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1 of 1	North Branford/Smith Teen Nonfiction	Teen 305.9 Disability
1 of 1	Branford/Blackstone YA Nonfiction	YA 305.908 DIS
2 of 2	East Lyme Public YA Non-Fiction	YA 305.908 Disability
1 of 1	Guilford YA Non-Fiction	YA 305.9 DISABILITY
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1 of 1	North Haven Young Teen Nonfiction	YT 305.908 Wong, Alice
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Delacorte Press

xviii, 139 pages ; 22 cm

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2) Disability visibility: first-person stories from the twenty-first century

"A young adult adaptation of Alice Wong's Disability Visibility: First Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century"--

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Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC

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1 of 1	Norwich/Otis Adult Nonfiction	305.908 WON
1 of 1	West Haven Main Adult Non-fiction	305.908 DISABILITY

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309 pages; 20 cm

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3) Summary of Alice Wong's Disability Visibility

"A groundbreaking collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience: Disability Visibility brings together the voices of activists, authors, lawyers, politicians, artists, and everyday people whose daily lives are, in the words of playwright Neil Marcus, "an art . . . an ingenious way to live." According to the last census, one in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some are visible,...

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IRB Media

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IRB

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2022

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English

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4) A Mind That Found Itself: An Autobiography. Mint Editions (Visibility for Disability, Health and Wellness)

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. #1 I had agreed to two speaking engagements. In the morning, I spoke to one hundred fifty undergraduates on selective infanticide. In the evening, it was a convivial discussion of assisted suicide. I was the token cripple with an opposing view. #2 I am in the first generation to survive to such decrepitude. Because antibiotics were available, we didn't die from the childhood pneumonias...

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Beers, Clifford Whittingham

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Mint Editions

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2023

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English

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5) Sensational kids: hope and help for children with sensory processing disorder (SPD)

In 1905, after suffering a relapse and spending a few months at The Hartford Retreat, Clifford Whittingham Beers elected to write a book about his experiences living with mental illness and being subject to cruel treatment and physical abuse while being institutionalized. Titled, A Mind That Found Itself, the 1908 autobiography told the story of a young man who had suffered a life full of personal tragedy, leading to feelings of intense anxiety,...

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Miller, Lucy J.

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English

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xxviii, 434 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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1 of 1	Durham Adult Non-Fiction	618.928 MIL
1 of 1	Hamden/Miller Children's Parent Resource	j618.928/MIL (PARENT RESOURCE)
1 of 1	Meriden Children's Parenting	J 618.92 MI
1 of 1	North Haven Children's Parent Shelf	j 616.8982 Miller (Parent Shelf)
1 of 1	Orange/Case Adult Nonfiction Book	618.928 Miller

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2014

Perigree trade paperback revised edition

A Perigree Book

xxv, 351 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

c2006

G.P. Putnam's Sons

xxv, 351 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

2007, c2006

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Perigee

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6) Being seen: one deafblind woman's fight to end ableism

Imagine that you are a parent of a child with no visible disability, but whose experiences of everyday life present constant challenges. What may be typical activities for most people are a struggle, often resulting in social, emotional, and academic problems. Sensory Processing Disorder, a complex brain disorder, affects one in twenty children. They experience sensations--taste, touch, sound, sight, smell, movement and body awareness--vastly differently...

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Sjunneson, Elsa, 1985-

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English

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1 of 1	Branford/Blackstone Adult Biography	BIO.SJUNNESON, (ELSA)
1 of 1	Durham Adult Biography	B SJUNNESON
1 of 1	Meriden Adult Biography	BIO SJUNNESON, E

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First Tiller Press hardcover edition

Tiller Press

xi, 273 pages ; 24 cm

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"A deafblind writer and professor explores how the misrepresentation of disability in books, movies, and TV harms both the disabled community and everyone else"--

7) Meet me in outer space

Author:

Grace, Melinda

Pub. Date:

2019

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English

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1 of 1	West Haven Main Young Adult Fiction	YA FIC GRACE

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Edie Kits, who has an auditory processing disorder that makes it hard to understand words, gets help from a cute teaching assistant, Hudson, to pass her college French class.

8) The Wheels of Cady Grey

Author:

Arvidson, Paul L.

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Cady Grey Mysteries

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English

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9) Loving our own bones: disability wisdom and the spiritual subversiveness of knowing ourselves whole

Get in the way of ruthless people and it's gonna get you killed. Cady Grey is invisible. One of the 'perks' of being a wheelchair user. Sometimes it's better that way, 'specially when you're a sweary, spitty teenage girl who's main aim is getting through high-school in one piece.But then a sinister shell company wants to knock their school down and is prepared to stop at nothing. She and her friends are the only ones invested enough to care and smart...

Author:

Belser, Julia Watts, 1978-

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Beacon Press

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[2023]

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English

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1 of 1	Madison/Scranton Adult Fiction	296.087 BELSER
1 of 1	Meriden New Adult Non-Fiction	296.087 BE
1 of 1	Wallingford NEW Adult Nonfiction	296.087 BELSER

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"A spiritual companion and political manifesto that cuts through objectification and inspiration alike to offer a powerful new account of disability in biblical narrative and contemporary culture"--

10) Handbook of learning disabilities

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English

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xix, 716 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

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0 of 1	East Hampton Juvenile Parent Books	JP 371.926 HAN
1 of 1	Mitchell College Book Stacks	LC4704 .H364 2013

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2nd ed

The Guilford Press

xvii, 587 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

[2003]

Guilford Press

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11) In Between Spaces: An anthology of disabled writers

"This comprehensive handbook reviews the major theoretical, methodological, and instructional advances that have occurred in the field of learning disabilities. With contributions from leading researchers, the volume synthesizes a vast body of knowledge on the nature of learning disabilities, their relationship to basic psychological and brain processes, and how students with these difficulties can best be identified and treated. Findings are reviewed...

