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“amanda allard”

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  • Dignity & Inclusion

    Making it work for children with behaviour that challenges

    Edited by Jan Delamore, Jeanne Carlin, Amanda Allard ...
    This publication will help all service providers to ensure that disabled children and young people with additional support needs can access services and lead a life as part of their local community, focusing on children who have behaviour that challenges as a result of either a severe learning disability and/or autism.Drawing on and including examples of good practice from across the country, ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Dignity & Inclusion

    Making it work for children with complex health care needs

    Edited by Jeanne Carlin, Amanda Allard, Jan Delamore ...
    This publication will help all service providers to ensure that disabled children and young people with additional support needs can access services and lead a life as part of their local community, focusing on children who require clinical procedures, children who require moving and handling and children who need intimate care as part of their personal support.Drawing on and including examples of ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

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    How the Disability Rights Revolution Saved My Sanity

    by Ben Mattlin ...
    Ben Mattlin lives a normal, independent life. Why is that interesting? Because Mattlin was born with spinal muscular atrophy, a congenital weakness from which he was expected to die in childhood. Not only did Mattlin live through childhood, he became one of the first students in a wheelchair to attend Harvard, from which he graduated and became a professional writer. His advantage? Mattlin’s life ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Top Tips for Asperger Students

    How to Get the Most Out of University and College

    by Rosemary Martin, Leslie Ilic, Caitlin Cooper ...
    Leaving home and moving to college or university can be a daunting experience. In this easy-to-use book, Rosemary Martin provides guidelines and invaluable advice for every student on the Autism Spectrum as he or she thinks about, and plans for, entry into student life.Packed with tried and tested methods for coping and succeeding away from home that cover every aspect of student life, this book ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Disability Rights and Wrongs Revisited

    by Tom Shakespeare ...
    Over the last forty years, the field of disability studies has emerged from the political activism of disabled people. In this challenging review of the field, leading disability academic and activist Tom Shakespeare argues that disability research needs a firmer conceptual and empirical footing.This new edition is updated throughout, reflecting Shakespeare’s most recent thinking, drawing on ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • Active Support

    Enabling and Empowering People with Intellectual Disabilities

    by Jim Mansell, Julie Beadle-Brown ...
    Active Support is a proven model of care that enables and empowers people with intellectual disabilities to participate fully in all aspects of their lives. This evidence-based approach is particularly effective for working with people with more severe disabilities, and is of growing interest to those responsible for providing support and services. The authors provide a comprehensive overview of ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • The Cultural Politics of the Paralympic Movement

    Through an Anthropological Lens

    by P. David Howe ...
    Series series Routledge Critical Studies in Sport
    Do the Paralympic Games empower the disability sport community?Like many other contemporary sporting institutions, the Paralympic Games have made the transition from pastime to spectacle, and the profile of athletes with disabilities has been increased as a result. This book reviews the current status of the Paralympics and challenges the mainstream assumption that the Games are a vehicle for ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • The Costs of Caring

    Families with Disabled Children

    by Sally Baldwin ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Children and Disability
    First published in 1985, this book considers the financial consequences of parents and other relatives caring for severely disabled children at home. At the time of publication little reliable information was available on the costs incurred by ‘informal carers’, which this book set to rectify.The volume interweaves hard statistical material about money with the detailed personal responses of ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Appreciating Asperger Syndrome

    Looking at the Upside - with 300 Positive Points

    by Brenda Boyd ...
    People with Asperger Syndrome have many characteristics that are frequently seen in a negative light. Brenda Boyd shows that for every characteristic of AS that can be looked at negatively, there are several positive aspects that can be drawn on and developed. Discussing AS in general terms, she talks through the reasons why people with AS approach life in the way they do, and what an enormous ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Story of My Life

    by Helen Keller ...
    Helen Keller was one of the most inspirational people in American history. Keller contracted an illness as a baby that left her both deaf and blind. Despite these handicaps she became a famous political activist and lecturer. Keller also was a prolific writer. This edition of The Story of My Life includes a table of contents. ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Understanding Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome in Children

    A Guide for Parents, Teachers and Other Professionals

    by Margaret Duncan, Zara Healy, Ruth Fidler, Phil Christie ...
    Series series JKP Essentials
    This straightforward guide offers a complete overview of Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome (PDA) and gives practical advice for overcoming the difficulties it poses in a wide range of contexts from diagnosis through to adulthood.Starting with an exploration into the background of PDA that answers many of the immediate questions triggered when a child is first diagnosed, the book goes on to ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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  • My Beautiful Struggle

    by Jordan Bone ...
    A girl with her whole life ahead of her.A terrible accident.An inspiring story of triumph over trauma.Aged 15, Jordan was a happy-go-lucky girl; having fun with friends and loving life. In one fateful moment, everything changed. A car accident left her paralysed from the chest down and shocked her into deep depression. She was on the brink of giving up. But gradually Jordan realised there is hope ... Read more

    $2.99 USD