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  • Just Jen

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    Winner of the 2017 Margaret and John Savage First Book Award – Non-Fiction!Jen Powley was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at fifteen. By thirty-five, she had lost the use of her arms and legs.Just Jen is a powerful memoir that tells the story of Powley’s life at the time of her diagnosis, and the infinite, irrevocable ways it has changed since. Powley’s writing pulls no punches. She is lively, ... Leer más

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  • Employment for Individuals with Asperger Syndrome or Non-Verbal Learning Disability

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  • Deaf Gain

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    Deaf people are usually regarded by the hearing world as having a lack, as missing a sense. Yet a definition of deaf people based on hearing loss obscures a wealth of ways in which societies have benefited from the significant contributions of deaf people. In this bold intervention into ongoing debates about disability and what it means to be human, experts from a variety of disciplines ... Leer más

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  • Disabling Poverty, Enabling Citizenship

    A project of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD)

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  • The Minor Gesture

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    In this wide-ranging and probing book Erin Manning extends her previous inquiries into the politics of movement to the concept of the minor gesture. The minor gesture, although it may pass almost unperceived, transforms the field of relations. More than a chance variation, less than a volition, it requires rethinking common assumptions about human agency and political action. To embrace the minor ... Leer más

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  • Disability Theory

    Series series Corporealities: Discourses Of Disability
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  • An Employer's Guide to Managing Professionals on the Autism Spectrum

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  • The Child with Spina Bifida

    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Children and Disability
    First published in 1977, this book focuses on the disability of spina bifida in children. Children with the condition frequently suffer with severe physical handicaps such as lower limb paralysis and incontinence, as well as intellectual impairment. It can be difficult for the families of these multiply handicapped children and they often require the help of professionals from many disciplines. In ... Leer más

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