Networking for Teens with Disabilities and Their Allies
Networking for Teens with Disabilities and Their Allies

Author: Marcela D. Grillo

Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

Published: 2019-07-15

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 150818383X

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Having a network of friends may help teens with disabilities overcome obstacles like stigmatization, a significant issue for this population. Other topics in this book include what it means to be an ally, how teens with disabilities can use social media to connect, and the importance of including health care providers in their network to expand their support system. Bolstered by data from recent journal articles, this compelling volume offers teens with disabilities the tools to expand their network and form relationships that lead to more fulfilling lives.

Networking for Teens with Disabilities and Their Allies
Networking for Teens with Disabilities and Their Allies

Author: Various

Publisher: Rosen Young Adult

Published: 2019-07-30

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781499467536

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Students with disabilities are often considered an invisible minority: at school, in their communities, and even at home, they are often underrepresented and underserved. However, through information and the right resources, this series provides neurodivergent students and students with physical disabilities the tools they need to protect themselves, maintain their wellbeing, and participate safely in the activities they care about. By explaining the basic rights protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act and to whom they should turn to assert those rights, this series helps young readers thrive and feel empowered. Features include: Reading level, font choice, and presentation accommodate struggling or neurodivergent readers. Tough topics, such as bullying, inappropriate terminology, and sexual health, are handled with the utmost sensitivity. Authored by disability rights activists with expert familiarity.

Adaptive Sports and the Paralympic Games
Adaptive Sports and the Paralympic Games

Author: Barbara Gottfried

Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

Published: 2019-07-15

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 1508183325

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Thanks to technological innovations and changing attitudes, people with disabilities are able to participate in a wide range of physical activity. This comprehensive volume looks at more than thirty-five adaptive sports that provide modifications to allow people with disabilities to live an active lifestyle. From skiing to sailing and cycling to volleyball, adaptive sports make exercise, and all of its physical, social, and emotional benefits available to people with disabilities. This engrossing text also explores the Paralympics, which offers disabled athletes the chance to compete with their peers from across the globe while building their confidence and self-esteem.

The Sibling Survival Guide
The Sibling Survival Guide

Author: Donald Joseph Meyer

Publisher: Woodbine House

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781606130131

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If you're a teenaged or adult brother or sister of someone with a disability, then this book is expressly for you. It offers a sense that you're not alone, tips on how to talk to your parents about plans for your sibling, and a crash course in guardianship, medical and legal issues, and government benefits if you're already caring for your sib. Edited by experts in the field of disabilities and sibling relationships, The Sibling Survival Guide focuses on the topmost concerns identified in a survey of hundreds of siblings. The chapter authors, experienced siblings and service providers, offer practical information and anecdotes about: statistics and research about siblings; younger siblings' feelings; impact on your life decisions; caring for multiple generations; aging and disability; taking care of yourself; getting services and advocacy; and future planning.

Library Programming for Autistic Children and Teens
Library Programming for Autistic Children and Teens

Author: Amelia Anderson

Publisher: American Library Association

Published: 2021-04-22

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 0838938051

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Foreword by Barbara Klipper Since the first edition of this landmark guide was published, there has been increased interest in services for library patrons on the autism spectrum; indeed, more people of all ages now self-identify as autistic. Those who understand the unique characteristics of autistic young people know that ordinary library programming guides are not up to the task of effectively serving these library users. Well qualified to speak to this need, Anderson is an educator, library researcher, and former public librarian who has helped to develop two IMLS funded initiatives that train library workers to better understand and serve autistic patrons. Here, she offers librarians who work with children and teens in both public library and K-12 educational settings an updated, comprehensive resource that includes an updated introduction to the basics of autism, including language, symbolism, and best practices in the library rooted in the principles of Universal Design; step-by-step programs from librarians across the country, adaptable for both public and school library settings, that are cost-effective and easy to replicate; contributions from autistic self-advocates throughout the text, demonstrating that the program ideas included are truly designed with their preferences in mind; suggestions for securing funding and establishing partnerships with community organizations; and many helpful appendices, with handy resources for training and education, building a collection, storytimes, sensory integration activities, and a “Tips for a Successful Library Visit” template.

Social Policy for Children and Families
Social Policy for Children and Families

Author: Jeffrey M. Jenson

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Published: 2015-02-05

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1483344568

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The Third Edition of Jeffrey M. Jenson and Mark W. Fraser’s award-winning text, Social Policy for Children and Families, offers new evidence that a public health framework based on ecological theory and principles of risk, protection, and resilience is essential for the successful design and implementation of social policy. Written in a conversational, reader-friendly style and incorporating cutting-edge research, this carefully crafted book maps a pathway for developing resilience-based social policies. In every chapter, experts in their respective fields apply the editors’ conceptual model across the substantive domains of child and family poverty, child welfare, education, mental health, health, developmental disabilities, substance use, and juvenile justice. Recipient of the Best Edited Book Award from the Society for Research on Adolescence in 2008, the book is an ideal core text for graduate and upper level undergraduate courses and a vital resource for elected officials, policy makers, and others interested in the evolution of policies aimed at preventing problem behaviors and supporting children and families.

The Aging–Disability Nexus
The Aging–Disability Nexus

Author: Katie Aubrecht

Publisher: UBC Press

Published: 2020-06-01

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 0774863706

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As the global population ages, disability demographics are shifting. Societal transformation and global health inequities have changed who is likely to reach old age, who is likely to live with disability, and the relationship between aging and disability in various socio-cultural and geopolitical contexts. The Aging–Disability Nexus breaks new ground by bringing gerontology and disability studies into dialogue with each other through a variety of empirical, conceptual, and pedagogical approaches. Contributors explore the tensions that shape the way disability and aging are understood, experienced, and responded to at both individual and systemic levels, while avoiding the common tendency to conflate these overlapping elements and map them onto a normative, faulty notion of the human life trajectory. This perceptive work analyzes the distinction between aging with a disability and aging into disability, and reveals how multiple identities, socio-economic forces, culture, and community give form to our experiences.

The Routledge Handbook of Poverty in the United States
The Routledge Handbook of Poverty in the United States

Author: Stephen Haymes

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-12-17

Total Pages: 634

ISBN-13: 1317627407

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In the United States, the causes and even the meanings of poverty are disconnected from the causes and meanings of global poverty. The Routledge Handbook of Poverty in the United States provides an authoritative overview of the relationship of poverty with the rise of neoliberal capitalism in the context of globalization. Reorienting its national economy towards a global logic, US domestic policies have promoted a market-based strategy of economic development and growth as the obvious solution to alleviating poverty, affecting approaches to the problem discursively, politically, economically, culturally and experientially. However, the handbook explores how rather than alleviating poverty, it has instead exacerbated poverty and pre-existing inequalities – privatizing the services of social welfare and educational institutions, transforming the state from a benevolent to a punitive state, and criminalizing poor women, racial and ethnic minorities, and immigrants. Key issues examined by the international selection of leading scholars in this volume include: income distribution, employment, health, hunger, housing and urbanization. With parts focusing on the lived experience of the poor, social justice and human rights frameworks – as opposed to welfare rights models – and the role of helping professions such as social work, health and education, this comprehensive handbook is a vital reference for anyone working with those in poverty, whether directly or at a macro level.