From Disability to This-Ability

With exemplary biographies of Angela Covadonga Bachiller, Andrea Bocelli, Jim Abbott, Franklin Roosevelt, Thomas Edison, Temple Grandin, Annie Jump Cannon, Frida Kahlo and Ray Charles, and an insightful introduction written by authors who overcame their own disabilities and handicaps, this book provides meaningful, practical guidance and resources for parents of children with disabilities, their teachers - and the children themselves - to understand how to transform a disability into "this-ability."

Ultimately a challenge against ableism, the authors astutely observe everyone will benefit by the methodologies and examples of these remarkable men and women. No one feels sorry for these heroes: why should anyone, especially parents or teachers, feel sorry for their own children and students?

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Forward, from the Authors: Who Feels Sorry for Us?
Who Feels Sorry for Angela Covadonga Bachiller?
Who Feels Sorry for Andrea Bocelli?
Who Feels Sorry for Jim Abbott?
Who Feels Sorry for Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Who Feels Sorry for Thomas Edison?
Who Feels Sorry for Temple Grandin?
Who Feels Sorry for Annie Jump Cannon?
Who Feels Sorry for Frida Kahlo?
Who Feels Sorry for Ray Charles?
Appendix: Disability - or This Ability? A Practical Resource Guide for Parents of Disabled and Handicapped Children 60
1. RESEARCH
2. TOWARD AN INDIVIDUAL EDUCATIONAL PLAN
3. EVALUATION AND INNOVATION
4. ADVOCACY
5. COUNSELING AND SUPPORT
6. MONITORING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION
7. SUPPORTIVE PARENTING
8. BUILDING COMMUNITY
FROM DISABILITY TO THIS-ABILITY