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I Don't Do Disability and Other Lies I've Told Myself
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CA$26.99
ISBN: 9781459754539
Pub Date: November 2024
Imprint: Dundurn Press
A raw and intimate portrait of family, love, life, relationships, and disability parenting through the eyes of a mother to a daughter with Down syndrome.With the arrival of her daughter with Down syndrome,...
Traces of Madness
A Graphic Memoir
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CA$28.95
ISBN: 9781637790700
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: Penn State University Press
A Light in the Tower
A New Reckoning with Mental Health in Higher Education
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CA$40.95
ISBN: 9780700636334
Pub Date: March 2024
With evocative storytelling and incisive research, Katie Rose Guest Pryal brings a new eye to the mental health crisis that higher education has faced for decades. Written from the perspective of a...
My Withered Legs and Other Essays
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CA$32.95
ISBN: 9780820365909
Pub Date: March 2024
Imprint: University of Georgia Press
My Withered Legs and Other Essays is a collection of personal essays by Sandra Gail Lambert that reflects upon her experience becoming a writer alongside discussions of disability, queerness, and aging....
Journal
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CA$24.95
ISBN: 9781770867260
Pub Date: January 2024
Imprint: Cormorant Books
The journal of the last years of the young poet’s life, full of intense erotic longing and philosophical wonderment.
After the Flames
A Burn Victim's Battle With Celebrity
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CA$25.99
ISBN: 9781459753785
Pub Date: January 2024
Imprint: Dundurn Press
“A fast-paced, compelling narrative that goes far beyond the headlines.” — KEVIN DONOVAN, author of The Billionaire MurdersFor Joey Philion, surviving the fire was only the beginning.On the morning...
PDA in the Family
Life After the Lightbulb Moment
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CA$25.95
ISBN: 9781839971891
Pub Date: January 2024
Imprint: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
In this honest and open account of life with her PDA daughter, Sasha, Steph Curtis reveals the everyday struggles and explores the milestones of raising a child diagnosed with Pathological Demand Avoidance....
Beryl
The Making of a Disability Activist
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CA$29.95
ISBN: 9781771136372
Pub Date: November 2023
Imprint: Between the Lines
The story of a mid-century working-class housewife whose extraordinary physical transformation empowered her to become a dynamic social activist who fueled a movement to create a more inclusive future for people with disabilities.
The Beautiful Unwanted
Down Syndrome in Myth, Memoir, and Bioethics
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CA$34.95
ISBN: 9780228019008
Pub Date: October 2023
Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press
Chris Kaposy reflects on parenting his son with Down syndrome in the midst of a supposed disappearance of people with this condition. Writing from a pro-choice, disability-positive perspective, Kaposy presents decades-old bioethical controversies, revealing the prehistory that has shaped current attitudes toward intellectual disability.
Metamorphosis
Who We Become after Facial Paralysis
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CA$44.95
ISBN: 9781978805316
Pub Date: September 2023
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Imagine losing the ability to smile. After suffering permanent facial difference, Faye Linda Wachs finds a community of people reconstructing identity while coping with what she terms a social disability. By detailing personal accounts and interviews of those facing microaggressions and internal disruptions to communication, Metamorphosis explores the process of reconstructing the self.
Metamorphosis
Who We Become after Facial Paralysis
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CA$188.00
ISBN: 9781978805323
Pub Date: September 2023
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Imagine losing the ability to smile. After suffering permanent facial difference, Faye Linda Wachs finds a community of people reconstructing identity while coping with what she terms a social disability. By detailing personal accounts and interviews of those facing microaggressions and internal disruptions to communication, Metamorphosis explores the process of reconstructing the self.
I Am Full
Stories for Jacob
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CA$19.95
ISBN: 9781773241272
Pub Date: September 2023
Imprint: Signature Editions
Dan Yashinsky's son Jacob died tragically in a car accident at the age of 26 when Dan fell asleep at the wheel and crashed. All his life, Jacob had struggled with Prader-Willi Syndrome, but rather than let it defeat him, he became an advocate for people suffering from PWS as well as people coping with various other disabilities. His voice has been captured and carried in this unique book, which goes beyond the terrible grief of losing a child to preserving and sharing his story.
