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Polio is back in the news. Almost forgotten for decades in the US, it has been brought back into the spotlight by the anti-vaxxer movement-but for millions around the world, especially those who have residual or late effects of polio, this virus has never been old news. Francine Falk-Allen was only three years old when she contracted polio and temporarily lost the ability to stand and walk. Here, she tells the story of how a toddler learned grown-up...
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Dancing With the Stars sensation Amy Purdy reveals the story of how losing her legs led her to find a spiritual path. When the Las Vegas native was just nineteen, she contracted bacterial meningitis and was given less than a two percent chance of survival. In a near-death experience, she saw three figures who told her: "You can come with us, or you can stay. No matter what happens in your life, it's all going to make sense in the end." In that moment,...
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Through an honest book of real events, the author shares his continued journey through life and how his long-term health issues have shaped his faith and prayer life along the way. With excerpts from his daily devotional over a period of nine months, the author picks up where his previous book, "When Thorns Remain," left off with prayers of adoration, confession, thanksgiving and supplication to see him through on his way to heaven.
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Stephen Barker was in his mid-thirties and leading a pretty normal life... until his world was turned upside down when he went blind.
In this inspiring and humorous memoir, Stephen chronicles how, within a relatively short time span, he had to face the fear and the challenges of blindness and the trauma of losing close family members to cancer.
The turning point came when he discovered the Lions Foundation Dog Guides program and was given his "new...
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"Perceptive-and lacerating-about the pressures felt by disabled people to be cured … A plea to those with well-functioning bodies to be aware of what they have."-Sunday Times
Melanie Reid was fifty-two years old when she fell from her horse, broke her neck, and was paralyzed from the chest down. In an instant, her life changed forever.
In The World I Fell Into, Melanie describes how she spent nearly one year...
6) No excuses: the true story of a congenital amputee who became a champion in wrestling and in life
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He was born a congenital amputee, his arms ending at his elbows and his legs at his knees. But that didn't stop Kyle Maynard from becoming a champion, on the wrestling mat and in his life.
No Excuses is the inspiring story of Kyle's battle against the odds. You'll learn about the family who supported him, the coach who trained him, and the faith that strengthened him to face the toughest fights.
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This is the story of an ordinary woman, who demonstrates the extraordinary strength and resilience of the human spirit. When you understand that the same strength and resilience lies within YOU, too, then YOU will understand that no adversity is beyond YOUR ability to endure and overcome.
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In every tragedy there is the ability to heal and rise above the challenge. In Falling into the Rhythm of Life, author Sharon Campbell-Rayment leads readers through her personal story of a devastating accident and her path to healing and recovery. She also provides readers with helpful lessons, tips and techniques called — Life Lessons Straight From the Horse's Mouth — written to equip readers on their own journeys.
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There are many stories living within this book of supreme revelations.
First, it is the story of a brave and determined soul, Lyrica, who chose to arrive into our world with no voice and who, with the love and support of her mom and her mentor, was able to actualize her purpose and create a life of supreme value for herself and others, demonstrating that no one is limited.
Second, it is the epic saga of the nonverbal autistics, why they are here in...
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1.6 seconds. That's how long it takes to fall two stories. That's how long it takes for life to change.
When Michael Murphy was 21, he fell off a roof at college and landed flat on his back, severing his spine. They say that nobody understands their own traumatic injury just after it happens-but Michael did. Every person falls. They fall short in school, in life, in work, and in love. Their lives sometimes feel punctuated by those downfalls-the rejection...
11) Wilmer: The True Story of a Young Man’s Journey From Tragedy to Triumph Through the Power of The
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When a hunter's bullet intended for a deer struck nine-year-old Wilmer, leaving him paralyzed from the chest down, no one could anticipate the impact of this tragedy, with effects rippling to himself and his family, and to the global community that adopted him as their own.
In a rural and impoverished area of Northern Guatemala, Wilmer was left with few options for care and spent the majority of his adolescent life living in a home for vulnerable...
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"On June 10, 2008, Carol Decker walked through the hospital doors a healthy woman with flu-like symptoms and early labor contractions. Three months later, she returned home a blind, triple-amputee struggling to bond with a daughter she would never see. Unshattered recounts Carol's fight for survival against sepsis and its life-shattering complications."
13) Wilmer: La verdadera historia de la travesía de un joven de la tragedia al triunfo por medio del
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Cuando la bala de un cazador, dirigida a un venado, alcanzó a Wilmer, entonces un niño de nueve años, y lo dejó paralizado del pecho para abajo, nadie pudo imaginar el impacto que tendría esta tragedia, con repercusiones, no solo en su propia vida y la de su familia, sino en la comunidad global que lo adoptó como uno más de los suyos. En una zona rural y empobrecida del norte de Guatemala, Wilmer tenía pocas opciones para su cuidado y pasó...
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Quarante ans d'une vie trépidante, jusqu'au jour o tout bascule.
L'accident, qui oblige Emmanuel, pilote-moto professionnel, et motard de la police nationale, à quitter le monde des valides pour rejoindre celui des handicapés.
En parallèle, avant l'accident, pendant son coma, et encore après, des signes extérieurs mystérieux viennent se mêler à sa vie.
Hasard ou synchronicité ? Ces signes étaient-ils là pour le prévenir ? L'accident...
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Forty years of an exciting life, until the day everything changes abruptly.
The accident, which obliges Emmanuel, a professional motorcycle pilot, and a motorcyclist in the national police, to leave the world of valid people and join the handicapped world.
In parallel, before the accident, during his coma and even afterwards, some mysterious signs appear and interfere in his life.
Chance or synchronicity? Were these signs meant to warn him? Was...
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She had just scored a perfect ten on her floor exercise routine, but Kristin Bartzokis stood stoically before the screaming crowd. For Kristin, this moment of perfection was something she always knew she could achieve. She'd been raised to live without limitations, and she'd adopted a determination to stay strong and unemotional, no matter what. Born with Treacher Collins Syndrome, a facial abnormality, Kristin learned at an early age the importance...
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Patricia Horvath's transformation from a visibly disabled young woman to someone who, abruptly, "passes" for able-bodied, reveals cultural and personal tensions surrounding disability and creates an arc that connects imprisonment to freedom. What transpires is both suffocating and liberating. Horvath's confinement keeps her from being seen, but also cocoons a deeply personal sense of selfhood and relationship. Horvath's lyric account of her experiences...
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February 29th is a date that comes into existence just once every four years. It is also the birthday of Thaïs-author Anne-Dauphine Julliand's darling daughter-who died of a genetic disease. Thaïs lived just shy of her fourth birthday. She had a short life but good one.
As this special day is about to reappear on her calendar for the first time since her daughter passed away, Anne-Dauphine struggles with how to mark this momentous occasion. She...
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Thaïs is almost two. Like most well-loved children, she is happy. She laughs as she runs on the beach. But her footprints in the sand, with toes turned out, tell a different story. Two Small Footprints in Wet Sand relates the overwhelming tragedy experienced by a family as a result of a genetic disorder.
A true tale told by a mother, it's the story of a little girl, of family, friends, and the medical community united to define life by its beauty...
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