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• Author(s): Crystal Wolfer • Publisher: FriesenPress • Publisher Imprint: FriesenPress • BISAC: DisabilityWhile mental health awareness is on the rise, it is still a heavily stigmatized subject, with people feeling as isolated and misunderstood ...

• Author(s): Crystal Wolfer • Publisher: FriesenPress • Publisher Imprint: FriesenPress • BISAC: DisabilityWhile mental health awareness is on the rise, it is still a heavily stigmatized subject, with people feeling as isolated and misunderstood ...

• Author(s): Dulcie McCallum • Publisher: FriesenPress • Publisher Imprint: FriesenPress • BISAC: DiscriminationOne beautiful, surprisingly warm spring morning on the isolated islands of Haida Gwaii, an insight smacked Dulcie McCallum in the face...

• Author(s): Tara Geraghty-Ellis • Publisher: FriesenPress • Publisher Imprint: FriesenPress • BISAC: DisabilityLiving with a disability or chronic illness can be extremely frustrating. In addition to the pain and symptoms you have to deal with t...

• Author(s): Lisa J. Dejong • Publisher: FriesenPress • Publisher Imprint: FriesenPress • BISAC: DisabilitiesLucy is a below-the-knee child amputee with a very special talent: she builds her own prosthetic legs in her secret laboratory!Lucy can d...

• Author(s): Tara Geraghty-Ellis • Publisher: FriesenPress • Publisher Imprint: FriesenPress • BISAC: DisabilityLiving with a disability or chronic illness can be extremely frustrating. In addition to the pain and symptoms you have to deal with t...

• Author(s): Dulcie McCallum • Publisher: FriesenPress • Publisher Imprint: FriesenPress • BISAC: DiscriminationOne beautiful, surprisingly warm spring morning on the isolated islands of Haida Gwaii, an insight smacked Dulcie McCallum in the face...

• Author(s): Valerie D. Maidment • Publisher: FriesenPress • Publisher Imprint: FriesenPress • BISAC: VisionWhen Valerie Maidment was a baby, doctors diagnosed her with hydrocephalus, a condition that causes excess fluid to build in the brain. Af...

• Author(s): Talina Papazian • Publisher: FriesenPress • Publisher Imprint: FriesenPress • BISAC: DisabilitiesFollow a group of six children with disabilities who make the most out of every day. As the children paint, garden and blow bubbles, rea...

• Author(s): Cari Forteath • Publisher: FriesenPress • Publisher Imprint: FriesenPress • BISAC: DisabilityIn 1980, Cari Forteath and her husband George welcomed their first child, Harris, into the world. They instantly fell in love with their son...

• Author(s): Ruth E. Vallis • Publisher: FriesenPress • Publisher Imprint: FriesenPress • BISAC: People with DisabilitiesExcited and full of the confidence of youth, totally blind Ruth arrived in London, England, to study Physiotherapy. She spoke...

• Author(s): Linda Manci • Publisher: FriesenPress • Publisher Imprint: FriesenPress • BISAC: DisabilitiesJoin Wally on his exciting journey.Wally, the main character, is a robot with a disability. Each page is interactive with Wally asking the r...

• Author(s): Valerie D. Maidment • Publisher: FriesenPress • Publisher Imprint: FriesenPress • BISAC: VisionWhen Valerie Maidment was a baby, doctors diagnosed her with hydrocephalus, a condition that causes excess fluid to build in the brain. Af...

• Author(s): Erin Johnson | Isabella Muzljakovich • Publisher: FriesenPress • Publisher Imprint: FriesenPress • BISAC: DisabilityA six-year-old girl gets a new baby brother. She marvels at his tiny fingers and notices the palm of his hand has dif...

• Author(s): Jennifer Zuniga • Publisher: FriesenPress • Publisher Imprint: FriesenPress • BISAC: DisabilitiesHave you ever heard the word autism? Do you understand what it means, or how to act when one of your friends has autism?Autism is hard e...

• Author(s): Cheryl Kantak • Publisher: FriesenPress • Publisher Imprint: FriesenPress • BISAC: MemoirsThis book is an intimately personal memoir about a woman, Cindy, born deaf and with multiple other birth defects. Cindy was not expected to sur...

• Author(s): Michael Joseph Kennedy • Publisher: FriesenPress • Publisher Imprint: FriesenPress • BISAC: Home SchoolingThis is the story of Michael Kennedy's life. Born in 1960 with significant disabilities, he describes his early experiences liv...

• Author(s): Jennifer Zuniga • Publisher: FriesenPress • Publisher Imprint: FriesenPress • BISAC: DisabilitiesHave you ever heard the word autism? Do you understand what it means, or how to act when one of your friends has autism?Autism is hard e...

