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Book SynopsisThe new edition of Dyslexia is written for parents of dyslexic children and the professionals who work with them, and provides information on the role parents can play in supporting their dyslexic child. This updated edition contains new material and up-to-date discussions of current research and programs. Empowers parents by providing them with strategies for dealing with a wide range of concerns including dyspraxia and dyscalculia New sections cover post-school issues, the emotional needs of young people with dyslexia and information on how parents can help at home Features information on some of the more popular interventions for dyslexia, and critical evaluations of alternative treatments' Includes firsthand accounts of parents' hopes, successes and setbacks, and extensive lists of organizations and resources Trade Review"The book itself is easy to navigate: chapters are effectively summarised and well sign-posted, the index is comprehensive, and there is a useful glossary ... Gavin Reid's book offers the reader a glimpse of a gold standard, which, sadly, many parents will still not find, even in this post-Rose Review environment." (Dyslexia Review, 2011)Table of ContentsAbout the author. Introduction and acknowledgments. Chapter 1 What is dyslexia? Chapter 2 Finding out about dyslexia. Chapter 3 Finding out if my child is dyslexic. Chapter 4 Learning to read and why it is difficult for children with dyslexia. Chapter 5 Supporting my child with dyslexia. Chapter 6 Overlapping difficulties: Dyscalculia. Chapter 7 Overlapping difficulties: Dyspraxia and dysgraphia. Chapter 8 Attention difficulties. Chapter 9 Self-esteem and emotional development. Chapter 10 Empowering parents. Chapter 11 Parents’ and children's voices. Chapter 13 Issues for parents to consider. Appendix 1 Assessment. Appendix 2 Programs. Appendix 3 DSM-IV and DSM-V: Criteria. Appendix 4 Information: Sources, resources and organizations. Appendix 5 Selected glossary. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis is the first ever interdisciplinary text on health issues concerning persons of all ages with intellectual and developmental disabilities for the classroom. The book is in outline format for easy use in developing lectures, presentations and handouts on important health issues affecting this population.

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Book SynopsisDoes My Child Have Autism? is a question so many parents are asking themselves today. Is he avoiding eye contact? Why can't she talk? Is my child's development normal or does he have an Autism Spectrum Disorder? Parents know that if their child is somewhere on that spectrum, they need to intervene as early as possible to maximize the benefits of early intervention. This groundbreaking book, by one of the foremost experts, teachers, and clinicians in the field, provides a guide for parents about what to look for at home at twenty-four months or even earlier, what to do, and how to get the right kind of help from doctors, counselors, therapists, and other professionals.Trade Review" … gives advice on how to spot the traits of autism in a child and how to get the right help from doctors, counsellors, therapists and other professionals." (Children now, April 2006)Table of ContentsPreface. 1. What Exactly Are Autism Spectrum Disorders? 2. What Should I Look For? 3. The Early Diagnostic Process. 4. Early Intervention Is Your Child's Best Hope for the Future. 5. Working with Your Child at Home. Epilogue. Appendix A. Diagnostic Criteria for Autistic Disorder. Appendix B. Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT). Notes. Resources. About the Authors. Index.

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Book SynopsisEntertainers Roy and Dale Evans Rogers were thrilled when their little daughter Robin was born. But their excitement turned to concern when they were informed that Robin was born with Down''s Syndrome and advised to 'put her away.' The Rogers ignored such talk and instead kept Robin, and she graced their home for two and a half years. Though Robin''s time on earth was short, she changed her parents'' lives and even made life better for other children born with special needs in the years to come. Angel Unaware is Robin''s account of her life as she looks down from heaven. As she speaks to God about the mission of love she just completed on earth, the reader sees how she brought her parents closer to God and encouraged them to help other children in need. This book, which changed the way America treated children with special needs, is now available to a new generation. It is the perfect gift for parents of special needs children, parents grieving the death of a child, or

