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In a different key : the story of autism / by Donvan, John(John Joseph),1955-author.; Zucker, Caren(Caren Brenda),1961-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Nearly seventy-five years ago, Donald Triplett of Forest, Mississippi became the first child diagnosed with autism. Beginning with his family's odyssey, In a Different Key tells the extraordinary story of this often misunderstood condition, and of the civil rights battles waged by the families of those who have it. Unfolding over decades, it is a beautifully rendered history of ordinary people determined to secure a place in the world for those with autism--by liberating children from dank institutions, campaigning for their right to go to school, challenging expert opinion on what it means to have autism, and persuading society to accept those who are different. It is the story of women like Ruth Sullivan, who rebelled against a medical establishment that blamed cold and rejecting "refrigerator mothers" for causing autism; and of fathers who pushed scientists to dig harder for treatments. Many others played starring roles too: doctors like Leo Kanner, who pioneered our understanding of autism; lawyers like Tom Gilhool, who took the families' battle for education to the courtroom; scientists who sparred over how to treat autism; and those with autism, like Temple Grandin, Alex Plank, and Ari Ne'eman, who explained their inner worlds and championed the philosophy of neurodiversity. This is also a story of fierce controversies--from the question of whether there is truly an autism "epidemic," and whether vaccines played a part in it; to scandals involving "facilitated communication," one of many treatments that have proved to be blind alleys; to stark disagreements about whether scientists should pursue a cure for autism. There are dark turns too: we learn about experimenters feeding LSD to children with autism, or shocking them with electricity to change their behavior; and the authors reveal compelling evidence that Hans Asperger, discoverer of the syndrome named after him, participated in the Nazi program that consigned disabled children to death. By turns intimate and panoramic, In a Different Key takes us on a journey from an era when families were shamed and children were condemned to institutions to one in which a cadre of people with autism push not simply for inclusion, but for a new understanding of autism: as difference rather than disability"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Autism spectrum disorders; Autism spectrum disorders.; People with disabilities.;
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It ends with us [videorecording] / by Baldoni, Justin,1984-film director.; Lively, Blake,actor.; Minhaj, Hasan,1985-actor.; Morton, Amy,actor.; Sklenar, Brandon,1990-actor.; Slate, Jenny,1982-actor.; Hall, Christy,screenwriter.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Hoover, Colleen.It ends with us series.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, Jenny Slate, Hasan Minhaj, Amy Morton, Brandon Sklenar.It Ends With Us tells the story of Lily Bloom, a woman who overcomes a traumatic childhood to embark on a new life in Boston and chase a lifelong dream of opening her own business. A chance meeting with charming neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid sparks an intense connection, but as the two fall deeply in love, Lily begins to see sides of Ryle that remind her of her parents' relationship. When Lily's first love, Atlas Corrigan, suddenly reenters her life, her relationship with Ryle is upended, and Lily realizes she must learn to rely on her own strength to make an impossible choice for her future.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13.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.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Romance films.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Abusive men; Businesswomen; Divorced mothers; First loves; Women; Intimate partner violence; Man-woman relationships; Neurosurgeons; Triangles (Interpersonal relations);
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Ferdinand [videorecording] / by Cannavale, Bobby,voice actor.; Cena, John,voice actor.; Iglesias, Gabriel,1976-voice actor.; McKinnon, Kate,1984-voice actor.; Saldanha, Carlos,film director.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Leaf, Munro,1905-1976.Ferdinand[videorecording].; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc,publisher.;
John Cena, Kate McKinnon, Bobby Cannavale, Gabriel Iglesias.After Ferdinand, a bull with a big heart, is mistaken for a dangerous beast, he is captured and torn from his home. Determined to return to his family, he rallies a misfit team on the ultimate adventure.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.MPAA rating: PG; for some rude humor, action and some thematic elements.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 DVS, 2.0.
