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Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Coping with personal problems > Coping with disability

Ongeskonde (Afrikaans, Paperback): Alwyn Uys Ongeskonde (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Alwyn Uys
R255 R239 Discovery Miles 2 390 Save R16 (6%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Die kranige sportman Alwyn Uys word in die fleur van sy lewe verlam. Ten spyte van dié verlies en ander terugslae bly Alwyn se gees ontembaar.

Hy besluit om sy lewe ten volle te leef: Hy word onder andere die eerste parapleeg ooit wat van Robbeneiland na Bloubergstrand swem. Ongeskonde is Alwyn se openhartige vertelling van sy worsteling en hoe hy met genade van Bo besluit het om uit te styg bo sy beperkinge.

Sy eerlike verhaal sal jou inspireer om jou eie uitdagings aan te pak en te oorkom.

Disability in Context - A Socio-Educational Perspective in South Africa (Paperback): Mbulaheni Maguvhe, Meahabo Magano Disability in Context - A Socio-Educational Perspective in South Africa (Paperback)
Mbulaheni Maguvhe, Meahabo Magano
R681 Discovery Miles 6 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This brand new book addresses disability issues, including inclusive education, advocacy and empowerment. Aimed specifically at students studying in South Africa, this book attempts to plug the gap between policy, services and rights for disabled people in South Africa, whilst also helping readers to find a new world view. This book is suitable for both first year undergraduates in inclusive education and senior students and also academics looking to advance theory and lay good foundations for comprehensive, evidence-based practice.

Brave Lotus Flower Rides The Dragon (Paperback): Tracy Todd Brave Lotus Flower Rides The Dragon (Paperback)
Tracy Todd 4
R250 R223 Discovery Miles 2 230 Save R27 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

"Why walk when you can soar..."

These are the opening words on Tracy Todd’s website and they are a powerful affirmation of the person Tracy is today – a sought-after inspirational speaker whose uplifting presentations have inspired and given hope to many people. But it is difficult to imagine what she has overcome in a tough and often lonely journey.

At the age of twenty-eight her life was turned upside down when a horrific road accident left her a quadriplegic, paralysed from the neck down. Her life as an athletic, marathon-running young mother and teacher was abruptly shattered. Despite months of rehabilitation, Tracy often found herself wondering if her life was worth living. Everything she had taken for granted was now beyond her reach and frustration at her helplessness threatened to overwhelm her. Against the odds, Tracy chose to live.

Her strength of character and determination prevailed and, sustained by the support of her son, family and friends, her care assistants, and an unbelievably caring community, she set about gaining the independence to rebuild her life and reclaim her identity – which she has done, with dignity and grace. Brave Lotus Flower Rides The Dragon is an honest, inspiring and engaging memoir in which Tracy’s natural warmth and humour are tangible and, most importantly, she embodies what the human spirit can achieve.

My Stryd Met ADHD - Die Onsigbare Oorlog (Afrikaans, Paperback): Hykie Berg My Stryd Met ADHD - Die Onsigbare Oorlog (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Hykie Berg 1
R285 R267 Discovery Miles 2 670 Save R18 (6%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Hykie vertel in rou eerlikheid van sy stryd met ADHD. Van 'n weerlose seuntjie wat nie kon stilsit nie tot 'n jong man wat in Weskoppies opgeneem word en alles verloor. Hykie ondersoek die hele fenomeen van ADHD – hoeveel diagnoses daar gemaak word, hoe die medikasie ontstaan het, die samestelling en die newe-effekte daarvan. Hykie wys dat medikasie nie die enigste antwoord is nie. Hykie gee ook waardevolle raad aan Christene oor hoe om mense wat aan geestessiektes lei te ondersteun.

Sipping Dom Perignon Through A Straw - Reimagining Success As A Disabled Achiever (Paperback): Eddie Ndopu Sipping Dom Perignon Through A Straw - Reimagining Success As A Disabled Achiever (Paperback)
Eddie Ndopu
R415 R200 Discovery Miles 2 000 Save R215 (52%) In Stock

An inspirational and truly intersectional memoir from global humanitarian and social justice advocate Eddie Ndopu-a queer, Black wheelchair user and one of the UN Secretary-General's 17 Advocates for the SDGs.

A memoir, penned with one good finger, about being profoundly disabled and profoundly successful.

Global humanitarian Eddie Ndopu was born with spinal muscular atrophy, a rare degenerative motor neuron disease affecting his mobility. He was told that he wouldn't live beyond age five and yet, Ndopu thrived. He grew up loving pop music and haute couture, lip syncing to the latest hits, and was the only wheelchair user at his school, where he flourished academically. By his late teens, he had become a sought-after speaker, travelling the world to give talks on disability justice. When he is later accepted on a full scholarship into Oxford University, he soon learns that it's not just the medical community he must defy - it's the educational one too.