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Book SynopsisMary Felstiner went to bed one night an active professional and healthy young mother and woke the next morning literally out of joint. With hands and arms no longer working right, she had discovered a first sign of rheumatoid arthritis. This book tells both the personal and the public story of this prevalent yet neglected disease.Trade Review"Felstiner brings a feminist's eye and a historian's tool kit to this narrative of her decades-long struggle with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a crippling autoimmune disease that afflicts more than two million Americans. . . . The book's total effect is powerful, and her major chords strike true: RA is a devastatingly disabling condition with steep private and public costs; its disproportionate effects on women have not been adequately addressed; its social, political, and interpersonal implications are significant. In the end, Felstiner's story is as much about the complexities of belonging—as a woman, a feminist, a Jew, an intellectual—as it is about her illness. So it has something to discover for any reader, pained joints or otherwise."—Publishers Weekly"Felstiner proves not only an able historian but a powerful memoirist, deftly combining the private and the public. . . . Particularly compelling are her vivid accounts of how it actually feels to be her: not only the pain that can stop her from doing simple tasks or her problems with side effects of medications, but the tensions chronic illness can create in a marriage and the anxious fears that can flood the mind. . . . If chronicles of triumph over illness may be too upbeat a model for afflictions that worsen over time, Felstiner proves there is something to be gained from any experience, and something more to be gained from examining and writing about it."—Merle Rubin, Los Angeles Times"Our species likes to make sense of things, to find a story to explain even sickness, even storms. In Out of Joint: A Private & Public Story of Arthritis, history professor Mary Felstiner looks for her story within the larger story of her disease. Like many people visited by illness, Felstiner, diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) at age 28, wants to know why. In this artful and intelligent book, she examines this question from many angles—personal, medical historical. . . . Her candor and her research, as well as her sharp and graceful writing style, make Out of Joint an evocative and provocative read."—Frances Lefkowitz, Body + Soul"Out of Joint is superbly written and a must for anyone wishing to better understand rheumatoid arthritis."—ForeWord“Out of Joint reminds us that the words we use as health professionals can have a profound negative effect on the recipient’s appraisal of the situation. . . . . This book is inspiring and easy to read.”—Sarah Ryan, Nursing StandardTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPreviewPart I. Getting Hurt Shock, 1969 Tops, 1959-69 Fatigue, 1971-74 Promises, 1975-76 Alternatives, 1979Part II. Getting Wise Inflammation, 1980-84 Immunity, 1985 Shame, 1986 Stiffness, 1987 Distrust, 1987-88 Morbidity, 1988 Mortality, 1989Part III. Getting Back Access, 1993 Despair, 1993 Moves, 1994-95 Truths, 1996 Pieces, 1996-97 Wondeer, 1941-49 Falsehood, 1950-59 Pain, 1960-68 Stress, 1997Part IV. Getting Help Family, 1997 Partners, 1998 Time, 1998 Revolution, 1999 Rights, 1999 Hands, 1999Part V. Getting Past Healing RetrospectNotesResources

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"With candor and humor, Handler describes the people and places he saw, touched, loved, and hated as he set out to discover himself, armed with a camera, a keen sense of the real, and the Tourette’s Syndrome."—SciTech Book News"The first memoir by someone with Tourette’s syndrome . . . It is a mind-bending account of a mind-boggling affliction."—Entertainment Weekly"A most engaging account of a rich and creative life."—Oliver Sacks, M.D."Driven along through the pages fascinated by the characters, the symptoms, the kinds of behavior and above all by the compassion this man has for both his work and his fellow Touretters. The strength of this account is in the very personal story it tells."—Metapsychology "Handler gives a clear account of Tourette's all right, but that is the least of what is impressive about Twitch and Shout. The book is herky-jerky like the illness, zippy and zestful and interspersed with moments of despair. Handler is a voyeur and an experience junkie and an optimist. He is good company."—Peter D. Kramer, author of Listening to Prozac

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Book SynopsisDon Kulick and Jens Rydström argue that for people with disabilities, being able to explore their sexuality is an issue of fundamental social justice. The authors analyze how Sweden and Denmark engage with the sexuality of people with disabilities; whereas Sweden hinders sexuality, Denmark supports it through the work of third-party sexual helpers.Trade Review“Complex but important to disability studies programs. … Recommended. Graduate students, faculty, professionals." -- J. L. Croissant * Choice *“This is a powerful book, sure to make the reader sit up, both intellectually and emotionally, as it considers a subject still largely hidden from investigative scrutiny because of ignorance, anxiety, prejudice and false moralities…. Loneliness and its Opposite will make highly rewarding reading for academically oriented insiders and various feminist, queer, disability and welfare state theorists.” -- E. Stina Lyon * Times Higher Education *"Kulick and Rydström make important and timely contributions to several disciplines, including disability studies, social work and gender studies. Loneliness and Its Opposite is a must-read for those who work with and care for people with disabilities and it should also be of great interest to disability and gender studies scholars. Readers will be impressed by the breadth of historical detail and will be challenged to further consider the materiality of disability. . . ." -- Margaret Campbell * Social Anthropology *"Loneliness and its Opposite is an important contribution to the ongoing work of advancing the sexual lives of disabled people, particularly in its empirical findings that show how life changing politically progressive policy frameworks can be for disabled lives when they are both well funded and when there exists a strong commitment to facilitating those policies in practice." -- Kelly Fritsch * Feminist Review *"Thought provoking, intentionally humorous at many times, and possessing a rare clarity in argument, this book should be broadly assigned, read, and debated in both undergraduate and graduate seminars." -- Karen Nakamura * Medical Anthropology Quarterly *"As a medical anthropologist interested in chronicity and impairment, I’m more than a little in love with Loneliness and Its Opposite. It makes me attempt to take a more inclusive and daring approach, both in the topics I study as well as the work produced. The work is compelling and accessible, written in a style that captures the reader at the start and holds that interest throughout." -- Narelle Warren * Somatosphere *"Loneliness and Its Opposite goes a long way toward understanding how a right to sex might be realized for people with disabilities. In their engaging anthropological/historical study of Denmark and Sweden, we hear from sex workers and people with disabilities, read about obscure policy papers and academic articles on disability, and see sexually explicit education pamphlets and movie stills. All of this provides the reader with a rich understanding of those countries’ approaches to sexuality and disability. In the process, it forces us to confront the role of the state in facilitating sexual expression for those with cognitive or physical impairments." -- Alexander A. Boni-Saenz * New Rambler Review *"[S]imultaneously unsettles a number of taken-for-granted notions about what it means to care or what it means to fulfill a right. As such, this intriguing book deserves a readership outside the realm of sexuality or disability studies." -- Bjarke Oxlund * American Anthropologist *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments xi 1. The Subject of Sex 1 2. The Roots of Engagement 39 3. How to Impede and How to Facilitate the Erotic Lives of People with Disabilities 78 4. Shifting Boundaries 119 5. Paying for Sexual Services 174 6. Why the Difference? 217 7. Disability and Sexuality—Who Cares? 262 Appendix: Breakdown of Interviews 297 Notes 299 Bibliography 325 Index 345