Subjects: Animated films.; Children's films.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Bullfights; Bulls; Human-animal relationships;
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I know what you did last summer [videorecording] / by Andujar, Courtney,production designer.; Andujar, Hillary,production designer.; Bechtel, Gabbriette,actor.; Campbell, William,1959-actor.; Ceo, Mari-An,costume designer.; Christian, Elisha,director of photography.; Cline, Madelyn,actor.; Dancy, Chanda,1978-composer (expression); Gellar, Sarah Michelle,1977-actor.; Haider, Saira,editor of moving image work.; Hauer-King, Jonah,1995-actor.; Hewitt, Jennifer Love,1979-actor.; Lansky, Sam,screenwriter.; McKendrick, Leah,screenwriter.; Moritz, Neal H.,film producer.; Nichols, Austin,1980-actor.; Pidgeon, Sarah,actor.; Prinze, Freddie,Jr.,actor.; Robinson, Jennifer Kaytin,film director,screenwriter.; Withers, Tyriq,actor.; Wonders, Chase Sui,1996-actor.; Columbia Pictures,production company.; Original Film (Firm),production company.; Screen Gems (1998- ),production company.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Director of photography, Elisha Christian ; production designers, Courtney Andujar, Hillary Andujar ; edited by Saira Haider ; music by Chanda Dancy ; costume designer, Mari-An Ceo.Madelyn Cline, Chase Sui Wonders, Jonah Hauer-King, Tyriq Withers, Sarah Pidgeon, Billy Campbell, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr., Jennifer Love Hewitt, Gabbriette Bechtel, Austin Nichols."When five friends inadvertently cause a deadly car accident, they cover up their involvement and make a pact to keep it a secret rather than face the consequences. One year later, the past comes back to haunt them as they learn someone knows what they did last summer. Stalked by a mysterious killer, they soon seek help from two survivors of the legendary Southport massacre of 1997."--Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for bloody horror violence, language throughout, some sexual content and brief drug use.Described video for the blind and visually impairedSubtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH)DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Horror films.; Slasher films.; Feature films.; Podcasters; Revenge; Serial murderers; Teenagers; Traffic accidents;
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Articulate : a deaf memoir of voice / by Kolb, Rachel,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."A deaf writer's exploration of language, communication, and what it means to be articulate -- and her journey to reclaim her voice. Rachel Kolb was born profoundly deaf the same year that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed, and she grew up as part of the first generation of deaf people with legal rights to accessibility services. Still, from a young age, she contorted herself to expectations set by a world that prioritizes hearing people. So she learned to speak through speech therapy and to piece together missing sounds through lipreading and an eventual cochlear implant, all while finding clarity and meaning in American Sign Language (ASL) and written literature. Now in Articulate, Kolb blends personal narrative with cultural commentary to explore the different layers of deafness, language, and voice. She deconstructs multisensory experiences of language, examining the cultural importance hearing people attach to sound, the inner labyrinths of speech therapy, the murkiness of lipreading, and her lifelong intimacy with written English. And she uses her own experiences to illuminate the complexities of disability access, partnerships with ASL interpreters, Deaf culture and d/Deaf identity, and the perception versus reality of deafness. Part memoir, part cultural exploration, Kolb details a life lived among words in varied sensory forms and considers why and how those words matter. Told through rich storytelling, analysis, and humor, Articulate is a linguistic coming-of-age in both deaf and hearing worlds, challenging us to consider how language expresses our humanity -- and offering more ways we might exist together"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Kolb, Rachel.; Deaf people; Deaf people; Deaf people;
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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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Raya and the last dragon [videorecording] / by Awkwafina,1989-voice actor.; Butler, Ross,1990-voice actor.; Del Vecho, Peter,film producer.; Hall, Don,1969-film director.; Kim, Adele,screenwriter,film director.; Nguyen, Qui,screenwriter.; Shurer, Osnat,film producer.; Tran, Kelly Marie,voice actor.; Tudyk, Alan,voice actor.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.; Walt Disney Pictures,production company.;
Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafina, Alan Tudyk, Ross Butler, Gemma Chan, Daniel Dae Kim, Sandra Oh, Benedict Wong.Long ago, in the fantasy world of Kumandra, humans and dragons lived together in harmony. But when sinister monsters known as the Druun threatened the land, the dragons sacrificed themselves to save humanity. Now, 500 years later, those same monsters have returned and it's up to a lone warrior, Raya, to track down the last dragon in order to finally stop the Druun for good. However, along her journey, she'll learn that it'll take more than dragon magic to save the world; it's going to take trust as well.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG; for some violence, action and thematic elements.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.; Action and adventure films.; Children's films.; Animated films.; Feature films.; Dragons; Monsters; Magic;
