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Dreams To Actuality: From Wheelchair to Rancher—The Broderick Nixon Story is a powerful true story of resilience, faith, entrepreneurship, and legacy. Born with cerebral palsy and often underestimated because of his wheelchair, Broderick Nixon refused to let society define his future. In this deeply personal memoir, he shares the challenges of growing up with a disability, overcoming bullying, finding confidence, and learning how to turn pain into purpose.

En el verano de 2023, en un archipiélago del Mediterráneo, la hélice de un barco le hizo un cuerpo nuevo a la autora de esta historia. Perdió parte de la pierna derecha, que se convirtió en el fantasma que cruza esta historia narrada con sensibilidad, sentido crítico, humor y belleza. Esta es la memoria de una pérdida, pero también un ensayo sobre la sanidad pública, la fama, la guerra, los chistes del sistema nervioso, el amor y la amistad.

In the mid-twentieth century, on the dust-worn streets of Ardmore, Oklahoma, lived a vibrant and spirited girl named Mary Ellen. She radiated boundless joy until life took unexpected turns. Her father marched off to World War II on the thunderous trains she adored. Then, at only five or six years old, her hearing began its cruel and relentless fade. The beloved roar and lonely whistles of those trains slowly vanished into a heartbreaking silence. Before reaching adolescence, she learned to rely on lip reading to compensate for the sounds that were being taken from her.

Behind the Shutters is a powerful and unforgettable story of courage, resilience, and the human spirit’s refusal to be defined by limitation. Set against the backdrop of the 1960s—a time when families were often encouraged to institutionalize disabled children “for their own good”—this novel follows Stephie, a blind child growing up in institutional care, learning to survive in a world that was never designed to see her.

When you are successful, it is easy to take your health for granted—until life suddenly changes direction and everything you once depended on begins to disappear. Broken in London is the true story of one man's journey from financial success to financial breakdown as chronic pain, depression and anxiety slowly change every part of his life.

"But you look just fine..." These words echo through the lives of millions suffering from invisible illnesses. In this powerful and transformative memoir, Michele Roys takes listeners on an intimate journey through the hidden world of chronic pain and invisible illness.

This is the story of my illness. Cancer was never really a thought. This book is all about my diagnosis and strange symptoms. The many treatments, medication trials, tests, doctor appointments. I was thrust into a world as a patient that I'd always been the caregiver. A true account of a medical mystery.

What happens when a child who learns differently grows up believing the world has already decided what he can become? Sunshine & Rainbows is the true story of a boy growing up in a self-contained special education classroom, struggling to read, fit in, make friends, and understand why he seemed so different from everyone around him. From the birthday party nobody attended and the small school bus that separated him from his classmates, to the written tests that followed him into adulthood and repeatedly stood between him and new careers, his life was shaped by expectations he never chose.

This is not just an inspiring story. It's a blueprint for performing at your best when the stakes are highest. Matt Formston AM is a multi-sport World Champion, Guinness World Record holder and Paralympian. Parallel to his elite sporting achievements, he has built a career as a senior corporate...

"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.

Miya knew that she was different from everyone else. From struggling to fit in at school to dealing with an abusive home life, Miya became convinced that she was nothing but a potato who would never belong. But as Miya began to understand her neurodivergence and the God Who had created her perfectly in His image, she soon came to realize that she was created for so much more than what she envisioned in an online world of gaming and anime.

This book tells the extraordinary true story of Irish Olympian Kevin Babington, whose journey carried him from a small town in Ireland to the pinnacle of international show jumping and the Olympic Games in Athens. Through grit, sacrifice, and an unshakable work ethic, Kevin built a life and business in the United States while becoming one of the most respected riders in the sport. But in 2019, a catastrophic fall left him paralyzed and forced him into the greatest challenge of his life.

Le 5 mars 1994, la vie de Philippe Croizon bascule pour toujours. Électrocuté par une ligne à haute tension alors qu'il démonte l'antenne de télévision de sa maison, le jeune ouvrier métallo de 26 ans se réveille à l'hôpital, amputé des quatre membres. Miraculé, il se relève d'une...

A single, violent impact ended one life and forced another to begin. Forgetting to Remember is a raw, unfiltered memoir about living with a traumatic brain injury and the aftermath no one prepares you for. This is not story of recovery. There is no finish line, no return to normal. Memory fades. Pain lingers. Identity fractures. This book records what happens when the person you were no longer exists in the way you remember.

Struggle. Overcome. Inspire. For Jacky Hunt-Broersma, a cancer diagnosis in her mid-twenties brought a life-changing challenge: a below-the-knee amputation. Navigating her new reality, Jacky first kept her difference hidden as she learned to walk and do daily activities using a prosthesis. Years...

A powerful and much-needed collection that blends personal stories and resources to help members of liberal religious congregations foster accessible and inclusive communities for disabled people. In Beloved as We Are, community minister and mental health advocate Barbara F. Meyers and disability justice activist Shelly Rohe invite members of liberal religious congregations into the ongoing work of creating accessible and inclusive communities for disabled people and their loved ones.

The follow-up to Inside My Outside: An Independent Mind in a Dependent Body, Sara Pyszka’s first tell-allPeople say hurtful things when you are in a wheelchair. They may not mean to be unkind in the moment, but those words can still sting. Sara Pyszka should know; she’s been on the receiving end of these types of comments all her life. As a woman with cerebral palsy who uses a wheelchair to move and a computer to communicate, Sara has experienced people's poor or unthoughtful word choices swept aside because “they didn’t mean any harm.

How does it feel to discover that there is something wrong with your baby? Karen thought she had the perfect family. But when her seventh child, Martha, was born with Down Syndrome, Karen’s world was shaken to its core. This memoir tells the story of Martha’s early months and years. Karen...

Die Autorin Jennifer Mai berichtet in diesem Hörbuch von den Erfahrungen mit ihrer ersten Blindenführhündin namens »Daffy«. Humorvoll, nahbar und sehr ehrlich nimmt sie die Hörerschaft mit auf diese spannende und vor allem emotionale Reise. Der Weg zum Blindenführhund ist ereignisreich, neu und herausfordernd. Gleichzeitig entwickelt sich zwischen den beiden eine tiefe Verbindung und Freundschaft fürs Leben.

Begleite mich durch ein Jahr auf meiner Heilreise mit Fibromyalgie und anderen unsichtbaren Erkrankungen. Ich zeige dir offene und ehrliche Einblicke in meinen Alltag mit chronischer Erschöpfung und Schmerzen, und was mir hilft, mit meinen Erkrankungen zu leben, welche Rolle Akzeptanz und Dankbarkeit dabei spielen und welche Erfahrungen ich im Medizimdschungel gemacht habe. Erlebe mit mir, wie sich mein schwerer Schmerzgepäck-Rucksack leichter durchs Leben tragen lässt.