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Book SynopsisDon Kulick and Jens Rydström argue that for people with disabilities, being able to explore their sexuality is an issue of fundamental social justice. The authors analyze how Sweden and Denmark engage with the sexuality of people with disabilities; whereas Sweden hinders sexuality, Denmark supports it through the work of third-party sexual helpers.Trade Review“Complex but important to disability studies programs. … Recommended. Graduate students, faculty, professionals." -- J. L. Croissant * Choice *“This is a powerful book, sure to make the reader sit up, both intellectually and emotionally, as it considers a subject still largely hidden from investigative scrutiny because of ignorance, anxiety, prejudice and false moralities…. Loneliness and its Opposite will make highly rewarding reading for academically oriented insiders and various feminist, queer, disability and welfare state theorists.” -- E. Stina Lyon * Times Higher Education *"Kulick and Rydström make important and timely contributions to several disciplines, including disability studies, social work and gender studies. Loneliness and Its Opposite is a must-read for those who work with and care for people with disabilities and it should also be of great interest to disability and gender studies scholars. Readers will be impressed by the breadth of historical detail and will be challenged to further consider the materiality of disability. . . ." -- Margaret Campbell * Social Anthropology *"Loneliness and its Opposite is an important contribution to the ongoing work of advancing the sexual lives of disabled people, particularly in its empirical findings that show how life changing politically progressive policy frameworks can be for disabled lives when they are both well funded and when there exists a strong commitment to facilitating those policies in practice." -- Kelly Fritsch * Feminist Review *"Thought provoking, intentionally humorous at many times, and possessing a rare clarity in argument, this book should be broadly assigned, read, and debated in both undergraduate and graduate seminars." -- Karen Nakamura * Medical Anthropology Quarterly *"As a medical anthropologist interested in chronicity and impairment, I’m more than a little in love with Loneliness and Its Opposite. It makes me attempt to take a more inclusive and daring approach, both in the topics I study as well as the work produced. The work is compelling and accessible, written in a style that captures the reader at the start and holds that interest throughout." -- Narelle Warren * Somatosphere *"Loneliness and Its Opposite goes a long way toward understanding how a right to sex might be realized for people with disabilities. In their engaging anthropological/historical study of Denmark and Sweden, we hear from sex workers and people with disabilities, read about obscure policy papers and academic articles on disability, and see sexually explicit education pamphlets and movie stills. All of this provides the reader with a rich understanding of those countries’ approaches to sexuality and disability. In the process, it forces us to confront the role of the state in facilitating sexual expression for those with cognitive or physical impairments." -- Alexander A. Boni-Saenz * New Rambler Review *"[S]imultaneously unsettles a number of taken-for-granted notions about what it means to care or what it means to fulfill a right. As such, this intriguing book deserves a readership outside the realm of sexuality or disability studies." -- Bjarke Oxlund * American Anthropologist *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments xi 1. The Subject of Sex 1 2. The Roots of Engagement 39 3. How to Impede and How to Facilitate the Erotic Lives of People with Disabilities 78 4. Shifting Boundaries 119 5. Paying for Sexual Services 174 6. Why the Difference? 217 7. Disability and Sexuality—Who Cares? 262 Appendix: Breakdown of Interviews 297 Notes 299 Bibliography 325 Index 345

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Book SynopsisThis compelling true-life story deals with a single parent making the discovery that her 1-year-old son is deaf.

