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- Seize the Summit. by Damon, Arwa,film director.; Karaevli, Binnur,film director.; Journeyman Pictures (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Originally produced by Journeyman Pictures in 2024.The story of four young people’s thrilling journey to reach the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa. Shaqayeq, Adnan, Safa and Tania are not ordinary adventurers, they are all survivors of war from different countries. Safa bares the physical and emotional scars of Syria’s war; Adnan has been bound to a wheelchair ever since he was shot at age 14; Shaqayeq was born in war-torn Afghanistan never knowing what peace looked like until she arrived in Germany; Tania only just managed to escape Ukraine.What brought them to take on Kilimanjaro was a profound desire to take a stand together against war and have the world hear their messages. But as they are forced to push their limits, the mountain reveals a unique lesson to each of them.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Health.; Physical education and training.; Mental health.; Documentary films.; War.; Disabilities.; Mountaineering.;
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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;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- A curse so dark and lonely / by Kemmerer, Brigid.;
- Eighteen for the three hundred twenty-seventh time, Prince Rhen despairs of breaking the curse that turns him into a beast at the end of each day until feisty Harper enters his life.LSC
- Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Blessing and cursing; Magic; Cerebral palsy; People with disabilities;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Counting Backwards. by Kirshenbaum, Binnie.;
- In 'Counting Backwards', a middle-aged couple struggles with the husbands descent into early-onset Lewy Body dementia. Binnie Kirshenbaum captures the couples final years, months, and days in short scenes that burn with despair, humour, and rage, tracking the brutal destruction of the disease, as well the moments of love and beauty that still exist for them amid the larger tides of loss. Goodreads Giveaway.Library Bound Incorporated
- Subjects: FICTION / Disabilities & Special Needs; FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce; FICTION / Humorous / Black Humor;
- Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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- Save me a seat / by Weeks, Sarah.; Varadarajan, Gita.;
- Ravi has just moved to the United States from India and has always been at the top of his class; Joe has lived in the same town his whole life and has learning problems--but when their lives intersect in the first week of fifth grade they are brought together by a common enemy (the biggest bully in their class) and the need to take control of their lives.LSC
- Subjects: East Indians; Immigrants; Adjustment (Psychology); Learning disabled children; Bullying in schools; Friendship; Elementary schools;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Service animals / by Idzikowski, Lisa.;
- Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses, and index.Service animals: animals work and can help people -- What is a service animal? -- Types of service animals -- Talk about work! -- Animal in training -- Getting your service animal.LSC
- Subjects: Animals as aids for people with disabilities; Working animals;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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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;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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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;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- 22 accessible road trips : driving vacations for wheelers and slow walkers / by Harrington, Candy.; Pannell, Charles.;
- Includes Internet addresses and index.LSC
- Subjects: People with disabilities; Automobile travel;
- © c2012., Demos Health,
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Beep beep Bubbie / by Klein, Bonnie Sherr.; Eudes-Pascal, Élisabeth.;
- "Kate is upset when Grandma gets a motorized scooter. Will Bubbie still be Bubbie in that scooter? Kate slowly warms to the scooter after she sees what a good friend it is to Bubbie. And shopping at Granville Island turns out to be so much fun! Her little brother Nate loves the scooter's bells and whistles, and Kate makes new friends on their magical outing."LSC
- Subjects: Grandmothers; Grandparent and child; Disabilities; Motor scooters;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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