The Wild Mandrake
A Memoir
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CA$23.99
ISBN: 9781459750746
Pub Date: August 2023
Imprint: Dundurn Press
Doctors used to tell him he was cured. That was a long time ago. Ever since he first left home, writer Jason Jobin has had cancer. His is a special case. Every five years, like clockwork, it relapses, and yet he always pulls through. Life goes on, after a fashion, but there are consequences to surviving.
Sustaining Air
The Life of Larry Eigner
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CA$43.95
ISBN: 9780817360818
Pub Date: July 2023
Imprint: University of Alabama Press
The biography of a poet seminal to postwar American poetry
The Wounds That Bind Us
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CA$26.95
ISBN: 9781952271861
Pub Date: June 2023
Imprint: West Virginia University Press
The improbable and powerful true story of a single mother with prosthetics for both legs who travels the globe with her young daughter in a Land Rover.
Making a Home
Assisted Living in the Community for Young Disabled People
Price:
CA$24.00
ISBN: 9781773635958
Pub Date: May 2023
This book documents Powley?s fight for young disabled people to live in the community rather than being institutionalized in nursing homes.
I Don't Do Disability and Other Lies I've Told Myself
CA$26.99
ISBN: 9781459754539
Pub Date: November 2024
Imprint: Dundurn Press
Traces of Madness
A Graphic Memoir
CA$28.95
ISBN: 9781637790700
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: Penn State University Press
A Light in the Tower
A New Reckoning with Mental Health in Higher Education
CA$40.95
ISBN: 9780700636334
Pub Date: March 2024
My Withered Legs and Other Essays
CA$32.95
ISBN: 9780820365909
Pub Date: March 2024
Imprint: University of Georgia Press
Journal
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9781770867260
Pub Date: January 2024
Imprint: Cormorant Books
The journal of the last years of the young poet’s life, full of intense erotic longing and philosophical wonderment.
After the Flames
A Burn Victim's Battle With Celebrity
CA$25.99
ISBN: 9781459753785
Pub Date: January 2024
Imprint: Dundurn Press
PDA in the Family
Life After the Lightbulb Moment
CA$25.95
ISBN: 9781839971891
Pub Date: January 2024
Imprint: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Beryl
The Making of a Disability Activist
CA$29.95
ISBN: 9781771136372
Pub Date: November 2023
Imprint: Between the Lines
The Beautiful Unwanted
Down Syndrome in Myth, Memoir, and Bioethics
CA$34.95
ISBN: 9780228019008
Pub Date: October 2023
Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press
Chris Kaposy reflects on parenting his son with Down syndrome in the midst of a supposed disappearance of people with this condition. Writing from a pro-choice, disability-positive perspective, Kaposy presents decades-old bioethical controversies, revealing the prehistory that has shaped current attitudes toward intellectual disability.
Metamorphosis
Who We Become after Facial Paralysis
CA$44.95
ISBN: 9781978805316
Pub Date: September 2023
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Metamorphosis
Who We Become after Facial Paralysis
CA$188.00
ISBN: 9781978805323
Pub Date: September 2023
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
I Am Full
Stories for Jacob
CA$19.95
ISBN: 9781773241272
Pub Date: September 2023
Imprint: Signature Editions
Dan Yashinsky's son Jacob died tragically in a car accident at the age of 26 when Dan fell asleep at the wheel and crashed. All his life, Jacob had struggled with Prader-Willi Syndrome, but rather than let it defeat him, he became an advocate for people suffering from PWS as well as people coping with various other disabilities. His voice has been captured and carried in this unique book, which goes beyond the terrible grief of losing a child to preserving and sharing his story.
The Wild Mandrake
A Memoir
CA$23.99
ISBN: 9781459750746
Pub Date: August 2023
Imprint: Dundurn Press
Sustaining Air
The Life of Larry Eigner
CA$43.95
ISBN: 9780817360818
Pub Date: July 2023
Imprint: University of Alabama Press
The Wounds That Bind Us
CA$26.95
ISBN: 9781952271861
Pub Date: June 2023
Imprint: West Virginia University Press
Making a Home
Assisted Living in the Community for Young Disabled People
CA$24.00
ISBN: 9781773635958
Pub Date: May 2023
This book documents Powley?s fight for young disabled people to live in the community rather than being institutionalized in nursing homes.