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Enabling Acts: The Hidden Story of How the ADA Gave the Largest US Minority its Rights thumbnail

Enabling Acts: The Hidden Story of How the ADA Gave the Largest US Minority its Rights - 183778
Available for Loan Disability Resource Library North Morgantown, WV

by Lennard J. Davis

The 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 surprising story behind how the bill came to be is little known.

In this riveting account, acclaimed disability scholar Lennard J. Davis delivers the first behind-the-scenes and on-the-ground narrative of how a band of leftist Berkeley hippies managed to make an alliance with upper-crust, conservative Republicans to bring about a truly bipartisan bill. Based on extensive interviews with all the major players involved including legislators and activists, Davis recreates the dramatic tension of a story that is anything but a dry account of bills and speeches. Rather, it’s filled with one indefatigable character after another, culminating in explosive moments when the hidden army of the disability community stages scenes like the iconic “Capitol Crawl” or an event some describe as “deaf Selma,” when students stormed Gallaudet University demanding a “Deaf President Now!”

From inside the offices of newly formed disability groups to secret breakfast meetings surreptitiously held outside the White House grounds, here we meet countless unsung characters, including political heavyweights and disability advocates on the front lines. “You want to fight?” an angered Ted Kennedy would shout in an upstairs room at the Capitol while negotiating the final details of the ADA. Congressman Tony Coelho, whose parents once thought him to be possessed by the devil because of his epilepsy, later became the bill’s primary sponsor. There’s Justin Dart, adorned in disability power buttons and his signature cowboy hat, who took to the road canvassing fifty states, and people like Patrisha Wright, also known as “The General,” Arlene Myerson or “the brains,” “architect” Bob Funk, and visionary Mary Lou Breslin, who left the hippie highlands of the West to pursue equal rights in the marble halls of DC.

Published for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the ADA, Enabling Acts promises to ignite readers in a discussion of disability rights by documenting this “eyes on the prize” moment for tens of millions of American citizens.

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Disability History of the United States - 183776
Available for Loan Disability Resource Library North Morgantown, WV

by Kim E. Nielson

Disability is not just the story of someone we love or the story of whom we may become; rather it is undoubtedly the story of our nation. Covering the entirety of US history from pre-1492 to the present, A Disability History of the United States is the first book to place the experiences of people with disabilities at the center of the American narrative. In many ways, it’s a familiar telling. In other ways, however, it is a radical repositioning of US history. By doing so, the book casts new light on familiar stories, such as slavery and immigration, while breaking ground about the ties between nativism and oralism in the late nineteenth century and the role of ableism in the development of democracy.

A Disability History of the United States pulls from primary-source documents and social histories to retell American history through the eyes, words, and impressions of the people who lived it.

Aidan's Way: The Story of a Boy's Life and a Father's Journey thumbnail

Aidan's Way: The Story of a Boy's Life and a Father's Journey - 183774
Available for Loan Disability Resource Library North Morgantown, WV

by George T. Crane, Sam Crane

This life we're given comes in its own season and then follows its vanishing away. If you're at ease in your season, if you can dwell in its vanishing, joy and sorrow never touch you. This is what the ancients called getting free.
--Chuang Tzu

Family & Relationships

Desktop computer - 183263
Wanted General Listing Spencer, WV

I am legally blind, I am trying to get my braille certification through the NFB, but I need a computer, they will provide software. I have a Dell monitor and keyboard and mouse, I just need the computer with sound card and sound system if possible.

Scoop plate - 182825
Available for Loan WV Assistive Technology System Morgantown, WV

"The flat bottom and high rim with a reverse curve on one side help in scooping food onto a utensil without spilling over the side."

SW012 Switch 2" diameter (Pink) - 182703
Available for Loan Disability Resource Library South Charleston, WV

This smaller switch is sensitive to touch and easy to use. The can accompany most adaptive toys and devices available in our library.

SW002 Switch 2" diameter (Blue) - 182701
Available for Loan Disability Resource Library South Charleston, WV

This smaller switch is sensitive to touch and easy to use. The can accompany most adaptive toys and devices available in our library.

Guide for Working Families - 182330
Available for Loan Disability Resource Library South Charleston, WV

This handbook is intended to help working people with information about legal rights, services, and benefits for which they may be eligible. Sections of the guide cover basic labor and civil rights as well as information on topics such as the earned income tax credit (EITC), the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), health care for adults, housing, financial aid for higher education, disabilities issues an other services and programs.

Compiled by Rick Wilson and Carol Sharlip.

