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The power of disability : 10 lessons for surviving, thriving, and changing the world / Al Etmanski.
"From a longtime disability rights activist comes this moving window into the lives of people with disabilities and the lessons they can teach us"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781523087563 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: xii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Oakland, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: the disability advantage -- A word about words -- If it ain't broke, don't fix it -- Funny things happen on the way to the future -- Label jars, not people -- There ain't no cure for love -- All means all -- Adversity is an opportunity -- Art blooms at the edge -- Awaken to all your senses -- Nothing about us without us -- There is no independence without interdependence -- Conclusion: life comes from life. |
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| Subject: | People with disabilities > Social conditions. Disability awareness. Resilience (Personality trait) |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Lakeshore Branch | 305.908 Etm | 31681010186013 | NONFICPBK | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
A community organizer, social entrepreneur and parent to a daughter with Down syndrome offers ten distinct lesson we can learn from the disabled, each illustrated with the stories of real people including Stephen Hawking, Helen Keller and Temple Grandin. Original. - Baker & Taylor
"From a longtime disability rights activist comes this moving window into the lives of people with disabilities and the lessons they can teach us"-- - Book News
Etmanski, a community organizer, author, and disability advocate who has a daughter with Down syndrome, outlines 10 lessons that can be learned from people with disabilities. He focuses on the advantages of disability (the power of majority, inclusivity, ingenuity, authenticity, and unity) and details stories about individuals with disabilities that can be applied to everyday life and work, including stories from celebrities. The lessons involve not being fixed, humor, labels, love, inclusivity, adversity as an opportunity, art, the senses, being a citizen, and relying on one another. Annotation ©2021 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com) - Random House, Inc.
The author of Impact uses this compilation of inspiring stories of disabled people to convey ten important life lessons to help anyone.
This book reveals that people with disabilities are the invisible force that has shaped history. They have been instrumental in the growth of freedom and birth of democracy. They have produced heavenly music and exquisite works of art. They have unveiled the scientific secrets of the universe. They are among our most popular comedians, poets, and storytellers. And at 1.2 billion, they are also the largest minority group in the world.
Al Etmanski offers ten lessons we can all learn from people with disabilities, illustrated with short, funny, inspiring, and thought-provoking stories of one hundred individuals from twenty countries. Some are familiar, like Michael J. Fox, Greta Thunberg, Stephen Hawking, Helen Keller, Stevie Wonder, and Temple Grandin. Others deserve to be, like Evelyn Glennie, a virtuoso percussionist who is deafâher mission is to teach the world to listen to improve communication and social cohesion. Or Aaron Philip, who has revolutionized the runway as the first disabled, trans woman of color to become a professional model. The time has come to recognize people with disabilities for who they really are: authoritative sources on creativity, love, sexuality, resistance, dealing with adversity, and living a good life.
âThis book reminds us of what we have in common: the power to create a good life for ourselves and for others, no matter what the world has in store for us.â âMichael J. Fox
âHopefully the universal lessons in this book will not only empower all of us to trampoline to our highest potential but also move the global disability rights movement to achieve the success it fully deservesâso we can all live in a more just and equitable world.â âSusan Sygall, disability activist and MacArthur fellow
âEtmanski engages every reader, whether new to the world of disability or an old hand, with thoughtful insights on the value of difference. This book made me laugh, made me cry, made me proud.â âYazmine Laroche, former chair, Muscular Dystrophy Canada
