ISBN:
9781523087570
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (217 pages)
DDC:
305.908
Keywords:
Disability awareness
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Resilience (Personality trait)
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People with disabilities-Social conditions
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Resilience (Personality trait)
;
People with disabilities-Social conditions
;
Disability awareness..
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Dedication -- Preface -- INTRODUCTION: The Disability Advantage -- A Word about Words -- Lesson 1: If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It -- What Gord Walker Taught Me -- Body Politics: Catherine Frazee -- Brilliant Imperfection: Eli Clare -- The Gift: Judith Snow -- A Brief History of Imperfection: Dr. Stephen Hawking -- If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It: The Schappell Twins -- Hidden Wholeness: Parker Palmer -- Humanity Passport: Naoki Higashida with David Mitchell -- A Culture with No Boundaries: Carey, Shelly, and Zoe Elverum -- Lesson 2: Funny Things Happen on the Way to the Future -- What David Roche Taught Me -- Funny Things Happen on the Way to the Future: Michael J. Fox -- Laughing Matters: Maysoon Zayid -- If at Birth You Don't Succeed: Zach Anner -- Changing the World One Laugh at a Time: Nidhi Goyal -- Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot: John Callahan -- Get Down Moves: Lauren Potter -- Smart Ass Empire: Mike Ervin -- Funny, You Don't Look Crazy: Victoria Maxwell -- Lesson 3: Label Jars, Not People -- What Cradle Heaven Taught Me -- The Mismeasure of Man: Stephen Jay Gould -- The Power of Not Fitting In: Temple Grandin -- Dethroning Stereotypes: Peter Dinklage -- Identity Complications: Cristina Hartmann -- The R-Word: Timothy Shriver -- Breaking the Silence: Allie Cashel -- Label Jars, Not People: Edith Sheffer -- Branding Disability: Albert Lasker -- Lesson 4: There Ain't No Cure for Love -- What Phil and Wendy Allen Taught Me -- Hot, Wet, and Shaking: Kaleigh Trace -- There Ain't No Cure for Love: Leonard Cohen -- Love at Second Sight: Marlena Blavin -- Sex and the Gimpy Girl: Nancy Mairs -- Crossing Half of China to Sleep with You: Yu Xiuhua -- Fifty Shades of Scarlet: Mik Scarlet -- Things Disabled People Know about Parenting: Ing Wong-Ward.
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