In Sipping Dom Perignon Through a Straw, we follow Ndopu, sporting his oversized, bejewelled sunglasses, as he scales the mountain of success, only to find exclusion, discrimination, and neglect waiting for him on the other side. As he soars professionally, sipping champagne with world leaders, he continues to feel the loneliness and pressure of being the only one in the room. Determined to carve out his place in the world, he must challenge bias at the highest echelons of power and prestige.

Searing, vulnerable and inspiring, Ndopu's remarkable journey to reach beyond ableism, reminds us never to let anyone else define our limits.

From Para To Dakar - Overcoming Paralysis And Conquering The Dakar Rally, A Journey Of Courage And Determination (Paperback):... From Para To Dakar - Overcoming Paralysis And Conquering The Dakar Rally, A Journey Of Courage And Determination (Paperback)
Joey Evans 2
R310 R277 Discovery Miles 2 770 Save R33 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Joey Evans has always loved bikes, from his first second-hand Raleigh Strika at the age of six to the powerful off-road machines that became his passion later on in his life. His dream was one day to ride the most gruelling off-road race in the world, the 9000km Dakar Rally. In 2007 his dream was shattered when he broke his back in a racing accident. His spinal cord was crushed, leaving him paralysed from just below his chest. Doctors gave him a 10 per cent chance of ever walking again. Many would have given up and become resigned to life in a wheelchair, but not Joey Evans.

Not only would he get back on his feet and walk, but he would also keep his Dakar dream alive. It was a long and painful road to recovery, involving years of intensive rehabilitation and training, but he had the love and support of both family and friends and an incredible amount of determination. Joey shares the many challenges he and his family faced, relating the setbacks, as well as successes, along the way to the Dakar start line. But the start line was only the first goal – his sights were set on reaching the finish line, which he did in 2017 – the only South African to do so.

From Para To Dakar is so much more than the story of one man reaching the Dakar finish line. It is a story of friendship and respect, compassion and kindness. It is about defying the odds to reach a dream, it is about grit, endurance and raw courage, and it is inspiring in its true heroism.

Raising Exceptional Children - A Guide to Understanding Learning Differences and Empowering Your Child (Paperback): Marianne... Raising Exceptional Children - A Guide to Understanding Learning Differences and Empowering Your Child (Paperback)
Marianne Young
R439 R415 Discovery Miles 4 150 Save R24 (5%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Welcome to Biscuit Land - A Year in the Life of Touretteshero (Paperback, Main): Jessica Thom Welcome to Biscuit Land - A Year in the Life of Touretteshero (Paperback, Main)
Jessica Thom; Foreword by Stephen Fry
R354 R318 Discovery Miles 3 180 Save R36 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Meet Jess, aka Touretteshero. Jess has Tourettes Syndrome. Welcome to Biscuit Land is a witty yet stirring first-hand account of dealing with the daily difficulties of Tourettes - a neurological disorder characterized by physical and verbal tics. Jess Thom shares a year of her life, detailing the entire spectrum of her experiences. From arm and leg tics that can occasionally be life-threatening to uncontrollable verbal outburst - she says the word 'biscuit' an average of 16 times per minute - Jess manages with the support of a close network of friends and family, as well as encountering strangers who can be unpredictably helpful and harmful. At once funny and shocking, tender and moving, this memoir provides a courageous and optimistic voice in the face of the major challenges, leaving readers with an inspiring message of resilience.

Die Kind Se Naam Is Anneke (Afrikaans, Paperback): Juliana Coetzer Die Kind Se Naam Is Anneke (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Juliana Coetzer
R335 R314 Discovery Miles 3 140 Save R21 (6%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Ses jaar ná die verskyning van Bloedvreemd vertel Juliana Coetzer wat hét geword van haar dogter, Anneke. In Bloedvreemd vertel die skrywer hoe Anneke op sewejarige ouderdom ’n virus opgedoen wat haar brein aangetas het, en geleidelik het sy verstandelik begin agteruitgaan. Die werklikheid het egter nie stilgestaan nie. Ses jaar ná die boek vra mense steeds – wat het geword van julle? Is Anneke oukei? Hoe maak ’n mens met die voortdurende verlies, die agteruitgang?

Juliana Coetzer is ook ’n terapeut. Met 'n skreiend eerlike stem wat voortdurend selfondersoek doen, skryf Juliana oor die verdere reis met Anneke, nou al in haar vroeg dertigs. Sy kan al hoe minder praat, al hoe minder verstaan, en steeds probeer sy haar onafhanklikheid behou. Sover Juliana en haar eggenoot, Fanus, daartoe in staat is, probeer hulle haar omhul in ’n wêreld met embarming en begrip. Maar elke dag (en nag) bring sy eie, eindelose uitdagings.