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Book SynopsisParents, building on that foundation and acknowledging each person's contributions, interests, and aspirations, create an inclusive and resilient family.Trade ReviewThe authors show families how to be pragmatic and inclusive when solving problems and setting expectations. The real family stories and personal experiences of the authors, one of whom has such a disability, create an intimate and nonjudgmental tone with a degree of optimism that parents are likely to appreciate. A valuable resource for families looking for encouragement as they try to create an inclusive environment for their child with a physical disability. Library Journal I would highly recommend Just One of the Kids: Raising a Resilient Family When One of Your Children Has a Physical Disability as an addition to the library of any family that includes a child with a physical disability, as well as being a valuable resource to grandparents, extended family members, friends, and health care professionals who are part of this community. -- Sandra E. James Journal of Child and Family Studies This book is ideal for any parents or carers who are caring for children with physical disabilities. -- Emma Connolly Nursing TimesTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: Raising Children—Resilient and Ready for AdulthoodPart I: In the BeginningThe Webers: A young family juggles the needs of twin boys, one with and one without a physical disability1. Getting the NewsThe Hamiltons: Raising teenagers in a blended family with humor, responsibility, and respect for differences2. Coming HomePart II: All in the FamilyThe Bowers: An athletic couple sort out what works for them in raising their only child, a serious student and accomplished wheelchair athlete3. Inclusive Parenting: Make It Work for YouThe Fishers: Parents working together to build family unity and protect their children while allowing them to take healthy risks4. Brothers and Sisters: Siblings Sharing Family Life with Physical Disability in the MixThe Brandons: A family devoted to faith, education, and unconditional love, inspired by Grandfather's example and bolstered by his support5. Grandparents: Seeing through a New LensPart III: Into the Wide WorldThe Sheridan-Wolfe Family: Two women build their family by adoptingchildren who have complex disabilities and helping them reach their potential6. Opening Doors to InclusionThe O'Briens: Parents working together to help their daughters develop individual talents, support one another, and practice their faith7. Letting One Dream Go to Let Another GrowResourcesNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisHow can we learn to notice the signs of disability?We see indications of disability everywhere: yellow diamond-shaped deaf person in area road signs, the telltale shapes of hearing aids, or white-tipped canes sweeping across footpaths. But even though the signs are ubiquitous, Stephanie L. Kerschbaum argues that disability may still not be perceived due to a process she terms dis-attention.To tell better stories of disability, this multidisciplinary work turns to rhetoric, communications, sociology, and phenomenology to understand the processes by which the material world becomes sensory input that then passes through perceptual apparatuses to materialize phenomenaincluding disability. By adding perception to the understanding of disability's materialization, Kerschbaum significantly expands our understanding of disability, accounting for its fluctuations and transformations in the semiotics of everyday life.Drawing on a set of thirty-three research iTrade ReviewThis engaging, accessible book builds on Stephanie Kerschbaum’s already-award- winning scholarship on difference and discourse, constructing new research methods and approaches, but also building community on these pages. Signs of Disability offers an incredibly generative vocabulary for understanding the ways that disability matters: how we mark and signal it, how we ignore and hide it, how we powerfully inhabit and embody it through stories. Signs of Disability is a transformative book. * Jay Dolmage, University of Waterloo *A lovely, powerful read, Signs of Disability makes consequential, engaging, and evocative contributions to scholarship in disability studies and in rhetorical studies. The book’s theoretical and methodological interventions are significant and it offers cogent readings of texts, material culture, bodies, and more. Stephanie Kerschbaum tells powerful stories and draws readers deeply into the material life of disability and its signs. * Christa J. Olson, University of Wisconsin-Madison *

