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Sitting pretty : the view from my ordinary resilient disabled body / by Taussig, Rebekah,author.;
"From disability advocate with a PhD in disability studies and creative nonfiction, and creator of the Instagram account @ sitting pretty, an essay collection based on a lifetime of experiences in a paralyzed body, tackling themes of identity, accessibility, bodies, and representation"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Taussig, Rebekah.; Disabilities.; Paraplegics; Women with disabilities;
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Haben : the deafblind woman who conquered Harvard Law / by Girma, Haben,1988-author.;
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Girma, Haben, 1988-; Deafblind women; Lawyers with disabilities; Women lawyers;
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Death of the author : a novel / by Okorafor, Nnedi,author.;
Disabled, disinclined to marry, and more interested in writing than a lucrative career in medicine or law, Zelu has always felt like the outcast of her large Nigerian family. Then her life is upended when, in the middle of her sister's lavish Caribbean wedding, she's unceremoniously fired from her university job and, to add insult to injury, her novel is rejected by yet another publisher. With her career and dreams crushed in one fell swoop, she decides to write something just for herself. What comes out is nothing like the quiet, literary novels that have so far peppered her unremarkable career. It's a far-future epic where androids and AI wage war in the grown-over ruins of human civilization. She calls it Rusted Robots. When Zelu finds the courage to share her strange novel, she does not realize she is about to embark on a life-altering journey--one that will catapult her into literary stardom, but also perhaps obliterate everything her book was meant to be. From Chicago to Lagos to the far reaches of space, Zelu's novel will change the future not only for humanity, but for the robots who come next. A book-within-a-book that blends the line between writing and being written, Death of the Author is a masterpiece of metafiction that manages to combine the razor-sharp commentary of Yellowface with the heartfelt humanity of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. Surprisingly funny, deeply poignant, and endlessly discussable, this is at once the tale of a woman on the margins risking everything to be heard and a testament to the power of storytelling to shape the world as we know it.
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Sagas.; Novels.; Authors; Fame; Families; Movement disorders; Nigerian Americans; Robots in literature; Women authors; Women with disabilities;
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Helen [videorecording (DVD)] / by Fast, Alexia.; Judd, Ashley.; Nettelbeck, Sandra.; Nykl, David.; Smith, Lauren Lee.; Visnjic, Goran.; Watson, Alberta.; Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm.; Alliance Films (Firm);
Music by David Darling.Ashley Judd, Goran Visnjic, Lauren Lee Smith, Alexia Fast, Alberta Watson, David Nykl.Helen is a beautiful and successful music professor and mother. She seems to have it all, yet there is a hidden truth she has managed to keep at bay for many years, something even her husband doesn't know. Helen suffers from a deep, debilitating depression. Although her family tries to help her, no one can relate to her pain other than a young female student who knows depression all too well.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Family secrets; Feature films.; Manic-depressive illness; Music teachers; Teacher-student relationships; Women with mental disabilities;
© c2010., Alliance Films : Distributed by Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm,
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Piglet : the unexpected story of a deaf blind pink puppy and his family / by Shapiro, Melissa,1960-author.; Rivas, Mim Eichler,author.;
"In the tradition of the beloved New York Times bestsellers Marley and Me and Oogy: The Dog Only a Family Could Love, a charming, inspirational memoir about empathy, resilience, kindness, and an adorable deaf blind pink dog"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Piglet (Dog); Shapiro, Melissa, 1960-; Dog adoption.; Dog rescue.; Dogs with disabilities.; Human-animal relationships.; Dog owners; Women veterinarians;
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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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The lady in the van [videorecording] / by Bennett, Alan,1934-screenwriter.; Broadbent, Jim,actor.; Hytner, Nicholas,film director.; Jennings, Alex,actor.; Smith, Maggie,1934-actor.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings, Jim Broadbent.Originally released as a motion picture in 2015.The film tells the true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who 'temporarily' parked her van in Bennett's London driveway and proceeded to live there for fifteen years.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen (1.85) ; Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Bennett, Alan, 1934-; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Friendship; Homeless women; Interpersonal relations; Man-woman relationships; Squatters; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.;
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He named me Malala [videorecording] / by Guggenheim, Davis,film director,film producer.; MacDonald, Laurie,film producer.; Parkes, Walter F.,film producer.; Yousafzai, Malala,1997-; Yousafzai, Toor Pekai.; Yousafzai, Ziauddin.; Fox Searchlight Pictures,production company.; Image Nation (Firm),presenter.; National Geographic Channel (Television station : Washington, D.C.),presenter.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.,publisher.;
Director of photography, Erich Roland ; music, Thomas Newman ; editors, Greg Finton, Brian Johnson, Brad Fuller.Malala Yousafzai, Ziauddin Yousafzai, Toor Pekai Yousafzai.An intimate portrait of Malala Yousafzai, who was wounded when Taliban gunmen opened fire on her in Pakistan's Swat Valley. The shooting of the then fifteen-year-old teenager sparked international media outrage. An educational activist in Pakistan, Yousafzai has since emerged as a leading campaigner for the rights of children worldwide and in December 2014, became the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Yousafzai, Malala, 1997-; Documentary films.; Girls; Girls; Political activists; Sex discrimination in education; Social reformers; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Women social reformers;
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Women talking [videorecording] / by Buckley, Jessie,1989-actor.; Foy, Claire,1984-actor.; Gardner, Dede,film producer.; Ivey, Judith,1951-actor.; Kleiner, Jeremy,film producer.; Mara, Rooney,actor.; McDormand, Frances,film producer,actor.; Polley, Sarah,screenwriter,film director.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Toews, Miriam,1964-Women talking.; Orion Pictures,presenter.; Plan B Entertainment,production company.; Universal Studios, Inc.,publisher.;
Jessie Buckley, Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Judith Ivey, Ben Whishaw, Frances McDormand.The women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling their reality with their faith. Though the backstory, we see a community of women come together to figure out how they might move forward together to build a better world for themselves and their children. Stay and fight or leave. They will not do nothing.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: PG-13; for mature thematic content including sexual assault, bloody images, and some strong language.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: Feature films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Conspiracies; Female friendship; Man-woman relationships; Mennonite women; Rape victims; Religious communities;
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Little women [videorecording] / by Gerwig, Greta,screenwriter,film director.; Chalamet, Timothée,actor.; Cooper, Chris,actor.; Dern, Laura,actor.; Garrel, Louis,actor.; Letts, Tracy,1965-actor.; Norton, James,1985-actor.; Odenkirk, Bob,1962-actor.; Pugh, Florence,1996-actor.; Ronan, Saoirse,1994-actor.; Scanlen, Eliza,1999-actor.; Streep, Meryl,actor.; Watson, Emma,1990-actor.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Alcott, Louisa May,1832-1888.Little women.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Timothee Chalamet, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Laura Dern, Bob Odenkirk, Tracy Letts, James Norton, Louis Garrel, Chris Cooper, Meryl Streep.Infusing the 1868 Louisa May Alcott classic with contemporary sensibilities and nonlinear narrative, director/screenwriter Greta Gerwig stylishly recounts the tribulations and triumphs of willful aspiring novelist Jo March (Saoirse Ronan) through her Civil War-era upbringing and enduring bonds with siblings Meg (Emma Watson), Amy (Florence Pugh), and Beth (Eliza Scanlen).Canadian Home Video Rating: G.MPAA rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 DVS.
Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; March, Jo (Fictitious character); March, Beth (Fictitious character); March, Amy (Fictitious character); March, Meg (Fictitious character); Sisters; Female friendship; Man-woman relationships; Women authors, American;
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