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Unseen : how I lost my vision and found my voice / by Burke, Molly,author.;
"From social media star and disability activist Molly Burke, a vulnerable and witty memoir on navigating the challenges of being a legally blind woman in an ableist world When Molly Burke was four years old, she was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a rare degenerative eye disease that causes gradual and complete blindness, forcing Burke to conceptualize the world differently. Growing up disabled didn't stop her from playing sports, speaking publicly, or becoming a rock-climbing instructor, but it was other people's narrow perceptions of her that held her back. Today, Burke is a speaker, content creator, model, author, and advocate whose mission is to help foster community for anyone feeling isolated, misrepresented, or misunderstood. Unseen is Burke's story in her own words and an inspiration to those who have been stigmatized or are feeling alone in their struggles to speak out. Burke chronicles her journey as a disabled woman, business owner, and entertainer, illuminating not only what her experiences have taught her, but also what she wishes the world understood about her world and the world of others in the blind community. Part memoir, part rallying cry for better representation, Unseen recounts Burke's life and experiences fighting against the expectations society set for her as a blind woman, and in doing so, helps readers find their voice, strength, and inner purpose"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Burke, Molly.; Blind; People with visual disabilities; Retinitis pigmentosa;
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Caregiving [videorecording] / by Aduba, Uzo,narrator.; Durrance, Chris,television director.; PBS Distribution (Firm),publisher.;
Uzo Aduba, narrator.This is the story of a group of paid and unpaid caregivers navigating the ups and downs of this deeply challenging and immensely meaningful work. Intertwining intimate personal stories with the untold history of caregiving, the documentary reveals both the state and the stakes of care in America today. Malcoma Brown- Ekeogu devotes herself to her husband's care in the final stages of his illness, even when she feels alone in the journey. As the home health aide to Sherril Johnson, who has multiple sclerosis, Zulma Torres provides care with the same kindness that she would for a family member. Matt Cauli juggles care for his young son with care for his wife, Kanlaya, in the wake of a health crisis keeping the family together against the odds. Kim and Guillaume Olloz raise a disabled daughter in a world not built for people with disabilities in a home filled with love and care. Tracy Eacret experiences the laughter and the tears of a bittersweet season with her father as his end-of-life caregiver. And the Gutierrez family contends with a chronic illness that makes a caregiver out of their tender-hearted 14-year-old son.E.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; 2.0 stereophonic.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Nonfiction television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Care of the sick.; Caregivers; Children with disabilities; Kinship care.; Male caregivers.; Parents of children with disabilities.; Women caregivers.;
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Together, a forest : drawing connections between nature's diversity and our own / by MacLean, Roz.;
"Explore a forest with a curious classroom in this breathtaking new picture book by the author of the beloved More Than Words, and experience the essential beauty of diversity in humanity and nature. Joy and her peers are eager to visit a nearby forest for a class trip. But Joy's excitement quickly turns into anxiety when she is asked to choose one thing in the area for a school assignment. Seeing her classmates connecting with the natural environment, Joy discovers how each of their choices reflect the ways they relate to and interact with the world. Together, a Forest begins as an exciting journey into nature and blossoms into a meditation on how our unique personalities and ways of being help create a more vibrant and beautiful world. The forest reveals that everyone--including those of us with disabilities and neurodivergence--belong to nature. There is no one right way for a mind, body, or person to be. Perfect for classrooms and home libraries with accessible social-emotional and STEM themes, this picture book highlights the importance of interdependence, inclusion and celebrating diversity in our communities."--
Subjects: Picture books.; Nature fiction.; Biodiversity; Forest ecology; Nature; Individual differences; Social integration; Neurodiversity;
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Easy beauty : a memoir / by Cooper Jones, Chloé,1983-author.;
Moving through the world in a body that looks different than most, Jones learned on to factor "pain calculations" into every plan, every situation. She was born with a rare congenital condition called sacral agenesis, which affects both the stature and gait, and so her pain is physical. But there is also the pain of being judged and pitied for her appearance, of being dismissed as "less than." the ways she has been seen-or not seen-has informed her lens on the world for her entire life. But after unexpectedly becoming a mother (in violation of unspoken social taboos about the disabled body), she feels something in her shift, and Jones sets off on a journey across the globe, reclaiming the spaces she'd been denied and had denied herself.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Travel writing.; Personal narratives.; Cooper Jones, Chloé, 1983-; Cooper Jones, Chloé, 1983-; Abnormalities, Human.; Body image.; College teachers; Journalists; People with disabilities; Travel writers; Voyages and travels.; Women college teachers; Women journalists; Women with disabilities; Aesthetics;
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Look Ma, no hands : a chronic pain memoir / by Drolet, Gabrielle,author.;
"A humorous, charming, profound debut memoir about chronic pain, accessibility, and young adulthood, by an acclaimed essayist and cartoonist. In 2020, Gabrielle Drolet developed a condition that made her unable to use her hands. It only worsened over time, and as a writer and artist, she had to learn new ways of creating and expressing herself. She placed her first cartoon in The New Yorker -- and then was unable to draw for a full year. She has since found ways around this using graphic design software, exercises, and many, many breaks, but the experience has completely changed her life. In Look Ma, No Hands, Gabrielle explores both the difficulty and the humour of developing chronic and life-altering pain in her twenties. Each chapter looks at a different aspect of her life touched by her disability -- how she learned to write when she couldn't type, to cook when she couldn't chop, to assemble IKEA furniture when she couldn't twist an Allen key. She breaks up with her girlfriend and has to figure out how to manage the most mundane tasks without anyone to help her. She moves cities and has to navigate different Byzantine health systems without the privilege or security of having a family doctor. And yet, through it all, she manages to maintain the most wonderful sense of the absurd. Rich with profound reflections on life's curve balls, Look Ma, No Hands is a joy to read, relatable, and the work of a rising new talent"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Drolet, Gabrielle.; Drolet, Gabrielle; Adjustment (Psychology); Artists with disabilities; Cartoonists; Chronic pain in women.; Chronic pain.; Journalists; Young adults with disabilities; Young women with disabilities;