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Book Synopsis After contracting polio as a child, Sandra Gail Lambert progressed from braces and crutches to a manual wheelchair to a power wheelchair—but loneliness has remained a constant, from the wild claustrophobia of a child in body casts to just yesterday, trapped at home, gasping from pain. A Certain Loneliness is a meditative and engaging memoir-in-essays that explores the intersection of disability, queerness, and female desire with frankness and humor. Lambert presents the adventures of flourishing within a world of uncertain tomorrows: kayaking alone through swamps withalligators; negotiating planes, trains, and ski lifts; scoring free drugs from dangerous men; getting trapped in a too-deep snow drift without crutches. A Certain Loneliness is literature of the body, palpable and present, in which Lambert’s lifelong struggle with isolation and independence—complete with tiresome frustrations, slapstick moments, and grand triumphs—areTrade Review"The author knows herself well and shares thoughts, feelings, and impressions with grace and acute self-awareness. Readers will come away with a cleareyed portrait of the author through the stories of her joys, sorrows, and intimate impressions. A powerful testimony to the determination and strength necessary to persevere despite assumptions, scrutiny, and societal stigmatization."—Kirkus"A Certain Loneliness is an intriguing memoir. . . . Lambert's lessons in how she lives, how difficult every motion is when her body grows less and less useful every year, are enlightening, perhaps even necessary, for able-bodied readers. . . . That Lambert's is a vanishing condition makes her perspective unusual, but the frustration and emotional turmoil she suffers are perfectly common. Such results could stand to be better understood by the friends and loved ones of people with these conditions—or by anyone who has ever hugged a woman in a wheelchair without permission."—Katharine Coldiron, River Teeth"A Certain Loneliness is Lambert's wry, unstinting look at a life spent dealing with chronic pain and having a visibly imperfect body. . . . Lambert's body is the topography of her everyday travels. She's a sobering guide."—Nell Beram, Shelf Awareness"While Lambert's memoir shows us one woman's strength and courage in her battle to defeat fear, loneliness, and physical challenge, I'd like think this book offers more. It should make each of us question: do we build ramps for those differently able or do we simply ignore the problem and look away?"—Debbie Hagan, Brevity"Lambert's sensuous writing is not unlike the water she returns to again and again: fluid yet direct, supple and strong. A Certain Loneliness is about the failure and triumph of the body—in Lambert's life the former has often preceded the latter—and while her work is an important addition to the canon of disability studies, it should not be pigeon-holed as such. Lambert writes with a studied aloofness and matter-of-fact tone about a body that constantly generates conflict with itself and the world around it. There is a rich practicality to her wisdom, and a pure, knowing access to physicality despite that physicality’s limitations: I've only rarely seen these things so well captured on the page."—Sara Rauch, LAMBDA Literary"Through the sterling voice of this brilliant wordsmith, we bear witness to the struggle and grace of a lesbian body undiminished: the relationship with other lesbians and nature so beautiful, daring, and necessary for survival, the heart reverberates with applause."—Roberta Arnold, Sinister Wisdom“In these lyrical and elegiac essays, Sandra Lambert traces a profound relationship with nature—both the vanishing nature of the planet and the complex nature of her own philosophy. Her language is moving, intimate, and bracingly honest.”—Andrew Solomon, National Book Award–winning author of Far from the Tree“Having pushed her wheelchair past two hundred alligators, Lambert has written a brilliant and necessary account of a wise and triumphant life as a writer, activist, kayaker, lesbian lover, birder, and survivor of polio. I’m in awe of her gifts.”—Carolyn Forché, author of The Country between Us“I have loved Sandra Gail Lambert’s stunning and flexible prose for a long time and still was unprepared for the power and searing honesty of her memoir, A Certain Loneliness. This book is an act of tremendous beauty.”—Lauren Groff, author of New York Times bestseller Fates and FuriesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Solace: Three of the Places 2. The Laundromat 3. Figuring It Out 4. Well-Nourished White Child 5. Atlanta—1968 6. Sex Objects 7. Complex Math 8. Atlanta—1984 9. Becoming Lazy 10. Rolling in the Mud 11. Open-Water Swimmers 12. Pass the Hemlock 13. Poster Children 14. The Art of Budgeting 15. Mosquitoes 16. Negotiating a Life 17. Dehiscence 18. May or May Not 19. Atlanta—2007 20. The Last Period 21. Immoderation and Excess 22. Looking for the V 23. Yielding 24. I Am Here, in This Morning Light 25. Pride Goeth 26. Horror in the Okefenokee 27. I’m Fine, Thank You 28. The Blind Girl and the Cripple Get on a Plane 29. The Swimmer Source Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisThis book will be one of the first of its kind to combine financial planning knowledge with a focus on families who have members with disabilities. John and Cynthia have done a lot of work to transform their financial planning presentations into an accessible printed format. This book is a general guide for helping families ""plan for two generations"" (i.e., the financial planning needs of the primary caregiver and the person with disabilities). For some readers, it will relieve their anxieties about planning, and for others it will raise their awareness about the need to plan. Since every family's specific situation is unique, the book is not intended to provide a specific formula for success. However, it bridges the gap between the ultimate vision a family has for their child and the financial realities of making these dreams come true. The structure of the book follows a chronological guideline of the critical transition periods that families face. The book also focuses on identifying and protecting government benefits as well as strategies to supplement government benefits.

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Book SynopsisThis is an instructional guide for hearing parents of deaf and hard-of-hearing children. It provides information on: parental feelings about hearing loss and how to cope with these feelings; family communication methods; family unity; child development; behaviour management techniques; problem-solving strategies; assistive devices; education choices; and an introduction to the deaf community.

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Book SynopsisThis volume lays out the practical steps families can take to adjust to a loved one's hearing loss. The book shows how the exchange of information can be altered at fundamental levels, what these alterations entail, and how they can affect one's ability to understand and interpret spoken communication. Along with the hands-on tips provided throughout, this handbook considers the potential of cochlear implants, described both by audiologist Holden and Nickerson, who underwent one in 1985. This should be a useful resource for all families coping with a loved one's hearing loss.

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Book SynopsisWhen Richard Medugno and his wife Brenda learned in 1993 that their17-month-old daughter Miranda was deaf, they grieved, as many hearing parents do. Soon, however, Medugno seized hold of the need to take positive action for Miranda. Deaf Daughter, Hearing Father recounts the remarkable story of their journey during the past fourteen years. Medugno first researched the best communication mode for Miranda. Quickly dismissing the speech pathology model, he and his wife chose ASL alone as the best, natural language for Miranda. He surrounded his daughter with opportunities to learn ASL, by arranging to meet deaf individuals and families, and also by hiring deaf babysitters. He also determined to learn ASL himself, to ensure communication with his daughter. As Miranda neared school age, Medugno spearheaded a transcontinental search for exactly the right school for her education. So that Miranda could attend the California School for the Deaf (CSD), the Medugno family moved from Toronto, Canada to Fremont, CA. In "Deaf Daughter, Hearing Father", Medugno shares practical information on many of the common challenges faced by hearing parents. He provides a list of games that hearing and deaf children can play together, an important consideration for many families. His enthusiasm for all possibilities, from exploring the potential of video phones to helping stage CSD musicals, reveals his abiding devotion to Miranda. Such a foundation has enabled her to feel proud, confident, and happy in her pursuits. At the same time, Medugno recognizes that the rewards of having a deaf daughter are far greater than he could have hoped for or imagined.

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Book SynopsisIn 1952, after two weeks of typhoid fever and the mumps, 11-year-old Madan Vasishta awoke one night to discover that he could no longer hear. He was horrified because in India, the word for "deaf" in all three main languages, Punjabi, Urdu, and Hindi, described someone who was not really human. But, he was young, brash, and irrepressible, and his autobiography "Deaf in Delhi: A Memoir" reveals how his boundless optimism enabled him to persist and prevail. Vasishta's story reflects the India of his youth, an emerging nation where most people struggled with numbing poverty and depended upon close family ties, tradition, and faith to see them through. His family's search for a cure took him to a host of medical specialists and just as many sadhus and mahatmas, holy men and priests. The school in his small village was ill-prepared to educate deaf students then, so he herded the family cattle, usually the work of hired servants. Vasishta refused to accept this as his final lot in life and fantasized constantly about better jobs. Eventually, he moved to Delhi where his dream of becoming a photographer came true. He also discovered the Delhi Deaf community that, with his family, helped him to achieve an even higher goal, traveling to America to earn a degree at Gallaudet College.

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Book SynopsisDeaf at age six, Blatchford was educated with speech lessons, speech reading, and hearing aids. At the age of 62 she underwent a cochlear implantation. In this memoir she describes living with a cochlear implant, including her realization that amplification and comprehension are not the same. Gradually the soup of sound she heard at first gave way to a selective hearing of sentences. When asked by other deaf people if they should receive an implant, she cautions that it is an individual decision.

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Book SynopsisThe 8th Deaf History International Conference featured 27 presentations from members of Deaf communities hailing from 12 different countries around the world who related their own autobiographies as well as the biographies of historical Deaf individuals. Thus, they created a transnational phenomenon of widespread interest in the collection, documentation, and dissemination of Deaf History by and for members of the deaf community. Telling Deaf Lives brings together the best of these stories.

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Book SynopsisWhat does it mean when a child is having difficulty with developmental milestones like walking, talking, and learning to read and write? What are the signs that a disability might be present, and what next steps can parents take to help their child? Paediatrician Louis Pellegrino gives you clear and down-to-earth answers in this new version of the trusted best seller When Your Child Has a Disability. Now streamlined and reorganised by key developmental milestones rather than by disability, this book responds perfectly to the needs of parents who don't have a diagnosis yet or want to explore challenges common across disabilities. With reassuring warmth, good humour, and candour, Dr. Pellegrino offers practical guidance on what it means and what to do next when a child struggles with speech and language development motor skills development daily living skills social skills behavioural control and attention learning and cognitive development vision, hearing, and sensory processing special medical issues Throughout the book, Dr. Pellegrino combines research-based information and guidance with vivid metaphors, jargon-busting explanations of key terms, fascinating ""pearls of wisdom,"" and engaging anecdotes from his personal and professional experience. A go-to guide for families, a highly accessible resource for professionals, and an ideal supplemental text for tomorrow's practitioners, this book will be a mainstay reference for everyone who picks it up. Keep it at your fingertips for a great developmental primer and the guidance you need to take first steps toward resolving a child's challenges.

