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The Disabled God : Toward a Liberatory Theology of Disability
Nancy L. Eiesland
Paperback - $34.95
The author, who is disabled, argues that the "hidden history" of nonconventional bodies living ordinary lives with grace and dignity, disgust and disillusion, can make both a theological and pastoral contribution. She affirms that bodies in trouble, ...
Disability Rights Movement
Doris Z. Fleischer
Paperback - $60.95
Based on interviews with almost a hundred activists, this book provides a detailed history of the struggle for disability rights in the United States. It is a complex story of shifts in consciousness and shifts in policy, of changing focuses on parti ...
Digital Disability : The Social Construction of Disability in New Media
Gerard Goggin
Paperback - $63.95
Media representation of and for the disabled has been recharged in recent years with the expansion of new media worldwide. Interactive digital communications -- such as the Interact, new varieties of voice and text telephones, and digital broadcastin ...
Backyards and Butterflies
Doreen Greenstein
Paperback - $24.95
Dozens of imaginative ideas for making outdoor activities accessible to children with physical disabilities. This book gives easy-to-follow "how-to" directions -- accompanied by attractive and colorful illustrations -- for constructing homemade assis ...
Enhancing Self-Esteem : A Self-Esteem Training Package for Individuals with Disabilities
Nick Hagiliassis
Paperback - $119.95
Maintaining healthy levels of self-esteem is key to leading a positive and fulfilled life, but for many people with a disability it can be difficult when faced with the additional challenges they encounter. Negative messages, low expectations, reduce ...
Helping Hands, Helping Hearts : The Story of Opportunity Village
Jack Harpster
Hardcover - $41.95
Helping Hands, Helping Hearts shares the amazing story of Opportunity Village - one of the most unique not-for-profit organizations in the nation. Opportunity Village has often been referred to as the most popular charity in Las Vegas due to its effo ...
Bug : Deaf Identity and Internal Revolution
Christopher Jon Heuer
Paperback - $35.95
A contributor to "The Tactile Mind Weekly" and the National Association of the Deafs "Mind Over Matter" writes about the biases he has faced in both the hearing and deaf communities, and addresses such topics as Christmas trips and marriage with a wi ...
The Family and the Handicapped Child : A Study of Cerebral Palsied Children in Their Homes
Sheila Hewett
Paperback - $50.95
This book describes an inquiry into the upbringing of young cerebral palsied children. Following the precedent set by John and Elizabeth Newson in their studies of normal children at home; Sheila Hewett visited the mothers of 180 spastic children and ...