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  • Gerontechnology

    Research, Practice, and Principles in the Field of Technology and Aging

    Edited by Sunkyo Kwon, PhD ...
    Awarded third place in the 2017 AJN Book of the Year Awards in Information TechnologyTwo mega-trends of modern culture, the rapid aging of the population and the inexorable advances in technology, have fueled the development of gerontechnology--the use of technology to sustain individual autonomy to an advanced age. This expansive book encompasses state-of-the-art research in gerontechnology and ... Read more

    $103.99 CAD

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    by Michael Joseph Kennedy ...
    This is the story of Michael Kennedy's life. Born in 1960 with significant disabilities, he describes his early experiences living in three different institutions for the mentally retarded and how he had to become his own advocate if he was going to survive. He soon realized that, unlike most of the others in institutions, he could make his voice heard. He had to speak up to help himself and other ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • Inclusion or Illusion?

    Educational Provision for Primary School Children with Mild General Learning Disabilities

    by Paul Stevens, Mona O'Moore ...
    The aim of Inclusion or Illusion is to provide readers with an understanding of educational provision in our primary schools for children with Mild General Learning Disabilities (MGLD) (over half the school-going special needs population). It is a book is for teachers, student teachers, policy makers and educational and support professionals.Based on teachers’ own experiences in national and ... Read more

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  • Beauty is a Verb

    Edited by Sheila Black, Jennifer Bartlett, Michael Northen ...
    A ground-breaking anthology that will bring fresh understanding to the American experience of poetry, beauty, the body, and disability.Beauty is a Verb is a ground-breaking anthology of disability poetry, essays on disability, and writings on the poetics of both.Crip Poetry.Disability Poetry.Poems with Disabilities.This is where poetry and disability intersect, overlap, collide and make peace.For ... Read more

    $30.95 CAD

  • Foucault and Feminist Philosophy of Disability

    by Shelley Lynn Tremain ...
    Series series Corporealities: Discourses Of Disability
    Foucault and Feminist Philosophy of Disability is a distinctive contribution to growing discussions about how power operates within the academic field of philosophy. By combining the work of Michel Foucault, the insights of philosophy of disability and feminist philosophy, and data derived from empirical research, Shelley L. Tremain compellingly argues that the conception of disability that ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Disability Rhetoric

    by Jay Timothy Dolmage ...
    Series series Critical Perspectives on Disability
    Disability Rhetoric is the first book to view rhetorical theory and history through the lens of disability studies. Traditionally, the body has been seen as, at best, a rhetorical distraction; at worst, those whose bodies do not conform to a narrow range of norms are disqualified from speaking. Yet, Dolmage argues that communication has always been obsessed with the meaning of the body and that ... Read more

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  • The Politics of Age and Disability in Contemporary Spanish Film

    Plus Ultra Pluralism

    by Matthew J. Marr ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Film Studies
    The Politics of Age and Disability in Contemporary Spanish Film examines the onscreen construction of adolescent, elderly, and disabled subjects in Spanish cinema from 1992 to the present. Applying a dual lens of film analysis and theory drawn from the allied fields of youth, age, and disability studies, this study is set both within and against a conversation on cultural diversity—with respect to ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

  • Family Support and Family Caregiving across Disabilities

    Edited by Patricia Conway, George Singer, David Biegel ...
    Family members provide the majority of care for individuals with disabilities in the United States. Recognition is growing that family caregiving deserves and may require societal support, and evidence-based practices have been established for reducing stress associated with caregiving. Despite the substantial research literature on family support that has developed, researchers, advocates and ... Read more

    $114.99 CAD

  • Using Technology to Improve Care of Older Adults

    Edited by Diane Chau, Thomas Osborne ...
    State-of-the-art developments in multiple new technologies for older adult careGrounded in a unique team-based geriatrics perspective, this book delivers a broad range of current, evidence-based knowledge about innovative technology that has the potential to advance the care and well being of older adults. It provides key information about the development, selection, and implementation of ... Read more

    $63.99 CAD

  • Suddenly Senior

    The Funny Thing About Getting Older

    by Tom Hay ...
    'You know you’re getting old when you can pinch an inch on your forehead.'John MendozaYou might be getting a bit thin on top, plump at the middle and creaky around the knees, but that doesn’t mean you’ve forgotten how to enjoy yourself! This collection of witty quotations, light-hearted yarns and cheerful jokes will help you chalk that last ‘senior moment’ down to experience, forget the grey hairs ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • The Radical Lives of Helen Keller

    by Kim E. Nielsen ...
    Series Book 1 - The History of Disability
    A political biography that reveals new sides to Helen KellerSeveral decades after her death in 1968, Helen Keller remains one of the most widely recognized women of the twentieth century. But the fascinating story of her vivid political life—particularly her interest in radicalism and anti-capitalist activism—has been largely overwhelmed by the sentimentalized story of her as a young deaf-blind ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Who Will Care For Us?

    Long-Term Care and the Long-Term Workforce

    by Paul Osterman ...
    The number of elderly and disabled adults who require assistance with day-to-day activities is expected to double over the next twenty-five years. As a result, direct care workers such as home care aides and certified nursing assistants (CNAs) will become essential to many more families. Yet these workers tend to be low-paid, poorly trained, and receive little respect. Is such a workforce capable ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD