Lei Lei is a happy child. She is tall and her dream since childhood is to be a basketball player. However, she lost her left leg and smiles due to a car accident. With the encouragement of her family, she gradually got out of the trouble and pursue a new dream — to become a wheelchair basketball player
Pierre is a cyclops. Is it easy for him to live with only one eye? He wants to rub his eyes in the morning - Oh, he can't! He wants to pick up glasses - impossible! But Pierre is not discouraged, because he has friends whom he sincerely admires: the girl Lisa who dances skilfully in a wheelchair, and the blind pianist Mr. Marco, who has travelled giving concerts almost all over the world. Pierre calls his friends cyclopes and is very proud of them. And Pierre is also inspired by the Outstanding Cyclopes - famous people who have reached great achievements, despite their peculiarities. Want to learn more about the life of the Cyclopes, learn the Braille alphabet, and sign language? Then meet Pierre! As an inquisitive cyclops says, "there are so many interesting things in the world: you will always find something to learn!" From 3 to 8 years, 486 words Rightsholders: Alex Sharlai, alex.sharlay@gmail.com
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From the fifth year of their marriage, Sumiko had to receive treatment in hospital for the acute pain caused by multiple rheumatoid arthritis. From that time on the disease had seized her. From 1982, Sumiko had to lie in the bed or rely on a wheelchair for the significant dysfunction of the upper limbs and the paralysis of the lower limbs, so she had to let her husband see to her daily life. And Oochuje took care of her basically all by himself unless he had a business trip and he would hire a care worker. This illustrated book elaborately depicts the story between them, including how they met and fell in love with each other during childhood, their daily conversations, their poems as well as their relentless fighting against disease. At the final part of the book, it mainly records the last thirty-three days from December 1997 to January 1998 during which the couple spent together until Sumiko had passed away. The words of the book is selected and the drawings simple yet profound through which one will be deeply touched for the deep and unchangeable love. “Over the hill” in common sense is an expression for death, but it means a whole new world for Oochuje and Sumiko where they would also walk side by side. Their love and cherish for each other was well beyond life and death for they never ceased to bring happiness for each other. And their love story has also enriched the world with pure beauty and wonder of love.
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The Unbearables & Me – Life‘s an Error in Calculation (Vol. 1) A rebellious young girl who has seen it allAn isolated boarding school in the mountains with a dark secret5 particular friends One shared plan to escape … - A defense apology, written as a report using swear words (crossed out) - absolutely authentic and touching, yet funny! - A first-person narrative in report style about an unusual topic that will get under your skin! - Illustrated in b/w (20%) Together, we’re unbearable… Eleven-year-old foster kid Enni gets transferred to a secluded, damn boring boarding school and soon stumbles across secrets, involving the entire staff and somehow revolving around twelve-year-old Dante and a long forgotten accident.
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Changeling is a rebellious novel about creativity, youth and the raging intensity of teenage emotional life. The gripping story plunges the reader into the depths of a mystical town, a haunting and haunted place, where boundaries between the real and the otherworldly become dangerously blurred. A strange and electrifying tale of teenage disenchantment, Changeling is a work of stunning emotional force that captures the twisted complexities of family relationships and friendships, first love, and the quest for self-definition. Guided by short introductions to Baltic mythology, readers will find themselves in an urban landscape steeped in pagan and post-Soviet history.
Are you one of the many active seniors or baby boomers who have some disabilities and wants to travel? Do you have special needs, use a wheelchair and are looking for accessible travel options? Let’s face it, there are over 50 million people in the United States with disabilities and over 180 million worldwide with evidence suggesting that people with disabilities face many barriers in accessing the health and services they need. How would you like to be better informed and have less stress with travel preparations? Wouldn’t it be nice to have a checklist of pertinent questions to ask when you are booking a hotel room, taking a cruise, or flight, then this is written just for you? The author Tracey Ingram is a Clinical Audiologist and Occupational therapist compiled an educational series for people traveling who require accessibility options. Some of the topics discussed in the first volume include; tips for individuals with low vision, critical information for patients diagnosed with diagnosed with diabetes and arthritis, strategies for the hearing impaired, wheelchair accessible solutions, how to travel with mobility aids, traveling with oxygen, and so much more. Every volume of the series will focus on specific disabilities with solutions to help overcome some of the barriers encountered when traveling. Each series will have a resource section with access to disability travel forums, which will give the reader pertinent insight about travelers with disabilities.
