Video & Reading Library by Pat Scott
I.E.C. has reading material available for checkout in its library. Continue reading this article to view some of the titles we have.
- Nothing About Us Without Us Disability Oppression and Empowerment by James I. Charlton
- a comprehensive look at the international disability rights movement. It places the disability rights in its broader political/economic and sociocultural context.
- Moving Violations – A Memoir War Zones, Wheelchairs, and Declarations of Independence by John Hockenberry
- a story of obstacles – physical, emotional, and psychic – overcome again, and again, and again.
- Waist-High in the World A Life Among the Nondisabled by Nancy Mairs
- rich, startling and utterly absorbing – a self-story of a person with multiple sclerosis.
Videos can be viewed at I.E.C. Some of the videos in the library include:
- The Teachings of Jon
- a touching story of a family with a son with Downs Syndrome and their everyday interactions.
- When Billy Broke his Head … and Other Tales of Wonder
- the documentary of an award-winning radio journalist, brain damaged as a result of a motor scooter accident – who goes on the road to meet people with disabilities and witness first hand the strength and anger that is forging a new civil rights movement.
- Murderball
- a film about tough, highly competitive rugby players: quadriplegic rugby players and about family, revenge, honor and the triumph of love over loss.
Contact us and we will either fax or mail you a complete listing of titles.
from Summer 2006 Newsletter
by Pat Scott
