Showing titles in People with Disabilities

Two million people in the UK live with sight loss, and many more worldwide. Yet the general population knows very little about the day-to-day life of the blind, who must move through a world not designed with them in mind, from city planning and technology, to pop culture and education. What’s more, blind people often fall off the pages of our history books, despite being some of the most prolific figures in their fields.

Roger Dykes has spent his entire life living in a wheelchair with cerebral palsy, yet his accomplishments are many. He has studied law, and has been a teacher and counselor most of his adult life. He has achieved his Master’s Degree in Family Relations at Texas Tech University. He has enjoyed some notoriety during his time as a wheelchair-bound comic and after-dinner speaker. He has owned and operated a record store and has written an enlightening book about life as a disabled person, or he calls it “a non-person.”

Being unstoppable is about believing and achieving. It’s about having faith in yourself, your talents and your purpose and, most of all, in God’s great love and His divine plan for your life. Millions around the world recognize the smiling face and inspirational message of Nick Vujicic. Despite being born without arms or legs, Nick’s challenges have not kept him from enjoying great adventures, a fulfilling and meaningful career, and loving relationships.

Random House presents I'm Only In It for the Parking written by Lost Voice Guy aka Lee Ridley.

What’s the worst thing about being disabled? Is it the shameless staring? Is it that people assume you’re a bit thick because you can’t speak? Or is it the fact that your friends always take you to theme parks just so they can jump the queues?

In fact, it’s the stupid questions that really rile Lee Ridley, aka Lost Voice Guy. And over the years he’s been inundated with them, from people who have failed to engage their brains before opening their mouths....

Challenging the view that autism is something that needs to be ‘cured', Virginia Bovell testifies to the extraordinary care Danny has received for over 30 years and the everyday kindness and decency of the people – ‘the band of angels' – that surround him. She asks us to consider what makes a thriving individual versus an inadequate one; what it means to be ill versus what it means to not to conform; what roles society values and rewards; and how humans might flourish outside of failing political and economic systems.

Disability and Political Representation explores how disabled people experience the various stages and aspects of the representation process, drawing upon extensive empirical research and a variety of qualitative and quantitative data. It discusses why increasing the number of disabled politicians matters, not only as a matter of justice and equality but also to better represent the issues and interests of importance to disabled people.

Letters with Smokie captures an epistolic exchange between Dan Goodley and Rod Michalko, or rather, Rod Michalko's late guide dog, Smokie. A lively exploration of human-animal relationships and disability as disruption, disturbance, and art, the book offers a refreshing re-evaluation of cultural misunderstandings of disability.

Caring or careless? In this powerful and moving essay, Micheline Lee tells the story of the National Disability Insurance Scheme, a transformative social change that ran into problems. For some users it has been “the only lifeboat in the ocean,” but for others it has meant still more exclusion. Lee explains what happened, showing that the NDIS, for all its good intentions, has not understood people with disabilities well enough. While government thought the market could do its job, a caring society cannot be outsourced.

How can I enjoy my hot disabled body whilst dealing with internalised ableism? How can I best navigate my sex life with mobility issues or a carer? Why are queer spaces so inaccessible - and what can I do about it? Andrew Gurza is seriously hot. He's also seriously disabled. Having spent a...

Blame: Death, Disability, and the Search for Justice for Guy Mitchell attempts to find meaning and justice in the tragic death of a vulnerable individual whose circle of care failed him. Dramatic nonfiction that sounds like a legal thriller, Blame resists easy answers, exposing a tangled web of negligence, indifference, and systemic failure and probing the deeper structural forces behind Guy's death. What emerges is a powerful indictment of a broken system and a strong argument that the duty to care for society's most vulnerable ultimately lies with us all.

Changing the Narrative: The Celebration of the Ordinary For nearly a century, stories about disability have followed the same script: a life without hope, a body defined by loss, and a “dignified” ending that too often means disappearance. Changing the Narrative examines how this idea took shape—from early eugenic theories and Nazi propaganda films to modern cinema, literature, and media—and why it continues to shape how disabled lives are valued today. Drawing on historical records, cultural analysis, and contemporary data, R.M. de Loera traces how the focus shifted from collective...

