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Parenting through the storm : how to handle the highs, the lows, and everything in between / by Douglas, Ann,1963-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Child psychology.; Children with mental disabilities; Developmentally disabled children; Families of the mentally ill.; Parenting.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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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;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A man of his own / by Wilson, Susan,1951-;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Disabled veterans; Dogs; Human-animal relationships; Life change events; Service dogs;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Janine / by Cocca-Leffler, Maryann,1958-;
"Janine is one of a kind. She focuses on the positive while navigating life with disabilities. She makes a difference just by being herself"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Children with mental disabilities; Children with disabilities; Individuality in children; Self-acceptance;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Me before you [videorecording] / by Claflin, Sam,1986-actor.; Clarke, Emilia,actor.; Kirby, Vanessa,actor.; McTeer, Janet,actor.; Moyes, Jojo,1969-Me before you.; Owen, Alison,1961-film producer.; Rosenfelt, Karen,film producer.; Sharrock, Thea,1976-film director.; Motion picture adaptation of (work):Moyes, Jojo,1969-Me before you.; Warner Home Video (Firm),publisher.;
Music by Craig Armstrong ; editor, John Wilson ; director of photography, Remi Adefarasin.Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin, Janet McTeer, Vanessa Kirby, Brendan Coyle, Samantha Spiro.Louisa 'Lou' Clark lives in a quaint town in the English countryside. With no clear direction in her life, the quirky and creative 26-year old goes from one job to the next in order to make ends meet. Taking a job at the local 'castle' she becomes caregiver and companion to Will Traynor, a wealthy young banker who became wheelchair bound in an accident. Embarking together on a series of adventures, both Lou and Will get more than they bargained for.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic elements and some suggestive material.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Feature films.; Romance films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Caregivers; Man-woman relationships; People with disabilities;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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A man of his own [sound recording] / by Wilson, Susan,1951-; Adamson, Rick.; Berman, Fred.; Delaine, Christina.; Gurner, Jeff.;
Read by Fred Berman, Christina Delaine, Rick Adamson and Jeff Gurner.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Audiobooks.; Disabled veterans; Dogs; Human-animal relationships; Life change events; Service dogs;
© p2013., Macmillan Audio,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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When Charley met Emma / by Webb, Amy,1977-; Liddiard, Merrilee.;
Five-year-old Charley gets teased for daydreaming and drawing more than his friends, but when he meets Emma, who is physically different, he needs help remembering that being different is okay.LSC
Subjects: Individuality; Friendship; People with disabilities;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Only the beautiful / by Meissner, Susan,1961-author.;
"A heartrending story about a young mother's fight to keep her daughter and the winds of fortune that tear them apart, by the New York Times bestselling author of The Nature of Fragile Things and The Last Year of the War. California, 1938--When she loses her parents in an accident, sixteen-year-old Rosanne is taken in by the owners of the vineyard where she has lived her whole life as the vinedresser's daughter. She moves into Celine and Truman Calvert's spacious house with a secret, however--Rosie sees colors when she hears sound. She promised her mother she'd never reveal her little-understood ability to anyone, but the weight of her isolation and grief proves too much for her. Driven by her loneliness, she not only breaks the vow to her mother, but in a desperate moment lets down her guard and ends up pregnant. Banished by the Calverts, Rosanne believes she is bound for a home for unwed mothers, and having lost her family, she treasures her pregnancy as the chance for a future one. But she soon finds out she is not going to a home of any kind, but to a place far worse than anything she could have imagined. Austria, 1947--After witnessing firsthand Adolf Hitler's brutal pursuit of hereditary purity--especially with regard to "different children"--Helen Calvert is ready to return to America for good. But when she arrives at her brother's peaceful vineyard after decades working abroad, she is shocked to learn what really happened nine years earlier to the vinedresser's daughter, a girl whom Helen had long ago befriended. In her determination to find Rosanne, Helen discovers that while the war was won in Europe, there are still terrifying battles to be fought at home"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Involuntary sterilization; People with disabilities; Teenage pregnancy;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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I am Sam [videorecording (DVD)] Je suis Sam / by Nelson, Jessie.; Penn, Sean,1960-; Pfeiffer, Michelle,1957-; Wiest, Dianne.;
Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dianne Wiest, Dakota Fanning, Richard Schiff.A mentally challenged father enlists the aid of a high-powered attorney to help him regain custody of his daughter.CHV rating: PG.DVD, NTSC 1. DTS surround.
Subjects: People with mental disabilities; Parents with disabilities; Fathers and daughters; Custody of children; Feature films; Video recordings for the hearing impaired;
© c2002., New Line Home Entertainment ; Distributed in Canada by Alliance Atlantis,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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I am extraordinary / by Curry, Stephen,1988-; Bowers, Geneva.;
In his sophomore picture book, NBA superstar Stephen Curry encourages kids to embrace the differences that make them extraordinary! It's the first day of school for Mila, a young girl with hearing loss who dreams of playing on her school's soccer team. But, self-conscious of her hearing aids, Mila is too nervous to try out. With the help of and perspectives from new friends, what begins as a bumpy, anxiety-filled start for Mila, soon transitions into an eye-opening experience about what it means to be different-and what it means to be extraordinary. I Am Extraordinary teaches kids how to look inside themselves to find self-acceptance and the confidence to achieve any goal.Ages 4-7.
Subjects: Picture books.; Disabilities; Sports; Deafness; Friendship;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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