People with Disabilities

Jonathan Mooney blends anecdote, expertise, and memoir to present a new mode of thinking about how we live and learn - individually, uniquely, and with advantages and upshots to every type of brain and body. As a neuro-diverse kid diagnosed with dyslexia...

They said it couldn't be done. But Anne Wafula achieved many remarkable things in her life. This is her incredible story. Struck down with polio at the age of two and a half, Anne overcame the prejudice rife in her native village in Kenya,...

On a Saturday morning in May 1980, Melanie Bowen, a pretty fifteen year old, ran down the stairs of her parents' home in Port Talbot, grabbed her leather jacket and crash helmet, yelled a goodbye, and then walked out of the front door into the sunshine...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952181030Author Lily CollisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Gillette Childrens Healthcare PressPublisher Gillette Childrens Healthcare...

An explosive book that exposes the abuses of institutionalization."How many brothers and sisters do you have?" It was one of the first questions kids asked each other when Catherine McKercher was a child. She never knew how to answer it.Three of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781773660349Author Robert MercerFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Acorn PressPublisher Acorn PressWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 196mm * 135mm * 13mm

Losing her smile to synkinesis after unresolved Bell's palsy changed how Faye Linda Wachs was seen by others and her internal experience of self. In Metamorphosis, interviewing over one hundred people with acquired facial difference challenged her...

The inspirational memoir from Paralympian and disability advocate Anne Wafula Strike, updated for 2024 Left partially paralysed below the rib cage by polio, Anne Wafula Strike was forced to flee her native Kenyan...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910786093Author Andrew DaviesFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Malcolm Down Publishing LtdPublisher Malcolm Down Publishing LtdDimensions(mm) 129mm *...

Joseph English was living his best life when a car accident changed everything. He suffered life changing injuries, and the doctors told him there was no chance of recovery. Facing life as a quadriplegic, Joe lost his business, his romantic partner, and,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780646831527Author Greg RyanFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint One in 5000 FoundationPublisher One in 5000 FoundationWeight(grams) 667gDimensions(mm)...

Susan Dunne's life changed forever when a chance question from a doctor led her back to horses, an unfulfilled childhood passion. Detached and isolated due to undiagnosed autism, Susan had already survived rape, battled eating disorders and self-harm,...

Roberto Saviano is best known for his work on the Italian mafia, but Beauty and the Inferno, winner of the European Book Award 2010, also tackles universal themes with great insight and humanity, with urgency, and often with anger. This important...

Hearing loss doesn't come with an operating manual-until now. If you have hearing loss, you already know that the conventional approach to treatment is focused on hearing-aid technology. What's missing from this hearing care model is the big...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781802270853Author Nicolette Jacqueline ConwayFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Nicolette Jacqueline ConwayPublisher Nicolette Jacqueline...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679720232Author Harlan LaneFormat PaperbackImprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

Cory Friedman was an ordinary fun-loving little boy. But one fateful March morning in 1989, the course of Cory's life changed dramatically. It started with an irresistible urge to shake his head; before long, overtaken by physical urges, tics and...

From a renowned media critic to a man with sudden and full hearing loss, Noel Holston ran the gauntlet of diagnoses, health insurance, and cochlear implant surgery. On a spring night in 2010, Noel Holston, a journalist, songwriter, and storyteller, went...

A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR In the vein of the Costa-winning Dadland, with the biographical elements of H is for Hawk, The Fragments of my Father is a powerful and poignant memoir about parents and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062662743Author Torey HaydenFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 198mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734298901Author Larry WhiteFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Larry WhitePublisher Larry WhiteWeight(grams) 145gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 5mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781835634066Author Yvonne JordineFormat HardbackPage Count 68Imprint New Generation PublishingPublisher New Generation PublishingWeight(grams) 435g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914442070Author Louise Rachael Mwape MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Jlg PublishingPublisher Jlg PublishingWeight(grams) 186gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648102427Author Greg RyanFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Film, Books AnythingPublisher Film, Books AnythingWeight(grams) 259gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955650949Author Meniere ManPage Count 248Imprint Page-Addie PressPublisher Page-Addie PressDimensions(mm) 232mm * 155mm * 18mm

At the age of 29, Diana Hill fell under a London train. In 7 seconds the tall, glamorous businesswoman went from busy woman of the world with everything to live for to double-leg amputee, her life in ruins. Then it got worse. A few days after her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991344550Author David SchwierFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Blue House / Magoo PublishingPublisher Blue House / Magoo PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781803693064Author Hannah RoseFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint New Generation PublishingPublisher New Generation PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781098065782Author Fritz LangFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Christian FaithPublisher Christian FaithWeight(grams) 259gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780875659053Author Michael CrossFormat PaperbackImprint Texas Christian University PressPublisher Texas Christian University Press

First published in 1988, Triumph over Darkness is a stirring story of determination and tenacity in the face of adversity. Born in France in 1809, Louis Braille was the 4th child of a village saddler. At the age of three he stabbed himself in the eye...

Stephen Hawking dazzled readers worldwide with a string of bestsellers exploring the mysteries of the universe. In My Brief History, the most brilliant cosmologist of our age turned his gaze inwards, looking - for the first and only time in print - at...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781459754539Author Adelle PurdhamFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Dundurn PressPublisher The Dundurn GroupWeight(grams) 297gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Loretta Smith is renowned as the bestselling author of A Spanner in the Works, the biography of Alice Anderson, the 'garage girl'. Now in Corpus in Extremis, Loretta shares the details of her own fascinating and incredible life; a life in which she has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781954622326Author Gina A OlivaFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint Gallaudet University PressPublisher Gallaudet University PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952714085Author Helen Joy GeorgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 404Imprint Helen Joy GeorgePublisher Helen Joy GeorgeWeight(grams) 467gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Polio, an infectious disease caused by a virus, became epidemic in the United States in the early to mid-20th century. Recounted in the form of a journal, this story about Edna Black Hindson does a wonderful job making the story of polio come alive. Edna...

When their children were young, several parents interviewed for this book were told, "you can't expect much from your child." As they got older, the kids themselves often heard the same thing: that as children with disabilities, academic success would be...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593863299Author Steve GleasonFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Random House Large PrintPublisher Diversified PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692797822Author David E GeigerFormat PaperbackPage Count 428Imprint David E./ GeigerPublisher David E./ GeigerWeight(grams) 567g