"An autistic pastor and disability scholar helps the contemporary church understand the connections between ableism and racism and how to dismantle both in attitudes and practices"--

Emma is eager to foster Mittens the cat, but she did not anticipate the chaos a cat can cause--but than Mittens disappears.

Get the Summary of Andrew Leland's The Country of the Blind in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Country of the Blind" by Andrew Leland is a comprehensive exploration of the multifaceted experience of blindness. Leland delves into the varied perceptions and realities of being blind, from the common misconception of total darkness to the actual diversity of visual experiences among the blind. He shares his personal...

On the day of my birth, my mother had already decided that she wanted to give me away. She had made this decision even though she had not yet known the extent of the problems that would confront me. As it turned out, there were many, including the fact that I was not born a beautiful baby.Actually, I was considered to be quite ugly, disfigured by a cleft lip and palate that left a gaping hole in the middle of my face. In addition, I was born deaf,...

Imagine everything that you thought you knew about life being challenged. You now question the best way to do things. You look at what makes things easy or difficult with a new perspective. Now imagine that the person responsible for this is your child. Typically, that is not abnormal. We always look at things with a sense of wonder and magic when our children are small. Now consider what it would be like if this stage of life never stopped. This...

SYNOPSIS My Ricans is the story of our family, who migrated to the U.S. mainland during the great migration of the 1920s. It chronicles the family's experiences in a journey that lasted over fifty years and culminated in their return to the Island they called home, Puerto Rico.

"In the Blink of an Eye" follows one man's battle with ALS. He lives by these quotes, some of which are original Tonyisms: "ALS is so ugly in so many ways." "You have no idea how strong you are, until being strong is the only choice you have" – Bob Marley "I can say F--- to ALS, our Government, and big Pharma." "You will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory." – Dr Seuss "Someday I won't have ALS and I will be free."...

Twelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football hero brother Erik fights for the right to play soccer despite his near blindness and slowly begins to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight.

Thirteen-year-old Nat jumps at the chance to participate in the middle school regional theater competition where the winner gets to perform on Broadway, but when stressful rehearsals negatively impact her friendships, she starts to wonder if it is worth doing theater at all.

The World Health Organization has reported that approximately 16% of the global population, over 1.3 billion people worldwide, had some form of disability, and that an additional 190 million people (3.8% of people over 15 years of age) experience serious difficulties in functioning normally on a daily basis. In the US, 61 million, or 26% of, adult Americans have some form of disability, and 2 in 5 adults over the age of 65 have a disability. It has...