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Tomb raider [videorecording] / by Goggins, Walton,1971-actor.; Jacobi, Derek,actor.; Robertson-Dworet, Geneva,screenwriter.; Siddons, Alastair,screenwriter.; Uthaug, Roar,film director.; Vikander, Alicia,1988-actor.; West, Dominic,1969-actor.; Wu, Yanzu,1974-actor.; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Alicia Vikander, Dominic West, Walton Goggins, Daniel Wu, Derek Jacobi.Lara Croft (Alicia Vikander) is the independent daughter of an eccentric adventurer who mysteriously vanished when she was a teen. Determined to forge her own path, she refuses to take the reins of her father's global empire just as she rejects the idea that he's truly gone. Against her father's final wishes, Lara leaves everything she knows behind in search of her dad's last-known destination: a fabled tomb on a mythical island. Her mission will not be easy; just reaching the island will be extremely treacherous. Against all odds and armed with only her sharp mind, blind faith and inherently stubborn spirit, she must learn to push herself beyond her limits as she journeys into the unknown. If she survives this perilous adventure, she could earn the name "Tomb Raider".Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for sequences of violence and action, and for some language.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Adventure and adventurers; Croft, Lara (Fictitious character); Fathers and daughters; Missing persons;
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My left foot [videorecording] / by Bernstein, Elmer.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Brown, Christy,1932-1981.My left foot.; Connaughton, Shane,screenwriter.; Cusack, Cyril,1910-1993,actor.; Day-Lewis, Daniel,actor.; Dunbar, Adrian,1958-actor.; Fricker, Brenda,actor.; McAnally, Ray,actor.; McCabe, Ruth,actor.; O'Conor, Hugh,1975-actor.; Pearson, Noel,film producer.; Shaw, Fiona,1958-actor.; Sheridan, Jim,1949-film director,screenwriter.; Whelan, Alison,actor.; Granada Films,production company.; Lions Gate Films,production company.; Miramax Films,presenter.; Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Director of photography, Jack Conroy ; editor, J. Patrick Duffner ; music composed and conducted by Elmer Bernstein ; production designer, Austen Spriggs ; special advisor to the production, Gene Lambert.Daniel Day Lewis, Ray McAnally, Brenda Fricker, Fiona Shaw, Hugh O'Conor, Adrian Dunbar, Ruth McCabe, Alison Whelan, Cyril Cusack.Born with cerebral palsy, the 10th of 22 children of a Dublin bricklayer and his wife, Christy Brown was doomed to life as a vegetable by physicians in 1932. His strong-willed mother's love and faith encouraged him to overcome this label. At age seven, he made a mark with chalk grasped between the toes of his left foot, the only limb on his body he could control. With this proof of intelligence, his schooling begins, and aided by his loving family, Christy learns to grapple with life's physical tasks and psychological pains. His courage and determination inspire a teacher, who lends support as he develops into a brilliant if cantankerous writer, poet, and painter. The astounding story of an artist who defeated a physical disability, degrading stereotypes, and poverty to fulfill his dreams.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.Academy Award best actor (Daniel Day-Lewis), 1989, and best supporting actress (Brenda Fricker), 1989
Subjects: Biographical films.; Feature films.; Brown, Christy, 1932-1981.; Brown, Christy, 1932-1981; Cerebral palsied; Mouth and foot painting artists; People with disabilities; Young men;
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The covenant [videorecording] / by Atkinson, Ivan,screenwriter,film producer.; Beecham, Emily,1984-actor.; Berger, Josh,film producer.; Davies, Marn,screenwriter.; Friedberg, John,film producer.; Gyllenhaal, Jake,1980-actor.; Ludwig, Alexander,1992-actor.; Miller, Jonny Lee,actor.; Ritchie, Guy,film director,screenwriter,film producer.; Sagar, Sean,actor.; Salim, Dar,1977-actor.; Schofield, Bobby,1993-actor.; Starr, Antony,1975-actor.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1992- ),presenter.; STXfilms (Firm),presenter.; Toff Guy Films,production company.; Warner Bros. Entertainment,publisher.;
Director of photography, Ed Wild ; edited by James Herbert ; music by Chris Benstead.Jake Gyllenhaal, Dar Salim, Antony Starr, Alexander Ludwig, Sean Sagar, Bobby Schofield, Emily Beecham, Jonny Lee Miller.Guy Ritchie's The Covenant follows US Army Sergeant John Kinley (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Afghan interpreter Ahmed (Dar Salim). After an ambush, Ahmed goes to Herculean lengths to save Kinley's life. When Kinley learns that Ahmed and his family were not given safe passage to America as promised, he must repay his debt by returning to the war zone to retrieve them before the Taliban hunts them down first.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for violence, language throughout and brief drug content.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.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; War films.; Afghan War, 2001-2021; Male friendship; Soldiers; Translators;
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