In Richard III’s Bodies from Medieval England to Modernity, Jeffrey Wilson tracks disability over 500 years, from Richard’s own manuscripts, early Tudor propaganda, and x-rays of sixteenth-century paintings through Shakespeare’s soliloquies, into Samuel Johnson’s editorial notes, the first play produced by an African American Theater company, Freudian psychoanalysis, and the rise of disability theater.

Have you ever wondered or been intrigued how it all started for a life as a disabled person? Do ask yourself if they even have a history? Well this book will undercover the hidden answers from the times when humans once lived by animals side by side in caves. To Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire. To present day 21st century living. I will be giving you the history of what life was like being disabled through these time frames This is A Brief History of Disability

'Seeing Voices is both a history of the deaf and an account of the development of an extraordinary and expressive language' – Evening Standard Imaginative and insightful, Seeing Voices by Oliver Sacks offers a way into a world that is, for many people, alien and unfamiliar – for to be...

This challenges abled-bodied to reflect on their attitudes and behaviors towards the special needs community. Highlighting how quickly life can change and why compassion is essential. Through real-life insights and heartfelt narrative, and encourage listeners to build bridges of love, respect and understanding.

Nate Trainor, born with Joubert syndrome, could not communicate with words until he was 21. Stuck in a system that prematurely labeled him "profoundly retarded", Nate shares his battles with the public school system to be included, his incredible efforts to prove his intelligence, and the breakthroughs that finally gifted him with words and a voice. His journey proves how one man at a vast disadvantage can prevail in a world that seems hostile or indifferent to him.

Antonella Ferrari ha la sclerosi multipla. Sfidando giorno dopo giorno le difficoltà della malattia, è diventata attrice, ha avuto successo, ha scritto un libro in cui racconta la sua storia e che le ha permesso di entrare in contatto con tante persone che avevano bisogno di leggere le sue parole. Ma c’è un sogno che non ha potuto realizzare: diventare madre. Ogni strada, fino a qualche anno fa, sembrava essere sbarrata.

"Angry Cripples" werden behinderte Menschen abfällig genannt, denen vorgeworfen wird, aufgrund ihrer Behinderung verbittert zu sein. Dieses Hörbuch fordert den Begriff zurück und besetzt ihn neu. Es kommen ausschließlich behinderte Menschen zu Wort - und viele von ihnen sind wütend darüber, wie die Gesellschaft mit ihnen umgeht. Zu Recht. Hier verschaffen sie sich Gehör, um eine inklusive Gesellschaft mitzuprägen. Sie schreiben unter anderem über Pränataldiagnostik, selbstbestimmte Sexualität, Sichtbarkeit und Social Media.

This book explores gender, disability, and literature in the Global South, concentrating on Nepal in particular. Religious and cultural values disable women’s autonomy in general, and create even greater disadvantages for women who are physically disabled. This study examines two Nepali women writers, Bishnu Kumari Waiwa and Jhamak Ghimire, who challenge stigmas of the disabled body by deconstructing the “ideology of ability” through their autobiographical narratives.

Luisa L’Audace wächst als einziges behindertes Kind in ihrem Heimatdorf auf. Warum sie im Sportunterricht immer als Letzte gewählt wird, in der Pause nicht mitspielen soll und ihre Freundinnen plötzlich nicht mehr neben ihr sitzen wollen, versteht sie lange Zeit nicht. Während andere Kinder Freizeitbeschäftigungen nachgehen, verbringt Luisa viel Zeit in Krankenhäusern, bei Therapien und Spezialist*innen. Als sie mit 14 einen Rollstuhl bekommt, fühlt sie sich zum ersten Mal in ihrem Leben frei. Doch mit der neu gewonnenen Mobilität nehmen auch die Anfeindungen zu.