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  • Disabled Children and the Law

    Research and Good Practice Second Edition

    by Janet Read, Luke Clements, David Ruebain ...
    Now in its completely updated second edition, this accessible guide provides essential information about how the law can be used to promote good practice and policy development for disabled children and young people.The authors take an anti-discriminatory and inclusive approach that involves parents and children in decision-making and advocacy. They summarise recent research on common needs and ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD

  • Disabled People and the Right to Life

    The Protection and Violation of Disabled People’s Most Basic Human Rights

    Edited by Luke Clements, Janet Read ...
    The most basic of human rights, the right to life, is the focus of this book.'Human rights' has increasingly come to be seen as a significant framework, both to aid understanding of the experiences of those who face oppression, and to underpin social, legal and political measures to counter it. Disabled People and the Right to Life uses this framework to explore how disabled people’s right to life ... Read more

    $79.69 CAD

  • Leading the Way: Women in Power

    by Leading the Way Janet Howell Senator, Leading the Way Theresa Howell ...
    Illustrated by Kylie Akia, Alexandra Bye ...
    In this engaging and highly accessible compendium for young readers and aspiring power brokers, the authors spotlight the careers of fifty American women in politics — and inspire readers to make a difference. With foreword by Hillary Rodham Clinton.Meet some of the most influential leaders in America, including Jeannette Rankin, who, in 1916, became the first woman elected to Congress; Shirley ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

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  • Unequal

    A Story of America

    by Michael Eric Dyson, Marc Favreau ...
    New York Times bestselling author Michael Eric Dyson and critically acclaimed author Marc Favreau show how racial inequality permeates every facet of American society, through the lens of those pushing for meaningful change.The true story of racial inequality—and resistance to it—is the prologue to our present. You can see it in where we live, where we go to school, where we work, in our laws, and ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Open Wide The Freedom Gates

    A Memoir

    by Dorothy Height ...
    Dorothy Height marched at civil rights rallies, sat through tense White House meetings, and witnessed every major victory in the struggle for racial equality. Yet as the sole woman among powerful, charismatic men, someone whose personal ambition was secondary to her passion for her cause, she has received little mainstream recognition -- until now. In her memoir, Dr. Height, now ninety-one, ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • 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

    $54.99 CAD

  • 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

    $49.49 CAD

  • A History of the Civil Rights Movement

    by M. LaVora Perry ...
    Series series Major Black Contributions from Emancipat
    "The arc of the moral universe is long," Martin Luther King Jr. once observed, "but it bends toward justice." In this book, you'll read about many courageous people—including Dr. King himself—who worked for justice during the long struggle for African-American civil rights. ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Madam President

    The Extraordinary, True (and Evolving) Story of Women in Politics

    by Catherine Thimmesh ...
    Illustrated by Douglas B. Jones ...
    When will the U.S. elect a woman for president?Catherine Thimmesh’s inspiring look at the role of women in American politics—past, present, and future—is now available with updated sections on Hillary Rodham Clinton, Condoleezza Rice, and Nancy Pelosi. From the time our government was being formed, women have fought their way from behind the scenes to the center of power and decision making. Why ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Boys in the Bunkhouse

    Servitude and Salvation in the Heartland

    by Dan Barry ...
    With this Dickensian tale from America’s heartland, New York Times writer and columnist Dan Barry tells the harrowing yet uplifting story of the exploitation and abuse of a resilient group of men with intellectual disability, and the heroic efforts of those who helped them to find justice and reclaim their lives.In the tiny Iowa farm town of Atalissa, dozens of men, all with intellectual ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • What Color is Monday?

    How Autism Changed One Family for the Better

    by Carrie Cariello ...
    "One day Jack asked me, 'What color do you see for Monday?' 'What?' I said distractedly. 'Do you see days as colors?"Raising five children would be challenge enough for most parents, but when one of them has been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, life becomes a bit more chaotic, a lot more emotional, and full of fascinating glimpses into a unique child's different way of thinking. In this ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • The Minority Body

    A Theory of Disability

    by Elizabeth Barnes ...
    Series series Studies in Feminist Philosophy
    Elizabeth Barnes argues compellingly that disability is primarily a social phenomenon--a way of being a minority, a way of facing social oppression, but not a way of being inherently or intrinsically worse off. This is how disability is understood in the Disability Rights and Disability Pride movements; but there is a massive disconnect with the way disability is typically viewed within analytic ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD