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Shooting Beauty, Everyone Deserves A Shot

Location: 
Lending Library, Danvers, DVD 163
Notes: 
Aspiring fashion photographer Courtney Bent's career takes a life-changing turn when she discovers a hidden world of beauty at a center for people living with significant disabilities. When she begins inventing cameras her new friends can use, a story unfolds that will make you rethink what it means to live with a disability - and without one. (From the back of the DVD)

Dreams Spoken Here: Full Version

Author: 
Oberkotter Foundation
Publisher: 
Oberkotter Foundation
Type: 
Video
ID: 
3862
Price: 
$0.00
Location: 
None
Notes: 
This film features children who are deaf and hard of hearing.The film demonstrates how the children are being taught to speak and listen. The individuals featured in this film are examples of children who are deaf/hard of hearing who are overcoming their challenges and reaching their dreams.

ADA Technical Assistance

Author: 
None
Publisher: 
US Dept. of Justice; (07/2001)
Type: 
CD-ROM
ID: 
3635
Price: 
$0.00
Location: 
Reference-Misc
Notes: 
CD-ROM of ADA regulations, standards for accessible design, technical assistance manuals/documents.

Trevor Trevor

Author: 
Twachtman, Diane Cullen
Publisher: 
Starfish Press; (1998)
Type: 
Book
ID: 
3625
Price: 
$15.00
Location: 
Lending Library; Danvers
Notes: 
Book is designed to enable typical peers to see things from a different perspective and to become more sensitive towards classmates with differences. This book should be read to children by adults.

Kids Helping Kids

Author: 
Mass Teachers Assoc.
Publisher: 
Mass. Arc and Mass. Teachers Association
Type: 
Article
ID: 
2103
Price: 
$0.00
Location: 
CLASS 05

Teaching Children About Differences: Resources for Teaching

Author: 
Sapon-Shevin, Mara
Publisher: 
Journal of Young Children January 1983
Type: 
Article
ID: 
2145
Price: 
$0.00
Location: 
CLASS 11
Notes: 
Various curricula and books that focus on teaching children positive, appropriate responses to developmental differences are reviewed. Most material focuses on elementary age children.

Community Connections An Affective and Inclusive Advisory Curriculum

Author: 
Floyd, Nanette M.
Publisher: 
Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota
Type: 
Article
ID: 
2107
Price: 
$0.00
Location: 
CLASS 09
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