Die kind se naam is Anneke is aangrypende leesstof vir enigiemand wat al pyn/verlies ervaar het. Of jy ’n kind het of nie. En of jy Bloedvreemd gelees het al dan nie.

A Childhood Made Up - Living With My Mother's Madness (Paperback): Brent Meersman A Childhood Made Up - Living With My Mother's Madness (Paperback)
Brent Meersman
R375 R352 Discovery Miles 3 520 Save R23 (6%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Brent Meersman’s memoir of a humble yet eccentric upbringing in a Milnerton, Cape Town, flat in the 1970’s and 1980’s reads as a stirring eulogy to his schizophrenic mother, yet also as a vivid snapshot in time.

His adoring mother, a horse-loving artist, received only rudimentary treatment and Brent, his brother and father had to look to each other for support. His father battled alcoholism and unemployment, at one point taking the whole family to Belgium, where he had found work, only for them to return a year later, defeated. Traversing a home environment constantly on high alert for something to go wrong, waiting for his mother’s fragile mental stability to shatter, not finding support in his father, whose drinking and absences from home took a punishing toll on the family, bred in the author an almost heroic resilience.

This delicate yet brutal memoir, filled with wry humour, will resonate with many readers.

Life Of Roy - Does He Take Sugar (Paperback): Richard Dunn, Roy Hirst Life Of Roy - Does He Take Sugar (Paperback)
Richard Dunn, Roy Hirst
R374 Discovery Miles 3 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Roy lost his first leg at six years of age and his second leg at twenty-one. He had little schooling and walked with artificial legs, refusing to use a wheelchair until he was forty-six. As told through conversations with Richard Dunn, the reader gets to know Roy's fulfilled and incredible life-story and how he has, over the years, helped those less fortunate than himself.

You, Me and PSP (Paperback): Steve Dagnell You, Me and PSP (Paperback)
Steve Dagnell
R428 Discovery Miles 4 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Have you ever wondered what it is like to be dying? Knowing that you are within sight of reaching your own mortality? Sitting in a body that is not even recognised by your brain? Cilla knew! PSP (Progressive Supranuclear Palsy) affects thousands, yet there is little known about it. Perhaps the similarities between this illness and others have masked the effects, and for some this may come far too late due to misdiagnosis. This insight into the unique illness of PSP has been painstakingly put together for the exact purposes of showing how an illness can affect one person's life. The devotion to 'open up' in this frank, 'no holds barred' biography is to allow you, the reader, to see how an ordinary life can change in such a short time. This honest approach should allow both the sufferer and their eventual carers to help come to terms with both their illness and their own transience. Maybe, by proving how similar we all are, there might be an eventual understanding, which hopefully will go well beyond just one person. With the help of others, it has been possible to recall some human elements. Although, in truth, it is the sufferers own underlying feelings and personal memories that make this book so special. In this instance, like many of us, Cilla remembered what it felt like to be invincible. To be able to run, skip, hop, jump, climb and generally be able to do almost anything. Through this book, Cilla thought that if her experiences were made public then she could, at least, help othersa | indirectly or otherwise. The latter stages of the book, sadly, reflect the concluding stages of lifea | so be prepared to get to know Cilla in both life and her eventual death.

Treating Arthritis Exercise Book (Paperback): Christine Horner Treating Arthritis Exercise Book (Paperback)
Christine Horner
R290 R254 Discovery Miles 2 540 Save R36 (12%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

If you have arthritis, it's all too easy to let pain and restricted activity become a way of life. With this illustrated collection of easy-to-follow exercises, you can gently boost levels of fitness and flexibility. The exercises balance rest, movement and relaxation in a way adapted to the needs of those with arthritis. Topics include; Assessing your fitness level and how arthritis affects you; Getting started and keeping going; Warming up; Stretches and strengtheners; Checkpoints for each set of exercises; Relaxation techniques; Other forms of exercise you can do, including walking, swimming, cycling, yoga, Alexander technique and t'ai chi.

Coping with Dyspraxia (Paperback, 2nd edition): Jill Eckersley Coping with Dyspraxia (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Jill Eckersley 1
R253 Discovery Miles 2 530 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Dyspraxia, which involves difficulties with physical co-ordination, is believed to affect up to 10% of the population. Children with dyspraxia may find it hard to learn to write, tie shoelaces or join in PE lessons at school. Adults with dyspraxia may find everyday tasks problematic, such as driving, having a bath, playing sport or, in some cases, even speaking clearly. This updated edition of Coping with Dyspraxia explains how this condition may affect people at any stage of life, and looks at how to cope with it. Topics include; what causes dyspraxia?, getting a diagnosis, help for nursery- and school-age children, life skills for teenagers, support for adults, conventional treatment, complementary therapies, the future, sources of further information. Jill Eckersley provides the latest thinking on this complex condition, and suggests practical ways to make life with dyspraxia easier.

