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61) Girls like us
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Graduating from their school's special education program, Quincy and Biddy are placed together in their first independent apartment and discover unexpected things they have in common in the face of past challenges and a harrowing trauma.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Pablo Pineda is the first European with Down Syndrome to obtain a university degree. A teacher, a writer, and an actor, he radiates charisma and the will to learn. This is his endearing story which reminds us that the only disability is not understanding that all of us have difference abilities"--Back cover.
64) Fighting tackle
Author
Pub. Date
[1995]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When he becomes stronger but slower, Terry must deal with being moved from defensive safety to offensive tackle on his football team and with the fact that his younger brother, who was born with Down's Syndrome, is becoming a faster runner.
65) Janine
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Janine is one of a kind. She focuses on the positive while navigating life with disabilities. She makes a difference just by being herself"--
66) Summer brother
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Brian lives in a trailer on a forgotten patch of land with his divorced and uncaring father. His older brother Lucien, physically and mentally disabled, has been institutionalized for years, but comes home to live with his father and younger brother for the summer. Their detached father leaves Brian to care for Lucien's special needs. Summer Brother is an honest, tender account of brotherly love, which will resonate with readers...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Meet 34 trailblazing disabled role models from around the world and throughout history, whose incredible lives and careers demonstrate that living with a disability or a chronic illness is not a definition, but just one part of what makes these amazing athletes, activists, thinkers and artists so unique."--back cover.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Elric and Wynn live in the Between protected by the Fairy Queen, but a creature sent by the evil Grendel forces Wynn to enter the Nightfell Wood where Grendel lives and Elric must find a way into the dangerous region to save his sister.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The fifth and final season delivers a climactic conclusion. Picking up from events depicted in season four's flash-forward episode, the seemingly peaceful Observers seized control of our universe in 2015. Now, in 2036, they have become ruthless rulers who stand unopposed. What awaits in the future, however, is the Fringe Team's final stand, which will bring together all they have witnessed in preparation for the final battle to protect our world.
78) Tim
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Tim is an Australian film which tells the story of the relationship between a handsome young man and an attractive businesswoman in her mid-40s. Tim is mentally retarded but, thanks to his understanding and loving home life, he is able to move through life almost with a child's gentleness and content.
79) Sling blade
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Director's cut.
Language
English
Description
Twenty five years after committing an unthinkable crime, a quiet man named Karl finally returns home. Once there, he's befriended by a fatherless boy and his mother. But when his newfound peace is shattered by the mother's abusive boyfriend, Karl is suddenly placed on a collision course with his past!
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