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Book SynopsisA wealth of information, now in one comprehensive sourcebook. Completely updated, this edition contains more information than ever before, including a new separate section on disability groups, from blind & deaf to dexterity to speech and language. Plus, this edition offers thousands of new entries, enhancements to existing entries, as well as hundreds more web sites and e-mail addresses than ever before. This resource guide is the most comprehensive resource available for people with disabilities, detailing important information sources for: Independent Living Centers, Rehabilitation Facilities, State & Federal Agencies, Associations and Support Groups. This one-stop resource also provides immediate access to the latest products and services available for people with disabilities, such as Periodicals & Books, Assistive Devices, Employment & Education Programs, Camps and Travel Groups. Each year, more libraries, schools, colleges, hospitals, rehabilitation centers and individuals add The Comple

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Book SynopsisWhile much has been written about dyslexia and literacy, little has been written about dyslexia and counselling. Good counselling remediates problems in relationships. Good teaching remediates problems in literacy. When the principles of effective counselling combine with the principles of effective literacy teaching, then dyslexia becomes not only manageable but potent, a source of individual strength and wisdom. This book is designed to be a practical resource for busy counsellors and therapists working with dyslexic clients in the time-constrained world of modern therapy. It is also a reference for anyone who is interested in the counselling perspective on dyslexia: parents, teachers and anyone working in, for example primary care or the social services.Trade Review"...Rosemary Scott leaves no stone unturned in her unflinching examination of what it is like to have dyslexia..." (Dyslexia Review, May 2006)Table of ContentsDyslexia. Dyslexia as an Individual Difference. The Social Landscape of Dyslexia. School. The Effects of The School Environment. The Effects of teachers and Peers. Family. The Family Environment of The Dyslexic Child. The parents of Dyslexic Children. Effects. The Psychological and Social Effects of dyslexia. Isolation. Psychological Strategies and Dyslexia. Counselling. Counselling Practice With Dyslexic Clients. Counselling Process With Dyslexic clients. Specialist Conuselling Approaches.

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Book Synopsis"I always thought I'd rather be dead than paralysed: One slip, one moment and everything changes..." Most of us live life in a safe zone but some individuals look over the edge. A few years ago, Karen Darke was on a rock-climbing expedition on sea cliffs in Scotland. She fell, and was paralysed. This is Karen's story about coming to terms with her lost of movement from the chest down and regaining the will to live. Out of her disability comes strength to embrace, challenge and transform it into an opportunity to learn and grow. It is also about the borderline between body and spirit. Karen is drawn into the world of faith healing and spirit surgeons in the Brazilian jungle. In testing these improbable claims she explores her own inner world and self whilst regaining her confidence. Combining wheels with wilderness, Karen escapes the city and embarks on an evermore daring series of adventures by hand-cycle, ski and kayak. Karen's story is inspiring and energizing; it will help everybody who reads it to respond positively, to overcome adversity, and to strive for their dreams.Trade Review"Karen's captivating story shines a bright light on the meaning of exploration, and on the limitless capabilities of the human spirit." Ranulph Fiennes, explorer "Karen Darke has overcome the restrictions of injuries that would have broken many others and discovered a life of challenge and adventure that most of us only dream about." Joe Simpson, mountaineer and author of Touching the Void

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Book SynopsisThe book has been designed to provide readers with an understanding of cerebral palsy (CP) as a developmental as well as a neurological condition. It details the nature of CP, its causes and its clinical manifestations. Using clear, accessible language (supported by an extensive glossary) the authors have blended current science with metaphor both to explain the biomedical underpinnings of CP and to share their awareness that there is much that can be done to promote child and family development, enhance the capabilities of young people with CP, empower their families, and chart a course into adulthood. The authors have reviewed classification and have emphasised the wide range of functional impairments that are seen in both children and adults with cerebral palsy. In doing so they have used the ICF framework and have described the range of interventions that may be applicable to people with cerebral palsy whilst emphasising that the condition is lifelong and that promotion of adaptation is a key component to understanding its nature and effects. Essential reading for parents and carers of those with cerebral palsy, clinicians, paediatricians, neurologists, occupational therapists and physiotherapists.Table of ContentsAuthors vii Acknowledgements viii Foreword John Mantovani ix Preface xi Part 1 Cerebral Palsy - Background Perspectives 1 What is cerebral palsy? 3 2 Epidemiology: patterns and causes of cerebral palsy Niina Kolehmainen 14 3 Aetiological considerations 28 4 How is cerebral palsy categorized, why is this done and what are the potential pitfalls? 39 5 What does the designation 'cerebral palsy' tell us, and how does this relate to other developmental and neurological disabilities? 51 Part 2 Contextual Factors and Critical Thinking 6 Evaluating evidence 59 7 The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health 70 8 Cerebral palsy and the family 76 Part 3 Clinical Perspectives in Cerebral Palsy 9 Clinical recognition, diagnosis and assessment of children with cerebral palsy 89 10 Principles of interventions 102 11 Interventions: orthodox and heterodox. A perspective on issues in 'treatment' Margaret Mayston 115 12 Therapists and therapies in cerebral palsy Margaret Mayston 124 Part 4 Outcomes in Childhood and Beyond 13 Outcomes 151 14 Transition to adulthood 161 15 Adult functioning 169 Glossary 181 Appendices 189 Index 201

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Book SynopsisPresenting the untold story of thousands of Australian families who welcomed back disabled soldiers after World War I, this poignant account reveals the true impact of physical injury and shell shock on these men and their families well into the 1930s. Drawing the reader into the emotional interior of family life, the discussion brings to light the daily struggles of Australia's 90,000 "changed men" and reveals the significant burdens carried by their family members.

