Titres dans Personnes handicapées

A heartfelt and inspiring memoir and celebration of Deaf culture by Nyle DiMarco, actor, producer, two-time reality show winner, and cultural icon of the international Deaf community Before becoming the actor, producer, advocate, and model that people know today, Nyle DiMarco was half of a pair...

A memoir-in-essays from disability advocate and creator of the Instagram account @sitting_pretty Rebekah Taussig, processing a lifetime of memories to paint a beautiful, nuanced portrait of a body that looks and moves differently than most. Growing up as a paralyzed girl during the 90s and early...

Globally renowned disability activist shares a powerful, globetrotting memoir about dismantling barriers and finding true freedom through interdependence. For most of his life, Dr. Victor Pineda was driven by a secret contract he made as a child in a doctor’s office: if he was to remain on...

In Life Lessons, longtime journalist and best-selling author Bob Violino invites you on an enlightening journey through life's trials and triumphs. Drawing from his extraordinary experiences, he offers genuine insights and practical wisdom to help you overcome hardship and look for opportunities for growth. Bob's life has been a tapestry of remarkable events, from surviving a near-fatal cardiac arrest to navigating kidney disease.

Brought to you by Penguin. From a life in comedy to the Glitterball Trophy – Chris McCausland Tells All. The perfect feel-good gift for fans of comedy and Strictly alike. Already one of the country's best loved comedians, Chris McCausland's participation on Strictly was a phenomenon. But how...

Brought to you by Penguin. The ground-breaking memoir of one woman coming to terms with her ADHD diagnosis, shedding new light on her past, her family history and reframing the condition For Carla Ciccone, the feeling of not quite knowing how to perform adult life was all too familiar. At 39...

Bloomsbury presents Neurodivergent, By Nature, written and read by Joe Harkness SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION WRITING A BBC WILDLIFE BEST BOOK OF 2025 Exploring the connections between nature and neurodiversity Time in nature supports our wellbeing. If we are...

Je m'appelle Mason Cyrille Elong Ewing. J'avais à peine 4 ans lorsque ma mère Marie est décédée, laissant derrière elle un petit bout d'homme. Au Cameroun, on m'appelait Toro, j'étais l'enfant au destin fragile. Puis je suis arrivé en France chez mon oncle et ma tante, pour une meilleure vie. On m'avait promis un fabuleux voyage, mais personne ne m'avait précisé que c'était pour l'enfer. J'étais devenu, Lucien, l'esclave.

In But Everyone Feels This Way, Autism acceptance activist and multi-million-follower TikTok influencer Paige Layle shares her deeply personal journey to diagnosis and living life autistically. It all started out pretty normal: Paige lived in the countryside with her parents and brother Graham...

Als Henry Markram ein autistisches Kind bekam, zählte er zu den berühmtesten Hirnforschern der Welt. Er arbeitete am Weizmann-Institut und am Max-Planck-Institut, gewann zahlreiche Forschungspreise und hielt Vorträge auf der ganzen Welt. Seine Methode, die misst, wie Zellen sich vernetzen, wurde internationaler Standard. Doch dann kam Kai. Und Fragen und Sorgen lagen auf einmal im Kinderzimmer, zwischen Teddybär und Mondlampe. Markrams geachtete Aufsätze vermochten seinem Sohn weniger zu helfen als das Liederbuch, aus dem er ihm abends vorsang.

One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent—but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Now, just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, activist Alice Wong brings...

I spent my entire adult life hiding something that’s haunted me for as long as I can remember—dyslexia. OUTCAST, A Dyslexic in an Ivy League World, is the story of living with severe dyslexia and redefining the road to success, not through the privilege of education, but through triumph over extraordinary obstacles. Labeled a failure by the educational system, I finished last in my high school class. I never earned a college credit or read a book. Yet I carved an unlikely path into the heart of Wall Street, rising to become a senior executive at Merrill Lynch.

Diante de uma tragédia, existem pessoas que transformam um golpe brutal em suas existências numa oportunidade de se reinventar. Julho de 2009. Prestes a embarcar para a Itália, onde desfilaria como modelo por uma grife de luxo, Fernando Fernandes sofreu um acidente de carro. Como...

The feature film directed by CODA’s Sian Heder streams on Apple starting November 13th "This important book will help ensure that every person gets a chance to live up to their full potential and will always have a place at the table.”—Hillary Clinton "Her life story as an activist will...

A beautiful, lyrical memoir, in which a mother and her wheelchair-using, competitive swimmer daughter travel the North Sea and discover what whales, dolphins and orcas can teach us about care, disability and community ‘In the water, the boundaries between strength and vulnerability dissolve...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. ¿Quién soy? ¿Qué me hace especial? ¿Cuál es mi propósito? Estas preguntas seguro han rondado tu mente al menos una vez en tu vida. Yo también me las hacía y, después de ser diagnosticado con una enfermedad degenerativa, me parecía importante...

She survived the night that changed everything. But survival was only the beginning. At eighteen, Hannah believed her life was finally beginning. She had an apartment, a job, college classes, and plans for a future that belonged entirely to her. Then one ordinary night divided her life into two parts: before the accident—and after. Following a devastating brain injury, Hannah awakens to a world she no longer recognizes. Surrounded by hospital walls and unfamiliar faces, she must learn to walk, talk, remember, and trust her body again.

Alina und Tim sind zwei Menschen, die in ihrem Leben immer wieder erfahren mussten, wie es sich anfühlt, unterschätzt, gebremst oder nicht ernst genommen zu werden. Schon früh begegneten ihnen Vorurteile, Ängste und Grenzen, die andere für sie festlegen wollten. Doch ihre Geschichte zeigt...

An inspirational memoir by the former IndyCar driver turned entrepreneur, race team owner and philanthropist, No Finish Line is Sam Schmidt’s account of leading the charge to find cures and treatments for spinal cord injuries after a racing accident left him paralyzed. On January 6, 2000, Sam...

Brought to you by Penguin. SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2025 From Hanif Kureishi, author of The Buddha of Suburbia, a memoir about the accident that left him paralysed. Imagine your life changing in a second: one minute you are watching the football with a beer, the next...