Ergebnis für "Frau" in Menschen mit Behinderung

Meine Mutter war Alkoholikerin. Meine Kindheit? Keine einfache! Vor Jahren schwör ich mir, den Kontakt zu meiner Mutter abzubrechen. Als sie jedoch schwer erkrankte und Hilfe brauchte, reichte ich ihr meine Hand. Nichtwissend, dass die härtesten Tage, Wochen und Monate meines Lebens sein sollten.

Close your eyes and get ready to see the world in a new and more positive way. As a child in Toronto, Molly Burke was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa and became completely sightless as a teenager. Now an award-winning YouTube star and global influencer, Molly shares what it’s like to be a purple-haired, pink-obsessed fashion and makeup lover in a seeing world. She speaks with authenticity and candor about how she tackles the preconceived notions we have around blindness; Molly has made it her mission to make us see her - and ourselves- in a wholly empowering way.

Meet the exhausted group of caregiving mothers who offer extraordinary care to a child with disabilities or unique needs. These unsung heroes, who walk invisibly among us, dedicate time, energy, love, and their entire lives to help their loved one who is unable to help themselves. A child with a rare degenerative disease. A sibling with autism. A teen wading through anxiety and depression. An adult child with a debilitating illness. A child with extreme ADHD.

This inspiring autobiography by Helen Keller is an account of her life from her family history up to her last years of college, supplemented by her personal letters from age 7 to 21. This edition includes letters and reports contributed by her teacher, Anne Sullivan, and the editor, John Albert Macy.

Barbara Melvin has a secret to her success: her five Ps. And never were they more important than the day she woke up in her Naples, Florida home, blind. In the blink of an eye, life changed.

When Valerie Maidment was a baby, doctors diagnosed her with hydrocephalus, a condition that causes excess fluid to build in the brain. After the second surgery at age 9, she was declared healthy; she lived a happy, normal life, graduating from high school and college, having children, and buying and managing her own convenience store. Until one day, when everything changed. Fluid began to build once again in Valerie’s brain, causing immense pressure that—due to misdiagnosis on the part of multiple doctors—caused her optic nerves to break down.

Lissa Bachner was born with a passion for horses and won her first blue ribbon at age five. Other awards would follow as a young rider, and for years Lissa trained with jumpers, tackling more difficult leaps, and working to perfect her ride. When blindness struck in her teens, it appeared her passion for riding would come to an end. How could she jump hurdles when she could barely navigate through her own home? But success, trust, and love came to Lissa when her trainer convinced her to buy a "diamond in the rough" from Germany.

Helen Keller’s name is forever linked with courage, perseverance, and the power of education. In Midstream: My Later Life, she picks up where The Story of My Life left off, offering a rare look at her journey beyond her early triumphs. Here, Keller recounts the challenges and victories of adulthood—her advocacy for people with disabilities, her international travels, her friendships with world leaders and artists, and her tireless fight for social change. She writes candidly about setbacks, loneliness, and the weight of public life, but also about the deep sense of purpose that guided her.

»Ich bin blind. Na und?« Dies ist das Motto der 47jährigen Sylvia, die sich trotz so mancher Rückschläge und unerwarteter Wendungen in ihrem Leben nicht unterkriegen lässt. In ihrer Autobiographie führt sie den Leser zu den wichtigen Stationen auf ihrem bisherigen Lebensweg, beispielsweise ihr Elternhaus und verschiedene Internatsschulen. Mit großer Offenheit spricht sie über Höhen und Tiefen und wie sie damit umgegangen ist. Humorvoll und einfühlsam berichtet sie über ihre Erfahrungen in Schule, Beruf und Familie, mit Freunden und in der Liebe.

Imbalanced traces Sheri Thomas' remarkable journey from a front-page headline in 1962 to her current role as an advocate fighting to remove the stigmas surrounding physical disabilities and mental health.

Born with hearing loss, later battling cancer multiple times, and navigating life with disability, Lori takes listeners on a powerful journey of survival and transformation. This isn’t just a cancer memoir—it’s a story about the human spirit, the power of family, and the lessons for living that come when life doesn’t go as planned.

Andreea, giovane universitaria, arriva ad Alessandria dalla Romania per proseguire gli studi. Inaspettatamente, dopo pochi mesi, a Genova conosce Paolo, si innamora e di lì a un anno nasce Elena. A poco più di un anno di età la bambina inizia ad accusare sintomi di cui non si conosce l'origine. Per i genitori comincia un viaggio pieno di incertezze, ricoveri e preoccupazioni fino alla diagnosi di una rarissima malattia genetica.

Wanting to have a baby my whole life, I always assumed I would get the opportunity. But when I received the diagnosis of an incurable disease, that dream faded into a distant memory. When I fell in love, got married, and then pregnant a few years later, everyone questioned if I would get my dream or just be lucky to survive.

En este libro de memorias profundamente conmovedor y sincero, Blanca Reyes Méndez comparte su viaje tras la pérdida repentina e irreversible de la visión de su ojo izquierdo. A través de la reflexión poética y la verdad personal, explora el dolor, el miedo, la curación y la transformación. Ver con el alma no trata sólo de la pérdida de visión, sino de aprender a ver de otra manera. A encontrar la luz interior. A vivir más despacio, más plenamente y con el corazón bien abierto.

Liz Casper is a former medical doctor, artist, and author from the Pacific Northwest. In her first book, BRILLIANT, BEAUTIFUL, BIPOLAR, Liz shares with us her personal journey before, during, and after her diagnosis of bipolar disorder. The book, set in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, chronicles Liz’s experience both living with and healing from this devastating diagnosis.

How I Own Cerebral Palsy is a captivating look into the life of Carmen Lebron, a young woman set on living a life of positive impact free from physical and mental barriers. Heartfelt, honest, and full of liberating moments for the soul, Carmen's story is a riveting testament to why we should never, under any circumstances, consider giving up.

Mother of Courage is the inspiring true story of a young woman who loses both arms in a boating accident, yet valiantly finishes dental school, marries, raises two boys, teaches at an historically Black medical college, and becomes a nationally known advocate for people with disabilities. With grace, humor, faith, and a large dose of determination, Margaret Chanin transforms her tragic physical loss into a triumph of the human spirit—and shares her light with everyone she meets.

As a new mother to three nonverbal, profoundly autistic children, Christine Slack Roach felt lost and alone. There were resources about autism and about raising children with disabilities. But she couldn’t find anything that resonated with what she was experiencing with her own children. As her three children approach adulthood, Christine feels compelled to share the miracles, joys, pain and unending love she has experienced learning about and raising her kids so that other parents in a similar situation will know that they are not alone, and there are resources out there.

With humility and candor, artist activist Mary Fisher inspires us when, in her eighth decade, she creatively takes on disease, poverty, hunger, injustice, racism and the role of women. Uneasy Silence tells her story of speaking truth to power while living with AIDS, journeying through cancer and surviving a near-death experience. Her steady concern for The Other enables her to find the strength to stand up, speak up and make a difference, inspiring us to do the same.

A witty and honest account about Lorraine Ansell’s journey with chronic pain due to Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. This genetic life long condition cannot be cured, only managed. Lorraine talks about her life in constant pain and how that has created her personality and even clothes choices. Lorraine’s life is a continual compromise of activities and choices. This book explores her journey as well as the issues with tissues which she now realises were actually a thing and how much pain she has been in. Listen to how she comes to face up to pain and learns to accept and work with pain.