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  • The Early Cases of Hercule Poirot

    This collection of 25 Hercule Poirot adventures by Agatha Christie are compiled from short stories written for The Sketch magazine from March to December 1923. Hercule Poirot delighted in telling people that he was probably the best detective in the world. So turning back the clock to trace eighteen of the cases which helped establish his professional reputation was always going to be a ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Enabling Acts

    The Hidden Story of How the Americans with Disabilities Act Gave the Largest US Minority Its Rights

    The first major behind-the-scenes account of the history, passage, and impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)—the landmark moment for disability rightsThe Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is the widest-ranging and most comprehensive piece of civil rights legislation ever passed in the United States, and it has become the model for disability-based laws around the world. Yet the ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Legal Rights, 6th Ed.

    The Guide for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People

    The standard handbook on law affecting deaf and hard of hearing people has been completely rewritten and updated. The sixth edition of Legal Rights: The Guide for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People meticulously describes those statutes that prohibit discrimination against deaf and hard of hearing people, and any others with physical challenges. Written in easy-to-understand language, the new edition ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Win Your Social Security Disability Case

    Advance Your SSD Claim and Receive the Benefits You Deserve

    Win Your Social Security Disability Case provides step-by-step information to successfully obtain and keep receiving Social Security Disability benefits. All the necessary forms and sample letters required to appeal an unfavorable decision will be provided, along with over 30 medical questionnaires that will assist the treating doctor to establish that his or her patient is disabled.Topics to be ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Crip Authorship

    Disability as Method

    Edited by Mara Mills, Rebecca Sanchez ...
    An expansive volume presenting crip approaches to writing, research, and publishing.Crip Authorship: Disability as Method is an expansive volume presenting the multidisciplinary methods brought into being by disability studies and activism. Mara Mills and Rebecca Sanchez have convened leading scholars, artists, and activists to explore the ways disability shapes authorship, transforming cultural ... Read more

    Free

  • Words Made Flesh

    Nineteenth-Century Deaf Education and the Growth of Deaf Culture

    Series Book 4 - The History of Disability
    During the early nineteenth century, schools for the deaf appeared in the United States for the first time. These schools were committed to the use of the sign language to educate deaf students. Manual education made the growth of the deaf community possible, for it gathered deaf people together in sizable numbers for the first time in American history. It also fueled the emergence of Deaf culture ... Read more

    Free

  • Lectura fácil

    Son cuatro: Nati, Patri, Marga y Àngels. Son parientas, tienen diversos grados de lo que la Administración y la medicina consideran «discapacidad intelectual» y comparten un piso tutelado. Han pasado buena parte de sus vidas en RUDIS y CRUDIS (residencias urbanas y rurales para personas con discapacidad intelectual). Pero ante todo son mujeres con una extraordinaria capacidad para enfrentarse a ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Keywords for Disability Studies

    Series Book 7 - Keywords
    Introduces key terms, concepts, debates, and histories for Disability StudiesKeywords for Disability Studies aims to broaden and define the conceptual framework of disability studies for readers and practitioners in the field and beyond. The volume engages some of the most pressing debates of our time, such as prenatal testing, euthanasia, accessibility in public transportation and the workplace, ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Such a Pretty Girl

    A Story of Struggle, Empowerment, and Disability Pride

    A memoir by a disability rights activistSuch a Pretty Girl is Nadina LaSpina's story—from her early years in her native Sicily, where still a baby she contracts polio, a fact that makes her the object of well-meaning pity and the target of messages of hopelessness; to her adolescence and youth in America, spent almost entirely in hospitals, where she is tortured in the quest for a cure and made to ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Laws We Need To Know

    Understanding Rules and Programs for Persons with Mental Illness

    Those suffering from mental illness and their supporters need to understand and access complex rules and programs. As a knowledgeable attorney cannot be called every time a question arises, this book provides a ready reference tool. The author, Baron Miller, is a practicing attorney in San Francisco. He has been dealing for decades with legal issues affecting persons with mental illness. With ... Read more

    $18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • International Disability Law

    A Practical Approach to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

    This book provides a concise guide to international disability law. It analyses the case law of the CRPD Committee and other international human rights treaty bodies, and provides commentaries on more than 50 leading cases. The author elaborates on the obligations of States Parties under the CRPD and other international treaties, while also spelling out the rights of persons with disabilities, and ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Social Security Disability Law

    Applying for Social Security disability benefits can be an overwhelming experience. For those who have never been exposed to the system, it can be confusing and discouraging, exactly what you don’t need when you are getting used to being disabled, or having a child or spouse who is disabled. If that describes you, then this eBook is for you.Lawyers who are used to handling claims against insurance ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Legislação sobre Pessoa com Deficiência

