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The science of making friends : helping socially challenged teens and young adults / by Laugeson, Elizabeth A.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.LSC
Subjects: Social skills; Social skills in adolescence.; Developmentally disabled youth.;
© c2013., Jossey-Bass,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Ellie Haycock Is Totally Normal [electronic resource] : by Schreiber, Gretchen.aut; cloudLibrary;
The Breakfast Club meets Five Feet Apart in this big-hearted novel from debut author Gretchen Schreiber. Ellie Haycock has always separated her life into sections: Ellie at home and Ellie at the hospital. At home, Ellie is a proud member of her high school’s speech and debate team alongside her best friend and her boyfriend. At the hospital, Ellie has a team of doctors and a mom who won’t stop posting about the details of her illness online. It’s not hard for Ellie to choose which of the two she prefers. But this latest hospital stay is different. Ellie becomes close with a group of friends, including Ryan, a first-timer who’s still optimistic about the doctors that Ellie stopped trusting years ago. Despite their differences, she can’t seem to keep him out of her head. Ellie’s life has never been ordinary—but maybe this time it will be extraordinary.Young adult.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Disabilities & Special Needs; Contemporary;
© 2024., St. Martin's Publishing Group,
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Sipping Dom Pérignon through a straw : reimagining success as a disabled achiever / by Ndopu, Eddie,author.;
"Global humanitarian Eddie Ndopu's rousing memoir about being both profoundly disabled and profoundly successful without trading one for the other. Eddie Ndopu grew up loving pop music and reruns of The Bold and the Beautiful, and as an adult he would become a globe-trotting disability activist. By his early twenties, he had rocketed through every boundary put in front of him-a queer, Black wheelchair user-challenging bias at the highest echelons of power and prestige. Born with spinal muscular atrophy, a rare degenerative motor neuron disease affecting his physical mobility, Eddie was told that he wouldn't live beyond age five. But using his razor-sharp mind and grit, Eddie became the first-ever disabled African awarded a full scholarship to the prestigious Oxford University for a master's degree in public policy, a remarkable feat worthy of a toast. But beyond the challenges that students face-making it to class on time, managing steamy crushes, and being student body president-Eddie faced obstacles as a disabled individual that often go unnoticed and unaddressed, namely a revolving door of care aides. Saddled with the burden of raising money to cover his most basic needs: a care aide, financial aid, and disability accommodations, Eddie writes about his fight for financial aid and his continued advocacy for the rights of people with disabilities. Sipping Dom Pérignon Through a Straw follows Eddie as he scales the mountain of success only to find exclusion, discrimination, and neglect still lying in wait on the other side. Written with his one good finger, Eddie's vibrant prose delivers a clarion call to underdogs everywhere to stop climbing mountains and start moving them instead"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Ndopu, Eddie.; Human rights.; People with disabilities; People with disabilities; Success.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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I am not a label : 34 disabled artists, thinkers, athletes and activists from past and present / by Burnell, Cerrie.; Baldo, Lauren Mark.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.This book brings together 34 disabled artists, thinkers, athletes and activists from past and present. These short biographies tell the stories of people who have faced unique challenges which have not stopped them from becoming trailblazers, innovators, advocates and makers. Each person is a leading figure in their field, be it sport, science, maths, art, breakdance or the world of pop. LSC
Subjects: People with disabilities; Artists with disabilities; Athletes with disabilities; People with mental disabilities;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Behind the label : Gloria and Willa / by Schultz Nicholson, Lorna.;
Gloria, an impulsive, naïve and likeable teen with FASD tries to keep her family together while her mother's addictions threaten a move to foster care. Willa, an older teen with LD, wants to play in a rock band where her gifts truly shine but her mother's controlling and perfectionistic personality-and Willa's increasingly abusive boyfriend-cause her unhappiness. When Gloria and Willa are partnered in a school club, they soon come to appreciate and depend on each other in a world that at time seems counter to their dreams.LSC
Subjects: Teenagers; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders; Learning disabled; High schools; Schools;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Precious cargo : my year driving the kids on school bus 3077 / by Davidson, Craig,1976-author.;
Subjects: Davidson, Craig, 1976-; Bus drivers; Children with disabilities; Children with disabilities; School buses.; Students with disabilities; Authors, Canadian (English);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A lowcountry Christmas / by Monroe, Mary Alice,author.;
"A wounded warrior and his younger brother discover the true meaning of Christmas in this timeless story of family bonds. A poignant continuation of the Lowcountry Summer series. As far as ten-year-old Miller McClellan is concerned, it's the worst Christmas ever. His father's shrimp boat is docked, his mother is working two jobs, and with finances strained, Miller is told they can't afford the dog he desperately wants. "Your brother's return from war is our family's gift," his parents tell him. But when Taylor returns with PTSD, family strains darken the holidays. Then Taylor's service dog arrives--a large black Labrador/Great Dane named Thor. His brother even got the dog! When Miller goes out on Christmas Eve with his father's axe, determined to get his family the tree they can't afford, he takes the dog for company--but accidentally winds up lost in the wild forest. The splintered family must come together to rediscover their strengths, family bond, and the true meaning of Christmas"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Brothers; Christmas; Disabled veterans; Families; Post-traumatic stress disorder;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A lowcountry Christmas [sound recording] / by Monroe, Mary Alice,author,narrator.; Simon & Schuster Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by the author."A wounded warrior and his younger brother discover the true meaning of Christmas in this timeless story of family bonds. A poignant continuation of the Lowcountry Summer series. As far as ten-year-old Miller McClellan is concerned, it's the worst Christmas ever. His father's shrimp boat is docked, his mother is working two jobs, and with finances strained, Miller is told they can't afford the dog he desperately wants. "Your brother's return from war is our family's gift," his parents tell him. But when Taylor returns with PTSD, family strains darken the holidays. Then Taylor's service dog arrives--a large black Labrador/Great Dane named Thor. His brother even got the dog! When Miller goes out on Christmas Eve with his father's axe, determined to get his family the tree they can't afford, he takes the dog for company--but accidentally winds up lost in the wild forest. The splintered family must come together to rediscover their strengths, family bond, and the true meaning of Christmas"--
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Domestic fiction.; Brothers; Christmas; Disabled veterans; Families; Post-traumatic stress disorder;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The boys in the bunkhouse : servitude and salvation in the heartland / by Barry, Dan,1958-author.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: People with mental disabilities; People with mental disabilities;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Frederick sisters are living the dream : a novel / by Zusy, Jeannie,author.;
"Every family has its fault lines, and when Maggie gets a call from the ER in Maryland where her older sister lives, the cracks start to appear. Ginny, her sugar-loving and diabetic older sister with intellectual disabilities, has overdosed on strawberryJell-O. Maggie knows Ginny really can't live on her own, so she brings her sister and her occasionally vicious dog to live near her in upstate New York. Their other sister, Betsy, is against the idea but as a professional surfer, she is conveniently thousands of miles away. Thus, Maggie's life as a caretaker begins. It will take all of her dark humor and patience, already spread thin after a separation, raising two boys, freelancing, and starting a dating life, to deal with Ginny's diapers, sugar addiction, porn habit, and refusal to cooperate. Add two devoted but feuding immigrant aides and a soon-to-be ex-husband who just won't go away, and you've got a story that will leave you laughing through your tears as you wonder who is actually taking care of whom"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Caregivers; Developmentally disabled; Single mothers; Sisters;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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