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- Books on DisabilityBooks on disability and disability history
- DVDs, Streaming Videos & Historic NewsreelsPopular films, documentaries, YouTube & historic newsreels.
Disability Historic Newsreels
These historic newsreels illustrate highlight changes in attitude regarding disabilities.
DVDs Available from CCS Libraries
- CCS Libraries Disabilities DVDsKeyword search for disabilities. There are other DVDs on specific disabilities by name.
Don't Look Down on Me. YouTube
A documentary I made about my experiences in New York City as a little person. This was a part of the "Media Enabled Musketeers" Program that I was a part of through DCTV funded by the Eurasia Foundation and State Department. It was a program that took different independent filmmakers passionate about disability issues and gave them the resources to create meaningful films. Thank you so much to all those involved with the program!
SFCC DVDs
Autism : the musical (DVD)Call Number: SFCC Circulating DVD: AUTISMPublication Date: 2007Profiles five children with autism, their parents, and acting coach Elaine Hill as they take on the enterprise of a full-length stage production.
Body of WarCall Number: 956.7044 BODY 2008ISBN: 9781422922699This documentary splits its time between Tomas Young's arduous daily life in Kansas City and the heated Senate debates that led up to the invasion of Iraq in 2002.
Children of a Lesser God (DVD)Call Number: CHILDRENAn unorthodox speech teacher at a school for the deaf falls in love with a beautiful and rebellious ex-student.
Elle s'appelle Sabine / Her name is SandrineCall Number: Circulating DVD HER NAMEPublication Date: 2007"An intelligent, moving and beautiful portrait of Sabine, a 38-year-old autistic woman, filmed by her sister, the famous French actress Sandrine Bonnaire.
French with English subtitles
Emmanuel's giftCall Number: Circulating DVD 362.4083 EMMANUEmmanuel Ofosu Yeboah was born in Ghana with a deformed right leg, but he beat incredible odds and became a hero after riding a bicycle across the nation with only one leg. He helped bring political and social change to Ghana. Narrated by Oprah Winfrey.
HammerCall Number: Circulating DVD HammerISBN: B005TTEFXKInspired by the life of deaf UFC fighter, Matt Hamill, The Hammer tells the story of what it takes to be a champion, on and off the mat. Raised among those with the ability to hear, Matt later finds himself no less an outsider amidst the Deaf Community. But through sheer determination, he uses his 'perceived' disability as an asset, and becomes not only the first deaf wrestler to win a National Collegiate Championship, but an inspirational force to both hearing and deaf alike.
How Difficult Can This Be? understanding learning disabilities : Frustration, Anxiety, Tension, the F.A.T. city workshop /A group experiences life the way a learning disabled student does and learns methods of teaching and helping such students.Intouchables
Call Number: Circulating DVD INTOUCHAn irreverent, uplifting comedy about friendship, trust, and human possibility. Based on a true story of friendship between a handicapped millionaire and his street-smart ex-con caretaker, The Intouchables depicts an unlikely camaraderie rooted in honesty and humor between two individuals who, on the surface, would seem to have nothing in common.
Lives Worth LivingCall Number: Technical Services DVD 2246Documents the Disability Rights Movement with narrations from the leaders and the story of Fred Fay who survived spinal cord injury when he was 16.
Mother's Courage : Talking Back to AutismCall Number: SFCC Non-Fiction 618.9289 MOTHERSPublication Date: 2010Follow one woman's journey as she tries to help her severely autistic son break out of his own mind. Traveling to the United States from her home in Iceland to try to learn more about this complex condition, she meets along the way other families who have similar situations and all are looking for some answers.
MurderballCall Number: Documentary DVD 796.333 MURDERB 2005ISBN: B000B5XP24Documents the personal stories and fierce competition of American and Canadian wheelchair rugby players as they struggle toward the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece.
Music withinCall Number: Circulating DVD Music WithinDeafened by a bomb blast in Vietnam, Richard returns home and discovers his life's calling: helping others with disabilities, including his fellow veterans. Along with his best friend Art, a wheelchair-bound rebel with a wicked wit, Richard fights for the rights of those whose voices can't always be heard. Based on the incredible true-life story of Richard Pimentel.
View from the inside physical disabilities.Call Number: Technical Services DVD 2218"Focusing on two people with disabilities--Terri and Danny, both of whom use wheelchairs--this video offers an in-depth look at many aspects of living with disability. It focuses on commonly held stereotypes and practical suggestions for interacting with people with disabilities, on the job and in everyday life. Since the video addresses the disabled person's need to be treated differently, but also the same as everybody else, it addresses the frequently overlooked "human" side of the Americans with Disabilities Act."
Media Enabled Musketeers
- Unstopable: Achilles International AtheletesThis movie is a part of the Russian-American film project on disability 'Media-Enabled Musketeers'. The movie is about the New York chapter of Achilles International, sports club for disabled runners.
- Miriam's Victory.A young women with cerebral palsy
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