Training Your Own Psychiatric Service Dog 2021 - Step-By-Step Guide to an Obedient Psychiatric Service Dog (Hardcover): Max... Training Your Own Psychiatric Service Dog 2021 - Step-By-Step Guide to an Obedient Psychiatric Service Dog (Hardcover)
Max Matthews
R726 Discovery Miles 7 260 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Attention Deficit Disorder Hyperactive Cookbook - Puzzle Edition (Hardcover): Huston The Attention Deficit Disorder Hyperactive Cookbook - Puzzle Edition (Hardcover)
Huston
R636 R579 Discovery Miles 5 790 Save R57 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Odd Girl Out - An Autistic Woman in a Neurotypical World (Paperback): Laura James Odd Girl Out - An Autistic Woman in a Neurotypical World (Paperback)
Laura James 2
R281 Discovery Miles 2 810 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

What do you do when you wake up in your mid-forties and realize you've been living a lie your whole life? Do you tell? Or do you keep it to yourself?

Laura James found out that she was autistic as an adult, after she had forged a career for herself, married twice and raised four children. This book tracks the year of Laura's life after she receives a definitive diagnosis from her doctor, as she learns that 'different' doesn't need to mean 'less' and how there is a place for all of us, and it's never too late to find it.

Laura draws on her professional and personal experiences and reflects on her life in the light of her diagnosis, which for her explains some of her differences; why, as a child, she felt happier spinning in circles than standing still and why she has always found it difficult to work in places with a lot of ambient noise.

Although this is a personal story, the book has a wider focus too, exploring reasons for the lower rate of diagnosed autism in women and a wide range of topics including eating disorders and autism, marriage and motherhood.

Odd Girl Out gives a timely account from a woman negotiating the autistic spectrum, from a poignant and personal perspective.

Research Anthology on Physical and Intellectual Disabilities in an Inclusive Society, VOL 4 (Hardcover): Information R... Research Anthology on Physical and Intellectual Disabilities in an Inclusive Society, VOL 4 (Hardcover)
Information R Management Association
R11,477 Discovery Miles 114 770 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Research Anthology on Physical and Intellectual Disabilities in an Inclusive Society, VOL 3 (Hardcover): Information R... Research Anthology on Physical and Intellectual Disabilities in an Inclusive Society, VOL 3 (Hardcover)
Information R Management Association
R11,484 Discovery Miles 114 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Research Anthology on Physical and Intellectual Disabilities in an Inclusive Society, VOL 2 (Hardcover): Information R... Research Anthology on Physical and Intellectual Disabilities in an Inclusive Society, VOL 2 (Hardcover)
Information R Management Association
R11,469 Discovery Miles 114 690 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Research Anthology on Physical and Intellectual Disabilities in an Inclusive Society, VOL 1 (Hardcover): Information R... Research Anthology on Physical and Intellectual Disabilities in an Inclusive Society, VOL 1 (Hardcover)
Information R Management Association
R11,473 Discovery Miles 114 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
HowExpert Guide to Hearing Loss - 101 Tips to Learn about Hearing Loss, including Diagnosis, Prevention, Treatments, and More!... HowExpert Guide to Hearing Loss - 101 Tips to Learn about Hearing Loss, including Diagnosis, Prevention, Treatments, and More! (Hardcover)
Howexpert, Christine Anderson
R785 Discovery Miles 7 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Give Me a Chance - A Primer Advocating for People with Disabilities (Hardcover): Janis Gilbert Give Me a Chance - A Primer Advocating for People with Disabilities (Hardcover)
Janis Gilbert
R1,014 Discovery Miles 10 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Teaching a Struggling Reader - One Mom's Experience with Dyslexia: A Guide for Parents and Teachers Who Want to Start... Teaching a Struggling Reader - One Mom's Experience with Dyslexia: A Guide for Parents and Teachers Who Want to Start Learning About Dyslexia (Hardcover, 3rd ed.)
Pamela Brookes; Edited by Nancy Mather
R466 Discovery Miles 4 660 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Getting Out - My Story Plus The Exercises And Experience I Learned That Can Help You Get Out From The Wheelchair (Hardcover):... Getting Out - My Story Plus The Exercises And Experience I Learned That Can Help You Get Out From The Wheelchair (Hardcover)
Greg Siofer
R649 Discovery Miles 6 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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