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Rogue lawyer / by Grisham, John,author.;
A nomadic lawyer because of frequent death threats, Sebastian Rudd takes on a case involving a brain-damaged young man accused of murdering two little girls.
Subjects: Legal fiction (Literature); Thrillers (Fiction); Teenagers with mental disabilities; Girls; Murder; Judicial ethics;
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Piglet : the unexpected story of a deaf blind pink puppy and his family / by Shapiro, Melissa,1960-author.; Rivas, Mim Eichler,author.;
"In the tradition of the beloved New York Times bestsellers Marley and Me and Oogy: The Dog Only a Family Could Love, a charming, inspirational memoir about empathy, resilience, kindness, and an adorable deaf blind pink dog"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Piglet (Dog); Shapiro, Melissa, 1960-; Dog adoption.; Dog rescue.; Dogs with disabilities.; Human-animal relationships.; Dog owners; Women veterinarians;
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A sky-blue bench / by Rahman, Bahram,1984-; Collins, Peggy,1975-;
Young Aria returns to school after recovering from an accident and being fitted with a prosthetic leg, but the school has no furniture and sitting on the floor is too painful. She finds a way to build her own bench, surprising and inspiring her classmates. Includes a sensitive author's note describing the author's experience growing up in Afghanistan during the civil war and the legacy of landmines.LSC
Subjects: Artificial legs; Children with disabilities; Resilience (Personality trait); Schools;
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Four bad unicorns / by Patterson, Rebecca.;
Frankie and her sister are unicorn crazy! Today, they're playing their favorite unicorn game, but when their bossy friend Ada arrives with her brother to play, she takes over the game-and takes over Frankie's wheelchair-putting them all in unicorn prison. There is only one thing to do-it's time to be bad unicorns! The author deftly handles the subject of childhood play and disability from her own personal experience of growing up with a sister with a disability.
Subjects: Picture books.; Sisters; Children with disabilities; Unicorns;
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Robot revolution [sound recording] / by Patterson, James,1947-author.; Patterson, Jack,narrator.; Grabenstein, Chris,author.; Hachette Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Jack Patterson."Robots on strike! Sammy's underappreciated mechanical helpers cause chaos in the house! It's up to Sammy and his disabled sister Maddie to keep the peace until his inventor mom reveals her secret project ... and why it was worth the wait"--
Subjects: Children's stories.; Children's audiobooks.; Humorous fiction.; Family life; Inventors; People with disabilities; Robots;
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Last pick. [graphic novel] / by Walz, Jason,author,illustrator.; Proctor, Jon,colourist.;
In a world where aliens have taken over Earth, abducted every human they deemed useful, and abandoned the rest, twins Sam and Wyatt struggle to start a revolution of the unwanteds.
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Science fiction comics.; Extraterrestrial beings; Brothers and sisters; Twins; People with disabilities;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The power of disability : 10 lessons for surviving, thriving, and changing the world / by Etmanski, Al,1947-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From a longtime disability rights activist comes this moving window into the lives of people with disabilities and the lessons they can teach us"--
Subjects: People with disabilities; Disability awareness.; Resilience (Personality trait);
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Canadian home care handbook / by Caller, Russell,author.; Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc.;
Subjects: Caregivers; Older people with disabilities; Older people; Older people;
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After the flames : a burn victim's battle with celebrity / by Rose, Jonathan R.,author.;
On the morning of March 10th, 1988, a house fire engulfed fourteen-year-old Joey Philion in flames. He suffered third degree burns on 95 percent of his body. This book is about one of the world's most famous burn victims: his incredible survival, his nightmarish path to recovery that helped revolutionize medical treatment for burn victims worldwide, the fame thrust upon him after he was declared a hero from the media, and the tumultuous years that followed, most of which were spent under the microscope of an unforgiving public eye.
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Philion, Joey.; Burns and scalds; People with disabilities;
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My own blood : a memoir / by Bristowe, Ashley,author.;
"When their second child, Alexander, is diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder, doctors tell Ashley Bristowe and her husband that the boy won't walk, or even talk--that he is profoundly disabled. Stunned and reeling, Ashley researches a disorder so new it's just been named--Kleefstra Syndrome--and she finds little hope and a maze of obstacles. Then she comes across the US-based 'Institutes, ' which have been working to improve the lives of brain-injured children for decades. Recruiting volunteers, organizing therapy, juggling a million tests and appointments, even fundraising as the family falls deep into debt, Ashley devotes years of 24/7 effort to running an impossibly rigorous diet and therapy programme for their son with the hope of saving his life, and her own. The ending is happy: he will never be a 'normal' boy, but Alexander talks, he walks, he swims, he plays the piano (badly) and he goes to school. This victory isn't clean and it's far from pretty; the personal toll on Ashley is devastating. 'It takes a village, ' people say, but too much of their village is uncomfortable with her son's difference, the therapy regimen's demands and the family's bottomless need. The health and provincial services bureaucracy set them a maddening set of hoops to jump through, showing how disabled children and their families languish because of criminally low expectations about what can be done to help. My Own Blood is an uplifting story, but it never shies away from the devastating impact of a baby that science couldn't predict and medicine couldn't help. It's the story of a woman who lost everything she'd once been--a professional, an optimist, a joker, a capable adult--in sacrifice to her son. An honest account of a woman's life turned upside down."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Biographies.; Bristowe, Ashley; Bristowe, Ashley.; Children with disabilities; Children with disabilities; Children with disabilities; Children with disabilities; Families.; Mothers of children with disabilities; Parents of children with disabilities;
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