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“Tinfoil Hats: Stories by Mad People in an Insane World” is a collection of stories by neurodivergent people who identify as being Mad, about what it's like to live Mad in a world that oppresses them for the ways they think, live, and act differently from those who consider themselves Normal.
intensely personal, sometimes funny, sometimes dark, these stories are always illuminating. some describe situations that are vibrantly shameful, horrifyingly...
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This book is about the employment of people with disabilities in the United States and the important role of employer practices. Nearly one in five people report some form of disability, and they are only half as likely to be employed as those without disabilities. With the aging workforce and returning military veterans both contributing to increasing number of disabilities in the workplace, there is an urgent need for better ways to address continuing...
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Do you believe it is impossible to move past the abuse you have suffered? Do you feel responsible for the abuse or unworthy of being, loved? You're not to blame and you can move past it, as Michael Bluemling, Jr., a survivor of abuse, knows. In his new book Turning the Page: Overcoming Abuse to Reach Life's Fulfillment, he combines a brief memoir of the abuse he suffered at his father's hands with his road map for how to move past abuse. Because Michael...
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Living the Edges: A Disabled Woman's Reader, the lives of women with disabilities have not changed much. Still Living the Edges provides a timely follow-up that traces the ways disabled women are still on the edges, whether that be on the cutting edge, being pushed to the edges of society, or challenging the edges-,the barriers in their way. This collection brings together the diverse voices of women with various disabilities, both physical and mental,...
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"I'd like coffee, please." "No. I don't believe you. How do I know it is really you who wants coffee and not your friend there subliminally transmitting that to you by touching your shoulder?" Imagine a world where you had to prove you knew your own mind even to get a cup of coffee, where it was generally assumed that you could have no thoughts of your own, so if you did express your thoughts, it must be some trick. What would you do? Would you give...
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“In Between Spaces”, Stillhouse Press's first ever anthology, centers the experiences of thirty-three disabled poets, short-story writers, and essayists as they navigate the physical and emotional complexities of disability, chronic illness, neurodivergence, and mental illness. Compiled by an editorial team of disabled writers, this timely collection of often-overlooked voices celebrates joy, freedom, and the power of agency, while at the same...
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Do children and adults with disabilities enrich our lives? Far more than most people imagine.
Our Better Angels is a testament to the value of individuals with disabilities and the value that society could derive from being more welcoming to and inclusive of them. The reward is the powerful humanizing influence that they can have on others-even some of the most hardened people among us.
Colorful, real-life examples illustrate how a disability can...
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