Disability
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Far From the Tree
by Andrew Solomon
From the National Book AwardâÈ'winning author of The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression comes a monumental new work, a decade in the writing, about family. In Far from the Tree, Andrew Solomon tells the stories of parents who not only learn to deal with their exceptional children but also find profound meaning in doing so. SolomonâÈçs startling proposition is that diversity is what unites us all. He writes about families coping with deafness, dwarfism, Down syndrome, autism, schizophrenia,...
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Disability Books & Ephemera
Seeing Voices
by Sacks, Oliver
Seeing Voices: A Journey Into the World of the Deaf is a 1989 book by neurologist Oliver Sacks. The book covers a variety of topics in deaf studies, including sign language, the neurology of deafness, the history of the treatment of deaf Americans, and linguistic and social challenges facing the deaf community. It also contains an eyewitness account of the March 1988 Deaf President Now student protest at Gallaudet University, a school for the hearing impaired.
We Bereaved
by KELLER, Helen
New York: Leslie Fulenwider, Inc, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. 16mo, 39pp. A crisp, clean copy, near fine, with the inner hinges just starting, but holding. In the scarce dust jacket, slightly spotted and dust-soiled, with a few small nicks and chips. One of the scarcest books in the Keller bibliography. Per the description printed on the jacket cover: "Upon the pages of this little book the author has set her thoughts. It is her hope that they may help to comfort those whose...
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CA$484.05
Painters First
by Alexander, Marc
Hampshire, UK: Leader Books. 1995. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Colour reproductions of the artists' work. 208 pages. Art celebrating the conquest of misfortune. Biographies and representations of the work of artists of the Association of Mouth and Foot Painting Artists. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st...
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CA$16.27
Commonsense Methods for Children with Special Needs: Strategies for the Regular Classroom
by Westwood, Peter
Paperback. Very Good.
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CA$2.09
Canvasses of Courage
by Alexander, Marc
Churt, Surrey: Leader Books. 1991. Quarto Size. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in a purpose-made plastic sleeve.plastic cover. Small knock to book's abrasion to the upper edg Illustrated with colour plates. The book shows the work done by disabled artists - most of them hold the paintbrush in their mouth and the result is amazing and superb by any standards. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 183 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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CA$18.08
Little People of America, Inc. Souvenir Book
by BARTY, Billy; (et al.)
Studio City, CA: The Billy Barty Foundation, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Quarto, 103pp., illustrated. A crisp, clean copy, near fine, in the publisher's silver-stamped black boards. The entire book is almost imperceptibly bowed in the same direction. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Billy Barty on the front paste-down: "Best always to Bill, from Billy Barty." Barty, who was born with dwarfism, was a prominent actor-turned-activist, who founded the Little People of America in 1957. This nicely...
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CA$207.45
The Abilities Story
by VISCARDI, Henry
New York: Eriksson, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good or better in very good dustwrapper. Dustwrapper yellowed, and rubbed.
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CA$34.58
Create Postcards (Berkeley Art Museum, May 11-September, 2011)
by Rinder, Lawrence; Higgs, Matthew
BAM/PFA, 2011. Postcards. Very Good. Four unmarked postcards from the Create exhibition at the Berkeley Art Museum, May 11-September 25, 2011. Artists are Judith Scott, an internationally renowned American fiber sculptor; Bertha Otaya; Marlon Mullen; and James Mills. This exhibition highlighted the extraordinary contributions of three of the leading centers for artists with disabilities in the United States: San Francisco's Creativity Explored, Oakland's Creative Growth Art Center, and...
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CA$29.04
Say Ray.
by Ron Jones
New York, NY Bantam Books, 1984. Mass Market Paperback First Edition Thus [1984]; First Printing indicated. First Edition Thus [1984]; First Printing indicated. Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows a barely discernible wrinkle near the upper front corner and several superficial indentations at the front panel; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Remains close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 12mo. (6.8 x 4.25 x 0.55 inches). 181 pages....
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CA$27.11
Power and Partnership in Education: Parents, Children and Special Educational Needs
by Derrick Armstrong
Paperback / softback. New. The author of this timely book explores the notion of partnership between parents and professionals in the assessment of children's special educational needs. This book will be of interest to anyone involved in the statementing process.