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Various Authors

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Stillhouse Press

Pub. Date:

2022

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English

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12) Happiness to Live By: 100 Inspiring Stories to Smile About

"In Between Spaces", Stillhouse Press's first ever anthology, centers the experiences of thirty-three disabled poets, short-story writers, and essayists as they navigate the physical and emotional complexities of disability, chronic illness, neurodivergence, and mental illness. Compiled by an editorial team of disabled writers, this timely collection of often-overlooked voices celebrates joy, freedom, and the power of agency, while at the same time...

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Ziglar, Zig

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Thomas Nelson

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2023

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English

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The late Zig Ziglar delivers life-changing wisdom and guidance in this compilation of touching stories about people who overcame disabilities and disadvantages, or who overcame all odds in fields from which they were excluded. These heartfelt stories teach us the lessons of a lifetime and guide us toward finding our own contentment. Zig reveals the surest path to happiness and helps your untapped joy and gratefulness for life become visible. In...

13) Dandelion Heart

Author:

Vincent, Kelly

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Debut Books

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2021

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English

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A love letter to all the minds and bodies the world is still trying to force into a mould long broken. Dandelion Heart is an eye-opening collection of poignant essays and poetry that grapples with disability in an identity-driven world. Exploring powerful themes ranging from body image and self-esteem to sex, relationships, and mental health, author and disability rights advocate, Kelly Vincent, draws on her own experiences as an autistic and physically...

14) What is Disability?

Author:

Hawley, Erin

Publisher:

Cherry Lake Publishing

Pub. Date:

2022

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English

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This series explores disability in a comprehensive, honest, and age-appropriate way. This book explores what disability means and covers different types of disabilities both visible and invisible. Engaging inquiry-based sidebars encourage students to LOOK, THINK, MAKE A GUESS, ASK QUESTIONS, and CREATE. Books are authored by writers with disabilities, feature accessible text, and was developed in partnership with Easterseals who is leading the way...

15) Nothing Special

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Bilyak, Dianne

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English

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16) Born extraordinary: empowering children with differences and disabilities

This account of two siblings, one with Down syndrome, growing up in 1970s Connecticut. Nothing Special is a disarmingly candid tale of two sisters growing up in the 1970s in rural Connecticut. Older sister Chris, who has Down syndrome, is an extrovert with a knack for getting what she wants, while the author, her younger, typically developing sister, shoulders the burdens and grief of her parents, especially their father's alcoholism. Dianne Bilyak...

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Zucker, Meg

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A TarcherPerigee Book

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[2023]

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1 of 1	Hamden/Brundage Community Adult Nonfiction	649.15/ZUC
1 of 1	Ledyard/Bill New Nonfiction	649.15 Zucker
1 of 1	Madison/Scranton Adult Nonfiction	649.15 ZUCKER
1 of 1	North Haven Adult Nonfiction	649.15 Zucker, Meg
1 of 1	Old Saybrook/Acton Adult Non-Fiction	649.15 ZUCKER

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A TarcherPerigee Book

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"Born Extraordinary helps parents of children with differences and disabilities to relinquish their instinctive anxieties, embrace their new normal, and ultimately find joy in watching their children thrive. Often the subjects of unwanted attention-ranging from pitying stares to bullying-Zucker and her sons have learned to ignore what others think and live fearlessly. Also incorporating the stories of other families with visible and invisible differences...

17) The Geranium Window

Author:

MacNeil, Beatrice

Publisher:

Breakwater Books Ltd

Pub. Date:

2016

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English

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In the fictional village of Rocky Point, Cape Breton, just after WWII, the Briar family keeps a secret. Locked in his room, Joseph Briar, a child with visible and non-visible disabilities, is hidden from the community. And what Alfie Johns discovers through Joseph's window will lead him to love and a future framing beauty in photographs. Harkening back to Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men and Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden, Beatrice MacNeil...

18) I, the Revolution

Author:

Vera, Valois J.

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Valois J. Vera

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2023

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English

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'I, The Revolution', from Valois J. Vera (aka "Crip Lyrical") is a collection of poems that screams for justice for marginalized people. Vera champions liberation and grapples with identity, chronic pain, community, the impact of isms, and how to make the world more accessible for all. In the end, Vera comes to the conclusion that to be disabled is to be revolutionary. This collection ties in many social justice movements and shows that crip liberation...

19) Growing up Disabled in the Real World

Author:

Andrew

Publisher:

AuthorHouse

Pub. Date:

2014

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English

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The biopsies of my life growing up fast and hard and being disabled in the real world is one that did not come easy. It took me over forty years to overcome it and a lot of the reason I was able to be because of my prayer life. Just like people in war come back with post-traumatic stress syndrome, people that are disabled that are abused by their peers also shut down their emotions, believing that they will not get hurt again. And this takes a long...

20) Raising Kids With Disabilities

Author:

Dixon, Frank

Publisher:

Findaway Voices

Pub. Date:

2022

Language:

English

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