The American writer Suzanne Kamata had lived in Japan for more than half of her life, yet she had never explored the small nearby islands of the Inland Sea. The islands, first made famous by Donald Richie’s The Inland Sea 50 years ago, are noted for displaying artwork created by prominent, and sometimes curious, international artists and sculptors: Naoshima’s wealth of museums, including one devoted to 007, Yayoi Kusama’s polka dot pumpkins, Kazuo Katase’s blue teacup, and a monster rising out of a well on the hour in Sakate, called “Anger at the Bottom of the Sea”—to name a few. Spurred by her teen-aged daughter Lilia’s burgeoning interest in art and adventure, Kamata sets out to show her the islands’ treasures. Mother and daughter must confront several barriers on their adventure. Lilia is deaf and uses a wheelchair. It is not always easy to get onto — or off of — the islands, not to mention the challenges of language, culture, and a generation gap. A Girls’ Guide to the Islands takes the reader on a rare visit by a unique mother and daughter team.
„Raphaels Rückkehr“ (Krimi, ca. 460 000 Anschl.) Brügge, Sommer 2015. Nach drei Jahren Rehabilitation kehrt Hauptinspektor Raphael Rozenblad an seinen Arbeitsplatz bei der Ortspolizei im flämischen Brügge zurück – und wird sogleich wieder mit dem Fall konfrontiert, der ihn 2012 seine Beine und fast auch sein Leben gekostet hatte: Er hatte einen Lkw mit Flüchtlingen gestoppt und war mit seiner Harley unter den Zwanzigtonner geraten. Jetzt sitzt er im Rollstuhl. Kurz nach Raphaels Auftauchen wird einer der Flüchtlinge von damals ermordet. Bald verdächtigt der Hauptinspektor neben dem alkoholkranken Sternekoch, in dessen Küche der Mord geschah, auch Leute aus den eigenen Reihen, insbesondere Dienststellenleiter Dovenhof und Hauptinspektorin Vandamme. Schnell bröckelt der ohnehin schwache Rückhalt, den der ruppige, tablettensüchtige Rollstuhlfahrer in der Dienststelle hat. Er traut niemandem mehr, selbst nicht der aufrechten Kollegin Anna und schon gar nicht Azif, einem Flüchtling von damals, der jetzt als verdeckter Ermittler für die Bundespolizei einem internationalen Menschenschmugglerring hinterherjagt und Raphael als Verbündeten gewinnen möchte. Als die beiden endlich gemeinsame Sache machen, gehen die Ermittlungen voran und Vandamme entpuppt sich als Dovenhofs Komplizin. Aber ein zweiter Flüchtling wird ermordet. Raphael hält beide Mordwaffen für abgeschliffene Armbrustpfeile, behält das aber für sich, um nicht für noch verrückter gehalten zu werden. Ein Treffen zwischen Azif und einem Mittelsmann, der dem Koch Asylbewerber als willige und billige Arbeitskräfte zuführt, endet in einer Verfolgungsjagd durch die mittelalterliche Stadt, an deren Ende Azif durch den Mittelsmann schwer verletzt wird und dieser sich als ein enger Kollege von Raphael entpuppt. Bei seiner Befragung wird deutlich: Der Chef der Dienststelle ist selbst prominent am Menschenhandel beteiligt. Vandamme sagt aus, dass er sie zur Mittäterschaft angestiftet hat. Ehe Dovenhof selber befragt werden kann, wird er angeschossen, mit einer Armbrust. Jetzt erzählt Raphael seinem Vorgesetzten Piet, dass er auch die Mordwaffen für Armbrustpfeile hielt. Piet sagt daraufhin, dass der Sternekoch Mitglied in einer Armbrustschützengilde ist. Der Koch wird sofort verhaftet. Dabei verletzt er Raphael jedoch lebensgefährlich. Hier endet die Erzählung. Im Nachspann wird kurz skizziert, dass Raphaels Kollegen gemeinsam mit dem genesenen Azif das Geflecht des Menschenschmugglerrings zu entwirren beginnen und der Mörder und die Schuldigen bei der Polizei und anderswo vor Gericht kommen. Ob Raphael überleben wird, bleibt offen. Herausstellungsmerkmal: Dieser Regionalkrimi spielt im flämischen Brügge, einem Tourismusmagneten, der nach dem Kinoerfolg „Brügge sehen und sterben“ endlich mal wieder krimitechnische Aufmerksamkeit in Deutschland verdient hat. Ein Extra-Pluspunkt sind die aktuellen Themen Inklusion, Diversity und Migration, die mit angenehmer Leichtigkeit und einladender Positivität in die Handlung verwoben sind. Lesergruppe: Frauen und Männer mit Spaß an leichter, spannender Lektüre mit ernstem Hintergrund, an Helden mit Ecken und Kanten und daran, ein beliebtes Reiseziel mal von einer ganz neuen Seite kennen zu lernen.
