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2) The upside
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A recently paroled ex-convict, Dell, strikes up an unusual and unlikely friendship with a quadriplegic billionaire, Philip Lacasse, in this funny and warm-hearted buddy comedy. From worlds apart, Dell and Philip form an unlikely bond, bridging their differences and gaining invaluable wisdom in the process, giving each man a renewed sense of passion for all of life's possibilities.
3) Roll with it
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Ellie, who has cerebral palsy, finds her life transformed when she moves with her mother to small-town Oklahoma to help care for her grandfather, who has Alzheimer's Disease.
Author
Publisher
Two Lions
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Elsie can’t wait to go to her first father-daughter dance. She picked out the perfect dress and has been practicing swirling and swaying in her wheelchair. Elsie’s heart pirouettes as she prepares for her special night. With gestures, smiles, and words from a book filled with pictures, she shares her excitement with her family. But when a winter storm comes, she wonders if she’ll get the chance to spin and dance her way...
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Language
English
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"The secret to making the most of later life is to keep doing what you love. With practical advice and gentle inspiration, Gattone shows us how gardening can work for people of any age." -Carl Honoré, author of In Praise of Slowness
You can keep gardening for life, you just need to make adjustment as you age. In The Lifelong Gardener, adaptive gardening expert Toni Gattone shares her proven methods for making your favorite hobby easier on your...
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Series
Language
English
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Stacy and Cord Harris had the perfect marriage. Their love, they thought, would see them through any troubles that came along. But when Cord is seriously injured in a catastrophic crash, he forgets that he and Stacy vowed to love each other always. Believing he is too disfigured to deserve Stacy's love, will he look for affection in the arms of his attractive nurse? Stacy is determined to defeat Paula Hanson in the battle for her husband's love.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Mabel and Rosenthal are the two stars of a pretentious art-horror film directed by an unhinged tyrant who may or may not be German (he goes by 'Herr Director'). Mabel is playing a blind woman while Rosenthal, who has facial tumors caused by neurofibromatosis, is essentially playing a version of himself. Both their characters are part of a mad doctor's plot to 'cure' disabilities. But while Mabel can distance herself from her character, Rosenthal's...
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Series
Publisher
Bearport Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Sometimes a person with autism might become so overwhelmed they have a hard time controlling themselves. Uh-oh, it's an emergency! Prepare young readers to empathetically understand and care for a friend with autism who is in distress. Learn what's happening, how to be a helper, and ways to keep your friend safe and calm. A bright design and carefully crafted text takes fear out of emergencies to make them easier to understand"--
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Language
English
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Description
Twelve-year-old Quijana is a biracial girl, desperately trying to understand the changes that are going on in her life; her mother rarely gets home before bedtime, her father suddenly seems to be trying to get in touch with his Guatemalan roots (even though he never bothered to teach Quijana Spanish), she is about to start seventh grade in the Texas town where they live and she is worried about fitting in--and Quijana suspects that her parents are...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"For the past six years, Whitney Dafoe has been confined to a bedroom in the back of his parents' home, unable to walk, to eat, to speak. The sound of music causes him pain. At one point, the formerly healthy, young, freelance photographer, faced starvation as his 6'3" frame withered to 115 pounds. In desperation, Whitney and his parents went from one specialist to another, and still no answers. Then, finally, a diagnosis: the mysterious disease myalgic...
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