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CA$101.84
My Buddie Boy: Wit and Goodwill In and Out of Hospital. No. 4.
by [Mendicant Literature / Disability / WWI]
New York: A. W. Bryce, 1921. Good. 8 x 5-1/4 inches. Unpaginated, but 30pp + wrappers. Stapled tan wrappers printed in black. B&w illustrations. Ex-library, with stamps to the front wrapper; no other library markings. Few tiny tears along spine and fore-edge of wrappers; two leaves incompletely trimmed and a bit rough at the fore-edge; slight vertical crease throughout. A scarce piece of post-WWI mendicant literature, providing humor as well as addressing serious concerns about veterans' issues....
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CA$117.56
My World. An Autobiography
by Burchell, David
Adelaide: Published by Author. 1988. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Gift inscription to preliminary pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 253 pages. The inspiring story of David Burchell who lost a leg at 16 years of age. He became a pioneer of diving in Australia and lived a life of...
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CA$18.08
Crashing Through. A True Story of Risk, Adventure and the Man who Dared to See.
by Kurson, Robert
Melbourne Melbourne: Scribe Publications. 2008. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 306 pages. The true story of Mike May and the opportunity to see again through stem cell transplant surgery. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Trade Paperback.
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CA$12.66
BROKEN VESSELS
by DUBUS, Andre
Boston: David R. Godine, (1991). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a tiny puncture and very slight crease to the front spine edge. His first book of essays, with an introduction by Tobias Wolff.
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CA$26.00
From Isolation to Connection: Adult Artists Living with Psychiatric Disabilities from Bonita House's Creative Living Center and Berkeley Mental Health
by Rodini, Arline Lucia (curator)
Berkeley: Berkeley Art Center, 2005. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Catalog from an exhibition at Berkeley Art Center from May 22-July 1, 2005. Curated by Arline Lucia Rodini. Essays by Arline Lucia Rodini and Douglas Moorhead, MD. 24 Black & White photographs, and 18 color plates. 9 1/2 x 8 inches. 60p.
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CA$29.04
SIGNED ENGRAVING of "The Miracle Worker"
by [KELLER, Helen] SULLIVAN, Anne Mansfield
[pre-1905]. Engraving. Old dampstaining and soiling to bottom blank margin with only a very slight effect on the signature. Easily Very Good or better. Early 3-3/4" x 5-3/4" engraving from a photograph on a 7" x 10" sheet tipped to a slightly larger sheet of Helen Keller's famous teacher, subject of the play and movie THE MIRACLE WORKER, SIGNED in ink below the image: "Anne Mansfield Sullivan." At the age of 7, nearly blind from an illness two years before and recently having suffered the loss of her...
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CA$1,296.56
The Right to Die: Understanding Euthanasia
by Humphry, Derek & Wickett, Ann
Sydney: Collins Australia. 1987. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Faint remainder mark to lower edge. Page edges lightly age-toned. 382pages. + index. Both a history and discussion of Euthanasia. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition (Australia). Hardback.
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CA$12.66
Citizen advocacy and protective services for the impaired and handicapped
by Wolfensberger, Wolf and Helen Zauha
Toronto: National Institute on Mental Retardation. Near Fine. 1973. Paperback. 0919648029 . This specific softcover book is in near fine condition with very minimal wear and a cover that has sharp edges and corners and a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; This book is the hallmark publication that investigated the way in which we served people with disabilities,...
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CA$167.23
MEDITATIONS FROM A MOVABLE CHAIR
by DUBUS, Andre
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. First Edition. hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. His last collection of essays, a powerful book with essays on a variety of topics including his crippling accident, a moving farewell to Richard Yates, and an essay on why he gave up his handgun.
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CA$60.58
THE READING FINGERS. LIFE OF LOUIS BRAILLE 1809-1852
by ROBLIN, Jean
New York: American Foundation for the Blind, (1955). First Edition. Hardcover. Cover pasted down to binder cover. Ex public library with all the markings; text mostly clean. Good. Pamphlet in a hardcover pamphlet binder; 65 pages.
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CA$51.86