Sometimes in high school, all you want is to be invisible. Being invisible might be the biggest problem of all for Natalie. She has a disability that causes chaos to her body on the inside but leaves her unmarked on the outside. She's learned to hide her pain so well that you would never guess she's not the same Natalie as she was before she got sick. But after having surgery, Natalie must return to school in a wheelchair. Now, Natalie has to decide if the painful consequences of pretending to be healthy are worth keeping the last of her sick girl secrets.
“I found myself travelling back to the UK from Egypt in a wheelchair. What I had been through was so extreme, so overwhelming emotionally, psychologically and spiritually, that my body had gone into shock.” Encouraging, supportive, and life-saving, this book is essential for avoiding the mental, emotional, or spiritual paralysis or exhaustion that can result from underestimating the current age of increased individual and global emergencies. When spiritual emergencies, such as mystical psychosis and dark nights of the soul, are understood, managed, and integrated, they can offer enormous potential for growth and fulfillment, and this book offers three key phases for successful navigation. Personal stories of spiritual crises are presented alongside practical and effective guidance in this exploration of a fascinating phenomenon.
Poseidon, an alcoholic teenager working as underpaid transporter at the harbor, meets his girlfriend Lydia and his best friend Fotis, a young male whore, in a no-name fast food in the poor suburbs of Athens. Lydia met an Arab full of cocaine in his villa and Fotis is trying to convince them to steal the stuff and set up a business. They will hire young Greek-Russian emigrant women to sell the stuff. The discussion is interrupted by the arrival of Poseidon’s mother and his autistic sister in her wheelchair. His mother has to go to work and he has to take care of his over-aged grandmother and his autistic sister at home. They decide to hit the Arab. Lydia will date the Arab in his villa and Poseidon and Fotis will organize to hit him. But when things go wrong, everything around them changes. To survive they have to live beyond any rules and regulations. Rough heroes living on the edge. Life is recorded as it is, funny and tragic.
Overcome your fears… challenge yourself… surprise others, surprise yourself… do things you couldn’t do yesterday. This groundbreaking picture book will inspire children to believe in themselves, think positive, do things they may find difficult… have self esteem. The book follows 14 children from birth through to adulthood, showing them grow physically, mentally, emotionally, as they take charge of their lives. We see the children learning new skills, exploring new worlds, talking about feelings, learning from mistakes, forgiving others, being kind, being brave, standing up for their own and others’ rights. Diverse and inclusive, the children include a blind boy with his guide dog who becomes an Olympic racing champion by the end of the book; an Asian girl who becomes a marine biologist; a girl wheelchair user who becomes prime minister; a girl with Downs Syndrome who becomes a cake artist…The children interact with each other, support each other and follow their dreams.
When interior decorator Claire Burke discovers one of her clients dead on the new rug that she’s just installed, she never imagines that she will soon be hard at work investigating the woman’s murder. However, her severely disabled, wheelchair-bound daughter Jessie forms a bond with the victim’s husband Jimmy, and when the man is arrested for his wife’s killing, Claire can’t believe that anyone who could be so tender towards her daughter could actually harm another human being. Soon, she enlists her friend Tia to help prove the man’s innocence. Tia ensconces herself in the man’s home under the guise of providing him cleaning services––all the while snooping for possible clues that might exonerate the man. Claire’s Aunt Augusta also arrives for a visit and quickly befriends an elderly neighbor, and the two old ladies––anxious to help Claire––start their own investigation. With detectives seemingly everywhere, no one can possibly imagine who will ultimately bring down the killer––and it may be the most amazing detective of them all!
Reese has an awesome secret. He has so much fun sharing clues with his friends. They have to wait until Halloween to discover his wonderful surprise. But it’s worth the wait! (Reese was born with a cancerous tumor on his spinal cord.)
The French artist creates this masterpiece at the age of 78. Despite some health problems that force him into a wheelchair, Matisse does not lose his inexhaustible curiosity. Matisse experiments with a new technique - then called “papiers découpés” or “drawing with scissors”- he produces large collages that show abstract compositions by using intense and vibrant coloured paper cut-outs. Jazz represents the creative milestone of Matisse’s life. For the first time, the artist uses the paper cut-out as a mean of communication rather than a compositional tool.This creative book is made up of 20 plates illustrating the circus and the artist’s travels. Therefore, it is inspired by circus, folk tales, theatre mythology and plays. The title “Jazz” refers to the improvisational techniques used throughout the book, where expressionist art and the musical improvisation found in jazz are combined together.It was published in 1947 by Editions Tériade with a final run of only 250 copies.
