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Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"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...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
For children with a learning or physical disability, the focus is often on what's wrong. Miss You Can Do It celebrates what's right. This uplifting HBO Documentary Film chronicles the efforts of Abbey Curran, a former Miss Iowa USA and the first woman with a disability to compete in the Miss USA Pageant®, and eight girls with various disabilities as they participate in the Miss You Can Do It pageant. Created in 2004 by Curran (who has cerebral palsy),...
Pub. Date
[2013], c2012
Language
English
Description
I'm not really one of those parents of a kid with special needs who thinks it's a gift from God or a blessing in disguise, says filmmaker Kelly O'Brien. O'Brien speaks honestly about her struggle to cope for the first five years following the birth of Teddy, born with extensive brain damage resulting from an in-utero viral infection. The rewards as well as the challenges of caring for him are evident in Softening, a lyrical cinematic diary O'Brien...
6) Earth star
Author
Series
Earth girl trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Eighteen-year-old Jarra has a lot to prove. After being awarded one of the military's highest honors for her role in a daring rescue attempt, Jarra finds herself - and her Ape status - in the spotlight. Jarra is one of the unlucky few born with an immune system that cannot survive on other planets. Derided as an "ape"- a "throwback" - by the rest of the universe, Jarra is on a mission to prove that Earth Girls are just as good as anyone else. Except...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
""We believe your baby has Down Syndrome." I can still remember hearing those words from the doctor when they came into the recovery room after Kevin's birth. I knew at that moment my life would never by the same. Would I ever feel joy or happiness again? What will this baby's life be like? How can I possibly raise a child with a disability? This wasn't supposed to happen to me. Little did I know God was right there beside me the whole time." -- From...
Pub. Date
[2013], c2012
Language
English
Description
The rate of autism diagnosis in American children continues to climb according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report. NewsHour correspondent Jeffrey Brown discusses the latest research into the group of disorders with CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden and the University of Rochester Medical Center's Dr. Susan Hyman. Origina?
11) Gabriela
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Introducing American Girl's 2017 Girl of the Year! Find out how the girl's story began in this first of four novels. American girl, girl of the year series.
12) Henry the boy
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
Henry uses forearm crutches decorated with animal stickers. He sometimes feels out of place at school, but through his own rich imagination and his friendship with Joel, Henry learns to define himself on his own terms.
Author
Series
Aven Green volume 2
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Now that third-grader Aven Green has retired from sleuthing, it's time to conquer a whole new world: baking! Aven knows she's an expert baker of cakes and cookies since she's been baking with her mom for a really long time. Plus no one bakes quite like she does. She cracks eggs with her feet and measures sugar and flour with her feet (plus measuring cups), since she was born without arms. And now Aven has her eye on the prize: a beautiful blue ribbon...
16) Can bears ski?
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
"Is Little Bear ignoring his friends when they say hi, or is something else going on? A discovery opens new doors in a tale that will delight kids with deafness and all children learning to navigate their world."--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
Derek Fallon has expanded his taste in cartoons to the world of manga and anime. Together with his friends Carly, Matt, and Umberto, Derek has fun learning about all the cool aspects of ninja culture. When someone starts vandalizing their school with graffiti of a mischievous troll-like figure, these ninjas-in-training are convinced they'll be able to crack the case. But it turns out that being a ninja is a lot more work than they thought, and this...
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
When a boy with spina bifida discovers an interest in racing soap box carts, the attention he receives makes his older brother jealous.
A courageous twelve-year-old with a real zest for life and a wonderful sense of humor reaches the national soap box derby championship against all odds.
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