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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
When she was 19 months old, Helen Keller (1880–1968) suffered a severe illness that left her blind and deaf. Not long after, she also became mute. Her tenacious struggle to overcome these handicaps-with the help of her inspired teacher, Anne Sullivan-is one of the great stories of human courage and dedication. In this classic autobiography, first published in 1903, Miss Keller recounts the first 22 years of her life, including the magical moment...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When Peter Gwasdauskis, a child with Down syndrome, was mainstreamed into a public school, he had a lot to learn about dealing with differencesand so did his classmates. Filmed over the course of the third-grade school year, this 1992 Academy Award-winning documentary vividly captures Peters achievements and frustrations as he makes a place for himself among his peers. The program features interviews with Peters parents, teachers, fellow students,...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
We produced this film over twenty-five years ago, at a time, when most people with disabilities were excluded from education and often warehoused in such institutional settings as hospitals for the mentally ill, adult residential centers and large group homes. Allowing people with disabilities into regular school classrooms, job sites and other community activities is known as mainstreaming or inclusion. Regular Lives, portrays early, successful...
Series
Michigan studies in rehabilitation. Series 1 volume monograph 4
Publisher
University of Michigan, Rehabilitation Research Institute
Pub. Date
1981
Language
English
Author
Series
Disability statistics abstract volume no. 19
Publisher
[U.S. Dept. of Education, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research]
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English