Disability Care

In this collection of essays, Lambda Literary Award-winning writer and longtime activist and performance artist Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha explores the politics and realities of disability justice, a movement that centers the lives and leadership of sick and disabled queer, trans, Black, and brown people, with knowledge and gifts for all. Care Work is a mapping of access as radical love, a celebration of the work that sick and disabled queer/people of color are doing to find each other and to build power and community.

The much-anticipated follow up to the groundbreaking anthology Disability Visibility: another revolutionary collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience, and intimacy in all its myriad forms. What is intimacy? More than sex, more than romantic...

Discover the tools and confidence to advocate for yourself in every area of life—education, employment, healthcare, and community. This supportive guide offers clear steps to build your self-advocacy skills, ensuring your voice is heard, respected, and central to your journey toward independence and full participation.

The Essential EDS Family Handbook—Now Updated with Groundbreaking 2024–2025 Research If you or someone you love is living with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), this fully updated 2025 edition is the most comprehensive and accessible guide available today. Backed by the latest clinical discoveries, this book transforms complex medical research into clear, actionable advice for families navigating EDS together. What’s New in the 2025 Edition: First-ever blood test for EDS: 52 kDa fibronectin fragment biomarker New prevalence data: 1 in 500 people may be affected, not 1 in 5,000 Updated ...

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A new rip-roaring essay collection from the smart, edgy, hilarious, unabashedly raunchy, and bestselling Samantha Irby. Irby is forty, and increasingly uncomfortable in her own skin despite what Inspirational Instagram Infographics have promised her. She has left her job as a receptionist at a...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A GLAMOUR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A hilarious new essay collection from Samantha Irby "engages readers with her characteristic combination of laugh-out-loud moments, heartfelt passages and plenty of awkward experiences.... Quietly Hostile will delight established...

Brought to you by Penguin. From the remarkable man whose life inspired the heartstopping film, ‘I Swear’, a book that offers extraordinary insight into what it’s like to live with a severe form of Tourette’s Syndrome: a fascinating, complex condition that’s more common than most of us...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER This essay collection from the “bitches gotta eat” blogger, writer on Hulu’s Shrill and HBO's And Just Like That, and “one of our country’s most fierce and foulmouthed authors” (Amber Tamblyn, Vulture) is sure to make you alternately cackle with glee and...

The Problem Our current healthcare system is increasingly incompatible with the needs of our population, particularly with regard to chronic illness and long-term care (LTC). Despite widespread dissatisfaction, major reforms are not in sight. Why is this the case? The reluctance to confront the realities goes beyond simple denial – it is not even considered a topic worthy of discussion. The central symbol of LTC is the Nursing Home, the unfortunate marriage of the hospital and homeless shelter. The mistaken stereotype is nursing homes are smelly, unattractive and filled with frail, weird ...

Why do people with mental health conditions die 15-20 years earlier than people without? Why is £100 million spent every year placing patients far from their homes? How did the question, 'What matters to you?' transform mental health care in Norway? We live in a country in which community is...

Now, as more families like Michael's are affected by a growing number of disorders and difficulties ranging from autism to food allergies, the need for programs and paradigm shifts is greater than ever. Beates thus seeks to motivate churches to pursue ministry to children and adults with developmental disabilities. He works through key Bible passages on brokenness and disability to develop helpful principles for believers and churches, teaching them first to embrace their own brokenness and then to embrace those who are more physically and visibly broken.

Tai Chi for Healing and Recovery: Simple, Adapted Exercises and Visualization for Patients in Bed, Chair, or Rehab, at Home or in Care Facilities Discover a Gentle Path to Healing, Strength, and Peace Are you recovering from illness, injury, or surgery — or caring for someone who is? Tai Chi for Healing and Recovery offers a compassionate, practical guide to gentle movement designed for patients with limited mobility. Whether in a hospital bed, a recliner, a wheelchair, or at home, these adapted Tai Chi routines bring comfort, confidence, and calm to every stage of recovery. Inside ...

Anyone who has been wounded will resonate deeply with Wound Care. Through mostly short, flash length essays that are part poetry, part narrative, Rich Furman brings the reader on an emotional journey traveling the full array of emotions: sadness, joy, grief, contentment, melancholy, and glee. A book that pushes the edge of literary boundaries, Wound Care explores the nature of human woundedness. Divorce, disability, and the complexities of being a father are all torn apart, unpacked, and reconfigured. Honest, vulnerable, and urgent, this is a collection of essays that are poetic medicine ...

"Seeing Eye dogs are only for the very deserving." The very deserving probably did not include people who could not stand to be anywhere near a dog. How would this cat-loving child ever grow up to experience the independence she wanted as a blind adult? Walk with Me tells the story of Sarah Blake LaRose's journey from fearful child to adulthood and the choice to give her love to the dogs who traveled by her side for over thirty years. It also tells how the cats she adored continued to be part of her life, building their own relationships with the dogs.

The acclaimed author of Red Clocks returns with a biting, lyrical novel about an intergenerational group home run by an ex-musician determined to make a place for those without one On a bluff above a river rises The House, where elderly and disabled residents live alongside young people who help...

In this “urgent and necessary book” (Rebecca Traister, New York Times bestselling author), journalist Elissa Strauss explores the powerful role caring for others plays in our individual and communal lives, weaving together research and stories from parents and caregivers with a feminist bent...

From Stonewall Award–winning author Abdi Nazemian (Only This Beautiful Moment) comes the epic queer love story of a lifetime. Perfect for fans of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and The Picture of Dorian Gray. Shahriar believes he was born in the wrong time. All he’s ever wanted is to love...

In the heartwarming and informative guide, "Securing Your Legacy: A Baby Boomer's Guide to Long-Term Care Planning for Adult Children with Disabilities," the Guild of Seven opens a treasure trove of wisdom for seniors facing the unique challenge of caring for their adult children with disabilities. In this compassionate and empowering book, they offer a roadmap to not only secure their own future but also ensure their beloved offspring are cherished and protected long after they're gone. As the golden years approach, Baby Boomers find themselves at a crossroads, balancing their desire for a...

Just Care is Akemi Nishida’s thoughtful examination of care injustice and social justice enabled through care. The current neoliberal political economy has turned care into a business opportunity for the healthcare industrial complex and a mechanism of social oppression and control. Nishida analyzes the challenges people negotiate whether they are situated as caregivers, receivers, or both. Also illuminated is how people with disabilities come together to assemble community care collectives and bed activism (resistance and visions emerging from the space of bed) to reimagine care as a key element for social change.