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Welfare Reform in West Virginia - 182324
Available for Loan Disability Resource Library South Charleston, WV

The book, written by several current and former WVU scholars studying welfare, examines the situation in West Virginia, one of the nations most impoverished states. Slated to be released in August, the book gives a detailed and comprehensive analysis of West Virginias implementation of welfare reform.
Welfare has been one of the most heavily debated and criticized governmental programs. In more recent years, this debate has focused on education and job training programs, rather than focusing on immediate job placement of welfare recipients.
The authors, in particular, look at the 1996 welfare reform law, which emphasizes work first and contains a variety of provisions designed to make welfare recipients change their ways.

The Whole Life Adoption Book: Realistic Advice for Building a Healthy Adoptive Family thumbnail

The Whole Life Adoption Book: Realistic Advice for Building a Healthy Adoptive Family - 182318
Available for Loan Disability Resource Library South Charleston, WV

Authors Jayne E. Schooler and Thomas C. Atwood share insights into every aspect of adoption. This powerful resource addresses the needs and concerns facing adoptive parents, while offering encouragement for the journey ahead.

Timercap - 182229
Available for Loan WV Assistive Technology System Morgantown, WV

"TimerCaps have a built-in stopwatch with an automatic sensor that starts counting the seconds, minutes, and hours since last opened. Gain peace of mind as the stopwatch automatically starts when the cap is closed - It is just that simple. This lets you know precisely to the minute the last time you took your medication without the worry of pressing any buttons or setting any alarms."

Timercap - 182228
Available for Loan WV Assistive Technology System Morgantown, WV

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Daily pill reminder box storage system with alarm - 182227
Available for Loan WV Assistive Technology System Morgantown, WV

"Daily pill reminder box has a large and easy to read LCD display. It is a sophisticated medication reminder device. Developed for patients who need to take their pills at exact time of the day."

Activity chair, high chair, or booster with seat belt - 182204
Wanted General Listing Lashmeet, WV

Looking for an activitychair, or booster for our 6 year old so he can stay seated at the table during meals.

"Simple Steps: Developmental Activities for Infants, Toddlers, and Two-Year-Olds" thumbnail

"Simple Steps: Developmental Activities for Infants, Toddlers, and Two-Year-Olds" - 181881
Available for Loan Disability Resource Library South Charleston, WV

Activities for early childhood development

He's My Brother - 181736
Available for Loan Disability Resource Library South Charleston, WV

A young boy describes the experiences of his slow learning younger brother at school and at home. By Joe Lasker.

Picture Care Phone - 181713
Available for Loan WV Assistive Technology System Morgantown, WV

" Pictures Can Be Placed On Each Button, Ringer Switch With Hi/Lo/Off, Bright Led Lights For Incoming Calls, 10 Two-Touch Or 10 One-Touch Memory Keys, Store On/Off Switch, Red 911 Emergency Key - This Number Is Backed Up Even If The Unit Is Unplugged From The Line"

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Photo Phone P 300 with amplification, light, and touch dialing, Ameriphone - 181709
Out: Due Back 04/09/2018 WV Assistive Technology System Morgantown, WV

"The Photo Phone P-300 allows you to dial a number simply by pressing a picture. With its powerful, built-in amplifier and large, easy-to-see keypad, using the phone has never been easier. The P-300 has nine photo memory buttons and the adjustable amplifier makes calls up to 20 dB.The adjustable tone control makes similar sounding words crystal clear and easy to understand. The Photo Phone also has a hearing aid T-coil compatible handset, adjustable loud ringer and bright flasher to announce incoming calls, and large, easy-to-see buttons that make dialing easy." daily living item

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(DVD) Finger Tips - Teaching Women about Masturbation - 181451
Available for Loan Disability Resource Library South Charleston, WV

By: Hingsburger, Dave; Haar,Sandra
c.2006

"Finger Tip", the video breaks new ground as a package that aims at teaching women with disabilities about sexual pleasure.The video provides a clear-how-to demonstration. While the video is graphic, it is always educational and always forthright.

(DVD) Making a Difference - Meeting the Special Needs of Individuals with Brain Injury - 181449
Available for Loan Disability Resource Library South Charleston, WV

By: Texas Department of State Health Services and the Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Council
c.2009

"Making a Difference" is comprised of ten training modules that illustrate the neuro-anatomy of a brain injury and the everyday difficulties experienced by many brain injury survivors. The video offers useful tips for effective communication and for directing individuals, families and loved ones to needed supports and services. In addition, the video includes a section that addresses the special needs of veterans with brain injury.

Total run time: 97 min

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