• Author(s): Talina Papazian • Publisher: FriesenPress • Publisher Imprint: FriesenPress • BISAC: DisabilitySuivez un groupe de six enfants handicapés qui profitent pleinement de chaque moment. Pendant que les enfants peignent, jardinent et font ...

• Author(s): Pauline Sameshima | Emily Turner | Dazié Grego-Sykes • Publisher: FriesenPress • Publisher Imprint: FriesenPress • BISAC: Subjects & Themes - DisabilityWhat could an HIV cure mean? Holding HIV shares the raw, poetic voices of 27 ...

• Author(s): Kyle N. Scott • Publisher: FriesenPress • Publisher Imprint: FriesenPress • BISAC: Personal MemoirsWhat is it like to grow up with cerebral palsy? How does a child cope throughout life with a disability? What obstacles will they be f...

• Author(s): Dpa Weston • Publisher: FriesenPress • Publisher Imprint: FriesenPress • BISAC: School & EducationOnce there was a girl who couldn't read...until she discovered her superpowers. Based on a true story, this book highlights the aut...

• Author(s): Michael Joseph Kennedy • Publisher: FriesenPress • Publisher Imprint: FriesenPress • BISAC: Home SchoolingThis is the story of Michael Kennedy's life. Born in 1960 with significant disabilities, he describes his early experiences liv...

• Author(s): Madison Hughes | Brandon Koepke • Publisher: FriesenPress • Publisher Imprint: FriesenPress • BISAC: Disabilities & Special NeedsGrayson is an autistic child learning how to navigate the world in his own unique way. Through gentl...

• Author(s): Chris Stoddart • Publisher: FriesenPress • Publisher Imprint: FriesenPress • BISAC: SportsIn the late 1960s, a new sport emerged in Canada that would change the lives of many people: wheelchair sports.In Life in the Fast Lane, Chris ...

• Author(s): Ashley Biddiscombe • Publisher: FriesenPress • Publisher Imprint: FriesenPress • BISAC: Adoption & FosteringFor many of us, the dream of starting a family is the hope we hold most dear. Sometimes, though, things don't go as easy ...

• Author(s): Jessica Colton • Publisher: FriesenPress • Publisher Imprint: FriesenPress • BISAC: DisabilityMeet Xavier, a bright and joyful kindergartener with Angelman Syndrome who's here to tell you all about his world and his friends who share...

• Author(s): Kari A. Harrington • Publisher: FriesenPress • Publisher Imprint: FriesenPress • BISAC: Personal MemoirsFor any of us, true, unconditional love is among the most meaningful experiences we can hope to have. But for those of us who liv...

• Author(s): Kari A. Harrington • Publisher: FriesenPress • Publisher Imprint: FriesenPress • BISAC: Personal MemoirsFor any of us, true, unconditional love is among the most meaningful experiences we can hope to have. But for those of us who liv...

• Author(s): Janet C. Delorme • Publisher: FriesenPress • Publisher Imprint: FriesenPress • BISAC: Physical ImpairmentsSometimes, a 'winging scapula' reveals a disabling scapulothoracic condition. Sometimes it does not. Often, despite no observab...

• Author(s): Mary Beth Wighton • Publisher: FriesenPress • Publisher Imprint: FriesenPress • BISAC: Diseases - Alzheimer's & DementiaDignity & Dementia: Carpe Diem invites you to experience life with dementia through the lens of the autho...

• Author(s): Tracey Martineau • Publisher: FriesenPress • Publisher Imprint: FriesenPress • BISAC: Social Themes - BullyingKat and Nat are different. But they have each other for support, especially when they're being bullied. They love and appre...

• Author(s): Tracey Martineau • Publisher: FriesenPress • Publisher Imprint: FriesenPress • BISAC: Social Themes - BullyingKat and Nat are different. But they have each other for support, especially when they're being bullied. They love and appre...

• Author(s): Jill Ostrowski • Publisher: FriesenPress • Publisher Imprint: FriesenPress • BISAC: DisabilitiesWhat makes a good friend? Is it someone who is just like you? Or is it someone who listens to you, who laughs at your jokes, who gives go...

• Author(s): Brandon Mitchell • Publisher: FriesenPress • Publisher Imprint: FriesenPress • BISAC: DisabilitiesThe Turtle Island friends are at soccer practice when they meet a new kid named Sheila. When Sheila the fox uses sign language to commu...

• Author(s): Brandon Mitchell • Publisher: FriesenPress • Publisher Imprint: FriesenPress • BISAC: DisabilitiesThe Turtle Island friends are at soccer practice when they meet a new kid named Sheila. When Sheila the fox uses sign language to commu...