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Book SynopsisThe author of Diagnosing Jefferson introduces twelve more high-achieving role models - including Einstein, Mozart, and Darwin - who have made significant contributions to our world. All exhibited traits common to people with Asperger’s Syndrome. Today’s young people and adults with AS can also make a difference if they are given support, opportunities, and the freedom to explore their abilities. Many accomplished people have been loners, self-taught, obsessed by an idea, and known for their lack of social skills. How many of them would be diagnosed with Asperger’s today? Norm Ledgin makes convincing arguments for an Asperger’s role in each of their extraordinary lives.

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Book SynopsisNot many resources examine how autism affects grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Yet, they are all affected by this disorder, too! Follow Dr Raun Melmed, Developmental Pediatrician, and Maria Wheeler, M.Ed., as they examine the complex relationships that develop, and are changed by an autism diagnosis in the family.

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Book SynopsisIn this heartfelt memoir, Maria Wallisfurth recounts the lives of her deaf parents in Germany from the turn of the twentieth century through World War II. Her mother, Maria Giefer, was born in 1897 and her father, Wilhelm Sistermann, was born in 1896. The author captures the seasonal rhythms and family life of her mother's youth in rural Germany, a time filled as much with hardship as it is with love. When she is old enough, she moves to the nearby city of Aachen to attend a school for deaf children, where she learns to lipread and speak. After her schooling is complete, she returns home to work on the family farm and experiences the privations and fear that accompany World War I. She later goes back to Aachen, where she joins a deaf club and falls in love with Wilhelm, a painter and photographer who was raised in the city. Amidst high unemployment, food shortages, and rapid inflation, the two are married in 1925 and two years later the author is born. Under the Nazi regime, Maria and Wilhelm are ordered to undergo forced sterilization. Although their deafness is not hereditary and they submit applications of protest, they are compelled to comply with the law. Despite their dissimilar backgrounds and the political circumstances that roiled their lives, the author's parents showed great love for each other and their only daughter. The Stories They Told Me is a richly detailed document of time and place and a rare account of deaf lives during this era.

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Book SynopsisGet Your Elbow Off the Horn is a collection of interactions and observations written by Jack R. Gannon, a lifelong advocate for the Deaf community. Warm and amusing, Gannon’s stories begin with his rural childhood in the Ozarks and continue through his experiences as a student, educator, coach, husband, parent, and community leader. These vignettes reveal a down-to-earth family man who believed in making a difference one person at a time. Many of his recollections are brief sketches that reveal much about being Deaf—and about being human. From reflecting on the difficult choices parents must make for their children, to recounting awkward communication exchanges, Gannon marries good humor with a poignant advocacy for sign language rights. His stories preserve and share Deaf American life and culture as he experienced it.Trade Review"Get Your Elbow Off the Horn is full of rich, humorous, and heartfelt anecdotes with chapters easily standing strong on their own, bringing any reader deep nostalgia for the heart of the Deaf culture." -- Kristina Willicheva, Senior Lecturer, University of Tennessee Knoxville * Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education *

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Book SynopsisThis practical resource is designed to help professionals, parents and carers as they support children with vision impairments to develop independence in everyday tasks. Using the Early Years Foundation Stage framework as a basis, it provides a wealth of strategies and activities to develop key skills, including dressing, maintaining personal hygiene, eating and drinking and road safety.This is an invaluable tool that can be dipped in and out of to help make learning fun, boosting the child's confi dence and helping create a positive can- do' attitude when faced with new challenges.This book:? Addresses the main problem areas for babies and young visually impaired children and their families, by providing simple explanations of skills and offering strategies and techniques to support progression onto the next stage.? Is written in a fully accessible style, with photocopiable pages and additional downloadable resources.? Provides a variety of documeTable of ContentsCommon Terms Introduction Habilitation Skills: Foundation Early Years Foundation Curriculum Section: 1.00-2.00 Dressing, Undressing & fastenings 3.00 Personal Hygiene -toileting, hand washing 4.00 Feeding Eating and drinking 5.00 Movement 6.00 Concept development 7.00 Listening and Looking 8.00 Road safety 9.00 Personal safety 10.00 Starting school or nursery Appendices Glossary References

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