    10ª edição

    Series Book 265 - Legislação
    Organizada por Symone Maria Bonfim, a 10ª edição da Legislação sobre Pessoa com Deficiência reúne em um único volume todas as normas acerca de inclusão social e acessibilidade.Atualizada até 27/6/2022, a coletânea inclui a Lei Brasileira de Inclusão da Pessoa com Deficiência (LBI), a Convenção sobre os Direitos das Pessoas com Deficiência (Nova York, 2007), o Tratado de Marraqueche (Marraqueche, ... Read more

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  • The Essentials of Special Education Law

    Series series Special Education Law, Policy, and Practice
    The Essentials of Special Education Law distills the legal complexities of special education into a practical resource for preparation programs as well as professionals in the field. Written and organized with college students and practicing educators in mind, this book serves as a go-to guide to the historical underpinnings of special education, the six pillars of the Individual with Disabilities ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Disabled Education

    A Critical Analysis of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

    by Ruth Colker ...
    “For the first time, this book tells the stories of the families who set key precedents for children with special needs. It also gives a novel and in-depth description of the political and legislative process of the landmark Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. In so doing, Colker offers an unprecedented historical account of this law, while also offering a timely critique and suggestions ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Configuración de la noción de discapacidad en un contexto de vulnerabilidad en Bogotá

    Análisis interdisciplinar

    Series series Instituto Rosarista de Acción Social –SERES
    La discapacidad se consolida de forma muy diversa en cada caso particular, influyendo en ella aspectos de índole personal, familiar, social y del entorno. Por ello, el Equipo Interdisciplinario de Estudios en Desarrollo Local de la Universidad del Rosario realizó un proyecto de investigación cuyos resultados se presentan en este libro. El objetivo de esta investigación fue determinar los ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Twenty-Two Cents an Hour

    Disability Rights and the Fight to End Subminimum Wages

    by Doug Crandell ...
    In Twenty-Two Cents an Hour**, Doug Crandell uncovers the harsh reality of people with disabilities in the United States who are forced to work in unethical conditions for subminimum wages with little or no opportunity to advocate for themselves, while wealthy CEOs grow even wealthier as a direct result.**As recently as 2016, the United States Congress enacted bipartisan legislation which ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • The David Hume Collection

    David Hume was a Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist, who is best known today for his highly influential system of philosophical empiricism, scepticism, and naturalism. Hume's empiricist approach to philosophy places him with John Locke, George Berkeley, Francis Bacon and Thomas Hobbes as a British Empiricist. Beginning with his A Treatise of Human Nature (1738), ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Social Security Disability Law: A Reference for Social Security Disability Claims

    Do you have a severe physical disability or mental health disorder that keeps you from working full-time? Has it lasted, or is it expected to last, for at least one year? Were your benefits terminated? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, you may be eligible for Social Security disability benefits. But did you know the government denies the majority of claims, even when people deserve ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Studies in Law, Politics, and Society

    Edited by Austin Sarat ...
    Series Book 76 - Studies in Law, Politics, and Society
    Studies in Law, Politics, and Society provides a vehicle for the publication of scholarly articles within the broad parameters of interdisciplinary legal scholarship. In this latest edition of this highly successful research series, chapters examine a diverse range of legal issues and their impact on and intersections with society. This volume features a special section with papers dedicated to ... Read more

    $110.99 USD

  • Representing People With Dementia

    A Practical Guide for Criminal Defense Lawyers

    Edited by Elizabeth Kelley ...
    The criminal justice system as a whole is not the place for someone with dementia. Jail, or worse, prison, would be absolute torture. This book is an attempt to help those who, because of dementia, are fragile, bewildered, and vulnerable – and to give their attorneys the tools to obtain a fair and just resolution of their case.Table of Contents:ForewordIntroductionWhat Is Dementia? Dr. Marc ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Allies and Obstacles

    Disability Activism and Parents of Children with Disabilities

    Parents of children with disabilities often situate their activism as a means of improving the world for their child. However, some disabled activists perceive parental activism as working against the independence and dignity of people with disabilities. This thorny relationship is at the heart of the groundbreaking Allies and Obstacles.The authors chronicle parents’ path-breaking advocacy in ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Fostering Accessible Technology through Regulation

    Technology has attracted an increasing level of attention within studies of disability and disability rights. Many researchers and advocates have maintained skepticism towards technology out of the fear that technology becomes another way to ‘fix’ impairments. These skeptical views, however, contrast with a more positive approach towards the role that technology can play in eliminating barriers to ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Disability, Criminal Justice and Law

    Reconsidering Court Diversion

    by Linda Steele ...
    Series series Social Justice
    Through theoretical and empirical examination of legal frameworks for court diversion, this book interrogates law’s complicity in the debilitation of disabled people.In a post-deinstitutionalisation era, diverting disabled people from criminal justice systems and into mental health and disability services is considered therapeutic, humane and socially just. Yet, by drawing on Foucauldian theory of ... Read more

    $54.99 USD