace finally succeeds in her own inimitable way. <P>A Place for Grace introduces children to the challenges of the hearing impaired and gives them the opportunity to see how people communicate through American Sign Language. Charlie uses some creative problem-solving to help Grace complete the hearing dog program; her struggles, hard work, and ultimate triumph make Grace an inspiring model for children facing obstacles in school and family life.
The Kingdom Within
by Genevieve CaulfieldGenevieve Caulfield became blind as an infant, and was educated at the Perkins and Overbrook Schools for the Blind before attending college. When she was seventeen she became passionately interested in Japan, and determined to work there as a teacher. This memoir describes her long and careful preparations for her move to Japan, and her 14 years there as a teacher of English. In 1937, as Japan went to war in Manchuria and its relations with the United States deteriorated, Caulfield relocated to Thailand, where she established that nation's first school for blind children. Along the way Caulfield made innumerable friends, adopted a Japanese daughter, and raised her twin grandchildren after her daughter's tragic death. Life in Thailand during World War II is vividly portrayed in this memoir. This is a straightforward account by a woman of enormous determination and ability.
Barrayar (Cordelia Naismith #2)
by Lois Mcmaster BujoldSequel to Shards of Honor, chronicling the events leading up to Miles Naismith Vorkosigan's birth.<P><P> Cordelia Vorkosigan's plans for a peaceful married life (after all the bloodshed and trials recounted in SHARDS OF HONOR) are shattered when a poison gas attack, intended for her husband Aral, leaves her ill and her unborn child damaged. Resisting enormous pressure to abort her son, Cordelia struggles to keep her unborn child--transferred to a uterine replicator--alive while thwarting plans by a ruthless opponent to murder the young emperor and assume absolute power over all of Barrayar. Once again Cordelia displays her courage and her remarkable combat and leadership skills.<P> Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel.
Inner Views from My Culture
by Audrey AbellAuthors Introduction: I wrote this book because my High School requires everyone to do a senior project to graduate. I decided to interview other teenagers and young people I know that have a disability because I have cerebral palsy and have had it my whole life. I'm hoping this book will help to raise awareness for those that are not disabled by helping them to understand what we go through day to day in the life of a young person with CP. I wanted it to be from the strong heart of my generation. I collected the information by email, in person and phone conversations that were recorded. For the interviews I asked everyone forty-one questions and they answered only the ones they wanted to. Each person has his or her own chapter. It ended up that the majority of everyone in this book has cerebral palsy of some kind. Some of the people I knew already and some I found by word of mouth and on the internet. The questions I asked my friends were inspired by my own life and what I deal with on a daily basis. The people who participated in this book chose to be anonymous because some of the questions are very personal and that way it could be private. Everyone who contributed to the book will get their own copy to share with whomever they want, in their lives and communities. Hopefully after people read the information it will give them more insight and they'll have more understanding. Like most people in the book I am the only one at my school in a power chair and that has cp. I've been the only one my whole life so I'm used to that. I think my being at school has made some people more aware. I think the problem is that people don't understand those with disabilities have the same feelings and think the same. When someone does "get it" they just treat me like a normal person, speak directly to me normally, without extra loudness or slowness or the other big one is they don't talk to me like I'm a baby. In the interview I talk about other important issues. I hope you enjoy this book and that it changes your perspective on us, our world, and our culture. I also hope that it helps all the young writers who participated, feel better to know about what each other is going through and that we share a lot of the same feelings and can learn and help each other. That goes for people with disabilities everywhere too.
The World Under My Fingers: Personal Reflections on Braille
by Barbara PierceBraille: What Is It? What Does It Mean to the Blind?
Self Esteem and Adjusting with Blindness, Third Edition
by Dean W. Tuttle Naomi TuttleA book about the period of personal adjustments that accompany the loss of vision.
White Harnesses
by R. G. CarterFrom the book Jacket:: White Harnesses is the story of the dogs that are trained to act as guides for blind people, to enable them to take up work and other interests, and thereby to enlarge their lives. The owner of a Guide Dog also enjoys a remarkable companionship based on mutual dependence and trust. The story of how this movement began, of the discovery of the best breeds, of the testing and choice of puppies, is an absorbing one. The author who is an experienced breeder of dogs, tells how Guide Dogs are fully trained, how each one is matched to a blind owner, and how this team lives and is trained together in a residential centre. The book ends with stories of some of the achievements of the dogs. The photographs, which are in colour and monochrome, include some specially taken of dogs in training at the centres of the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, whose Chairman, The Earl of Lanesborough, has written a foreword.
The Story of Esther Costello
by Nicholas MonsarratEsther Costello, born on a peasant farm in Ireland, became a deaf-blind-mute after an explosion. She was discovered and saved from her predicament by Mrs. Bannister, a wealthy American. Mrs. Bannister rescued her, and brought her to Boston shortly after the 2nd World War. Mrs. Bannister taught Esther how to communicate by writing letters in her palm. Esther became an overnight success in America and around the world. Then in walks Mr. Bannister, the separated husband, but interested in how Esther can be used as a money-making machine. What happens to Esther and the Bannisters?
Goodbye Hamilton
by Catherine CooksonA continuation of Maisie's story, and she still feels the need for her imaginary horse Hamilton. Her deformed arm makes it hard for her to defend herself, and it seems that she is destined to have sorrow with a small amount of happiness.
Dear Kilroy: A Dog to Guide Us
by Nora Vitz HarrisonFrom the Book Jacket: Dear Kilroy reminds us that some of the best teachers in this world have four legs and bark. Nora Vitz Harrison weaves the tender and wise humor of Kilroy and Riley, two canine correspondents, among heart-tugging essays on the magical relationship between people and dogs. The true-life stories follow a few special dogs and the human lives they change. The loss of a loved one or a relentless disease are made more bearable with a tail-wagging companion. Even if you have never been owned by a dog, you will be moved by this joyful yet bittersweet guide to life. NORA VITZ Harrison is a long time volunteer for Guide Dogs for the Blind and active in animal-welfare organizations. She has been a writer for corporate America since 1979. Her human-interest essays have appeared in The Oregonian newspaper and other publications. She lives in Oregon with her husband, Jon, and her dog, Riley. When she is not writing, she loves to hike, which is Riley's favorite hobby, too. Find out more about Nora and her canine friends at www.dearkilroy.com "The author of this lovely book is well aware of that spot deep within us that sometimes only dogs can find. The dogs in these stories touch that spot and make it glow." - Betty White actress/author 'As the dogs in Dear Kilroy strive to fulfill their potential, whether to become a guide for the blind or to become the best, most-trusted pet of someone in need, they inspire us to become better human beings. This book will lift your spirits and touch your soul." - Bob Phillips, CEO Guide Dogs for the Blind 'Harrison's delightful book reminds us that dogs serve as guides to the sighted as well as the blind. Open this book and your heart be opened, too." - Nancy Peterson The Humane Society of the United States