When Bill Mackay, a 33 year old autistic man, is brought from the institution in Calgary in which he has resided for many years to a new institution in Edmonton, Canada, his guardian and aunt, 75-year-old Marion Mackay is fearful for his ability to adjust. However, due to Marion's own declining health, she believes she must move closer to her daughter in Edmonton. Bill is particularly loathe to leave Mavis Elves, a wheelchair-bound woman he considers a special friend. No sooner is Bill moved into his new residence––the Clive Center––in Edmonton, than he is involved in an altercation with a nurse. When the nurse is found murdered the next morning and Bill is found asleep in his bed, clutching a knife which turns out to be the murder weapon, Marion is overwhelmed. She calls Claire Burke, a friend in Edmonton, who she knows has a special needs daughter and who also knows Bill and Mavis. Claire wastes no time stepping in and stepping up when the local police seem ready to railroad Bill for the murder without searching for any other potential suspects. Claire is a go-getter and, along with her pal Tia, not only works to clear Bill of the murder rap, but also begins a major campaign to bring Mavis to Edmonton permanently and to ensconce the two friends along with another in their own home. Along the way, Claire’s and Tia's efforts involve a side trip to Barbados as well as some unexpected run-ins with the real killer.
This little book tells of the sad but inspiring story and his addicted son coming together in the valley of the shadow of death. There is poignancy, sadness but also love and redemption. It is inspiring and will give hope and help to thousands who struggle with drug addiction in thier families.The book will give comfort to those who are experiencing loosing their loved ones. You are not alone, the wonderful Hospice movement and the palliative care forces are there to hold you up and give you hope.
OE is counting down the days until Friday. It’s her favorite day of the week. Each day she has fun, but she knows she will have fabulous fun on Friday. She can’t wait for her special time with Dad and her coach, Austin.( OE was born in Russia. She and Austin both have Cerebral Palsy. They use wheelchairs and communication devices.)
The Butterfly’s Apprentice is a modern day tale of universal wisdom and spiritual discovery reminiscent of Carlos Castaneda and Richard Bach. Written in a fashion that is as driving as a thriller yet as thoughtful as a philosopher’s contemplation, this literary work seamlessly blends heart-pounding momentum with profound introspection, leaving readers exhilarated and enriched in equal measure. A thought-provoking tale of spiritual discovery reminiscent of Carlos Castaneda and Richard Bach. Gabrielle’s facial expression changed and she had a heavy feeling in her stomach. Slowly the words came out of her mouth, “Chris, are you telling me that you crossed that gate — the Gate of Awakening?” In a very dry manner, Chris replied, “Yes.” “When?” Gabrielle asked. “Three-hundred years ago.” The Butterfly’s Apprentice: A Power Spell follows Gabrielle, a young school teacher whose new next-door neighbor is not quite what he appears to be. His startling revelations lead Gabrielle to new vistas of metaphysical understanding where the heart leads, the mind opens, and everyday choices result in the unfolding of a Power Spell . . . This fascinating tale will enlighten you about the pursuit of mastery, the attainment of wisdom, and the universal love that surrounds and ensconces each and every one of us — no matter who or where you may be. Written in a fashion that is as driving as a thriller yet as thoughtful as a philosopher’s contemplation, this literary work seamlessly blends heart-pounding momentum with profound introspection, leaving readers exhilarated and enriched in equal measure. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ruben Perez was born and reared in the Latin community of East Los Angeles. In 2003, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of La Verne. He has worked with the physically and mentally disabled in and out of the education field for over 25 years. In 2006, he moved to Arizona. In 2017, Ruben got married. In 2022, he moved to NorthWest Arkansas, where he now resides. AUTHOR’S NOTE Chris Herman’s character was inspired and based on the Count of Saint Germain. During the 1700s, he fed the poor and worked for peace. The Count of Saint Germain was also known as “The Wonder Man of Europe,” because, it was claimed, he could speak every language, travel by thought, and looked the same for one-hundred years.
The date was Thursday 8 May 1941. Billy Frecknall was nine years old, and the country was at war. What could that mean to a nine-year-old? A great deal, not least being the fact that Billy to all intents and purposes no longer had a Dad, because his father had enlisted in the army in the early days of the war, and they didn’t even know where he was. That night saw the biggest air raid Billy’s home town of Nottingham had experienced, and there were many casualties, including Billy’s Mum. Billy survived, but finding his Dad became even more urgent than before. His quest leads him into many adventures and a great deal of danger, but his courage never falters. Billy is a cheerful, intelligent, resourceful boy who has the gift of winning the hearts of most people he encounters – he will probably win yours too!