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Kinds of kindness [videorecording] / by Alwyn, Joe,1991-actor.; Athie, Mamoudou,1998-actor.; Filippou, Efthimis,1977-screenwriter.; Chau, Hong,1979-actor.; Dafoe, Willem,actor.; Plemons, Jesse,1988-actor.; Qualley, Margaret,actor.; Schafer, Hunter,1998-actor.; Lanthimos, Yorgos,1973-screenwriter,film director.; Stone, Emma,1988-actor.; Searchlight Pictures,film distributor.;
Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Mamoudou Athie, Hunter Schafer.A triptych fable, following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, who is destined to become a prodigious spiritual leader.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.MPAA rating: R.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Comedy films.; Dark comedy films.; Feature films.; Man-woman relationships; Life change events; Missing persons; Reunions; Religious leaders; Prophecies;
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Slender Man [videorecording] / by Basso, Annalise,1998-actor.; King, Joey,1999-actor.; Sinclair, Jaz,actor.; Telles, Julia Goldani,actor.; White, Sylvain,film director.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.;
Joey King, Julia Goldani Telles, Jaz Sinclair, Annalise Basso.In a small town in Massachusetts, a group of friends, fascinated by the Internet lore of the Slender Man, attempts to prove that he doesn't actually exist, until one of them mysteriously goes missing.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: PG-13.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Horror films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Slender Man (Legendary character); Missing persons; Urban legends;
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To catch a storm : a novel / by Mejia, Mindy,author.;
"When her husband's car is found abandoned and on fire-in the middle of a rainstorm-police suspect that Eve Roth had something to do with it. After all, her husband was suspended from the University of Iowa for inappropriate conduct with a student, and who else but an atmospheric physicist could incinerate a car in a downpour? But Eve has no idea why her husband disappeared. She's desperate to find him, both for herself and her beloved, disabled father-in-law. Jonah Kendrick appears on her doorstep with a theory. He's seen Eve's husband, bound and bleeding in a barn. A psychic detective who dreams of the lost, Jonah has helped find missing people his entire life. He dreamed about a young woman trapped in the same barn months ago, and she's still missing. Eve rejects anything to do with psychics, but their investigations soon collide. As the temperature drops and turns the world to ice, Eve and Jonah race across the state to discover what happened to the people they've lost. But the truth is deadlier than either of them expected, and the physicist and the psychic must learn to believe in each other if they want to escape this storm alive"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Missing persons; Psychics; Women physicists;
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Marlee Matlin. by Stern, Shoshannah,film director.; Sorkin, Aaron,actor.; Winkler, Henry,actor.; Maucere, John,actor.; Ridloff, Lauren,actor.; Matlin, Marlee,actor.; Haines, Randa,actor.; Kino Lorber (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Aaron Sorkin, Henry Winkler, John Maucere, Lauren Ridloff, Marlee Matlin, Randa HainesOriginally produced by Kino Lorber in 2025.In 1987, at the age of just 21, Marlee Matlin shattered expectations as the first Deaf actor to win an Academy Award® for her groundbreaking performance in Children of a Lesser God. Catapulted into the spotlight, she seized the moment to challenge an industry unprepared for her immense talent, emerging as a trailblazer, not only as a performer, but also as an author and activist. Matlin's incredible journey continued with standout roles in acclaimed projects such as The West Wing and the Oscar®-winning CODA, all while relentlessly advocating for greater inclusion and accessibility both within Hollywood and beyond its borders. Matlin opens up about her personal and professional struggles – her meteoric rise to fame, the challenges of navigating a predominantly hearing industry, the pain of a tumultuous high-profile relationship, getting sober and years of being overlooked by Hollywood – alongside her many triumphs. Director Shoshannah Stern reimagines traditional documentary storytelling, elevating ASL as the film’s heart and soul while removing conventional voiceovers and including open captions, creating an authentic and visually immersive experience. Through split-screen interviews with both Deaf and hearing contributors, the film weaves a poignant and inspiring narrative of Matlin’s legendary career, highlighting her tireless fight for inclusion and representation in an entertainment world that at first had no place for her.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Arts.; Social sciences.; Motion pictures.; Sociology.; Gender identity.; Documentary films.; Women's studies.; Artists.; Health.; Women artists.; Disabilities.; Women social reformers.; Actors.; People with disabilities.;
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They shall not grow old [videorecording] / by Jackson, Peter,1961-film director,film producer.; Olssen, Clare,film producer.; Olssen, Jabez,editor of moving image work.; 14-18 NOW (Programme),production company.; Imperial War Museum (Great Britain),production company.; Plan 9 (Musical group : N.Z.),composer (expression); Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ),production company.; Warner Home Video (Firm),film distributor.; WingNut Films (Firm),production company.;
Music, David Donaldson, Janet Roodick & Steve Roche ; editor, Jabez Olssen.Peter Jackson produces and directs this homage to the British troops of the First World War with never-before-seen-footage of soldiers as they faced the fear and uncertainty of frontline battle in Belgium. Digitally remastered and now in color, the footage has been studied by lip reading experts, transcripts were recorded and used as audio for the film.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for disturbing war images.DVD; Widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 DVS.
Subjects: Documentary films.; War films.; Feature films.; Historical films.; Nonfiction films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Soldiers; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918.;
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