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Disability and the media / by Evans, Nicole(Nicole Lynn),author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."This series explores disability in a comprehensive, honest, and age-appropriate way. This book explores disability in the media and how people with disabilities are represented. Engaging inquiry-based sidebars encourage students to LOOK, THINK, MAKE A GUESS, ASK QUESTIONS, and CREATE. Books are authored by writers with disabilities and the series has been developed in partnership with Easterseals who is leading the way to full equity, inclusion, and access through life-changing disability and community services. Books include table of contents, glossary, index, author biography, and sidebars"--Grades 2-3870L
Subjects: Disabilities; Mass media and people with disabilities; People with disabilities in mass media; People with disabilities;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 8
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Disfigured : on fairy tales, disability, and making space / by Leduc, Amanda,author.(CARDINAL)613041;
Includes bibliographic references (pages 237-246)."Challenges the ableism of fairy tales and offers new ways to celebrate the magic of all bodies. In fairy tales, happy endings are the norm - as long as you're beautiful and walk on two legs. After all, the ogre never gets the princess. And since fairy tales are the foundational myths of our culture, how can a girl with a disability ever think she'll have a happy ending? By examining the ways that fairy tales have shaped our expectations of disability, Disfigured will point the way toward a new world where disability is no longer a punishment or impediment but operates, instead, as a way of centering a protagonist and helping them to cement their own place in a story, and from there, the world. Through the book, Leduc ruminates on the connections we make between fairy tale archetypes - the beautiful princess, the glass slipper, the maiden with long hair lost in the tower - and tries to make sense of them through a twenty-first-century disablist lens. From examinations of disability in tales from the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen through to modern interpretations ranging from Disney to Angela Carter, and the fight for disabled representation in today's media, Leduc connects the fight for disability justice to the growth of modern, magical stories, and argues for increased awareness and acceptance of that which is other - helping us to see and celebrate the magic inherent in different bodies."--
Subjects: Fairy tales; Disabilities in literature.; People with disabilities in literature.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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More notes from a different drummer : a guide to juvenile fiction portraying the disabled / by Baskin, Barbara Holland,1929-(CARDINAL)149216; Harris, Karen H.,1934-(CARDINAL)148801;
Subjects: Bibliographies.; Children's stories; Emotions in literature; People with disabilities in literature; People with mental disabilities in literature;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Notes from a different drummer : a guide to juvenile fiction portraying the handicapped / by Baskin, Barbara Holland,1929-(CARDINAL)149216; Harris, Karen H.,1934-(CARDINAL)148801;
Subjects: Bibliographies.; Children's literature; People with mental disabilities in literature; People with disabilities in literature; Emotions in literature;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Disability in film and literature / by Markotić, Nicole,author.(CARDINAL)393413;
Includes bibliographical references and index"Disabled characters are often represented as aberrant or evil and are isolated or incarcerated. This book examines language in film and fiction that perpetuates the representation of the disabled as abnormal or problematic. The author looks at depictions of disability--both disparaging and amusing--and discusses disability theory as a framework for reconsidering "normal" and "abnormal" bodies"--
Subjects: People with disabilities in motion pictures.; People with disabilities in literature.; Human body in motion pictures.; Human body in literature.; Sociology of disability.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Autism / by Edwards, Michele Engel.(CARDINAL)702528;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 102-104) and index.What is autism? -- Possible causes and treatments -- Options for autistic children -- Options for autistic adults -- The autistic savant and Asperger's syndrome.BooklistProvides information about the developmental disorder known as autism, discussing its possible causes and treatments, looking at treatment options for children and adults, and examining Asperger's syndrome, a milder form of autism, as well as the autistic savant, a sufferer who exhibits genius in one or more areas.7.4.5-8.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Video recordings.; Children's films.; Autism; Autism in children; People with mental disabilities; Autism.; People with mental disabilities.; Autism in children.; Autism; People with mental disabilities;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 2
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Understanding Flowers for Algernon / by Cassedy, Patrice.(CARDINAL)704490;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 88-91) and index.Discusses the young adult book "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes, including the author's life, the science fiction genre, and the book's plot, characters, and themes.
Subjects: Keyes, Daniel.; American literature; People with mental disabilities in literature.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Will you read this, please?: living with mental illness--extraordinary stories from ordinary people / by Cannon, Joanne,editor;
"'Some people who deal with mental illness have the opportunity and ability to write about it, but many do not - and it was those people, those unread stories, I wanted to find.' How do we give a voice to those who so often remain unheard? This is a groundbreaking and unforgettable collection of 12 stories that shines a light on the stigma and isolation of living with mental illness, while also showing the strength and resilience of the human spirit."--Provided by publisher
Subjects: People with mental disabilities, Writings of; Mental illness in literature; Short stories;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Algernon, Charlie, and I : a writer's journey : plus the complete original short novelette version of "Flowers for Algernon" / by Keyes, Daniel.; Keyes, Daniel.Flowers for Algernon.;
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Keyes, Daniel.; Brain; Gifted persons; People with mental disabilities in literature.; People with mental disabilities;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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What is the sign for friend? / by Greenberg, Judith E.(CARDINAL)727661; Rothschild, Gayle,illustrator.(CARDINAL)740994;
Text and photographs depict the life of Shane, a deaf child who goes to a regular school and enjoys normal activities with the help of sign language and a hearing aid.
Subjects: Deafness in children; Deaf people; Deaf people; People with disabilities; Deaf children;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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