thanks to everyone for their responses to my query
ORIGINAL TARGET:
I work in a school that serves multiply handicapped children as well as emotionally
disturbed children.
Some of the able-bodied children resent that they are in the same school with
children in wheelchairs so I would like to purchase a dvd documentary on children,
(could be adults too), overcoming their disabilities.
For example, I have a documentary photography book of children who have learned to
use their feet to write, play, paint, etc. because they are missing their upper
limbs.
I would like a video about children or adults like this, something like a
nonfiction, My Left Foot. Even though that is based on a nonfiction book, it is a
movie and I want real people.
RESPONSES:
I can do it myself! [videorecording] / [produced by] Filmation Associates.
1 videocassette (14 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
An episode of the CBS-TV animated cartoon program: Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids.
Wheeler, a new kid in the neighborhood, can't run and play like Fat Albert and the
gang because he's disabled - he relies on a wheelchair to get around. At first the
gang isn't quite sure how to approach Wheeler, and when they do try to be friendly,
he lets them know that he doesn't need or want their help. In the end, the gang
learns that people who may seem a little different can do surprising things, and
Wheeler learns that everyone needs a little help sometimes. Includes live-action
sequences of Bill Cosby commenting on and reinforcing the lessons learned from the
cartoon.
If you knew how I feel [videorecording] : Brad's learning disability / Centron
Films & Video.
Chicago, IL : Coronet Films & Video, c1982.
1 videocassette (18 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Kristi wants to play kickball, but cannot. Brad is a good kickball player, but he
can't read. When Kristi helps Brad she learns what a learning disability is about.
Intended to sensitize viewers to all kinds of handicaps.
Without pity [videorecording] : a film about abilities / Home Box Office ;
produced, written, and directed by Michael Mierendorf.
Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1997.
1 videocassette (55 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Narrated by Christopher Reeve.
Introduces a cross section of disabled Americans who live full, productive lives
despite their disabilities.
*****
You might be interested in the movie, Joni which is about a girl who became a
quadriplegic in an accident shortly after her high school graduation. She has
become a successful artist, singer and author.
She played herself in the movie.
http://www.amazon.com/Joni/dp/B000NPGHM2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1229607995&sr=1-1
*****
The following book list might also be helpful.
http://www.ala.org/ala/awardsgrants/awardsrecords/schneideraward/bibliography.cfm
*****
and my addition:
Mozu : the snow monkey, about a Japanese macaque born with crippling birth defects
who learns to overcome her disability and survive and thrive with her troop in the
wild
*****
_____________________________________
Patricia Sarles, MA, MLS
Librarian
Damrosch Day Treatment School
NYC Department of Education
750 Jennings Street
Bronx, NY 10459
voice: 718 378-0006 x2172
fax: 718 589-9544
p s a r l e s @ s c h o o l s . n y c . g o v
http://damroschlibrary.blogspot.com/
http://wjdlibrary.wikispaces.com/
"Ten guards and the warden couldn't have torn me out of those books. Months passed
without even thinking about being imprisoned....I had never been so truly free in
my life." - Malcolm X
"Some kids go to the library ... Others to the street. But they can't go to the
libraries if the libraries are closed." - Officer Dombranski, NYPD
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law.
You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings
by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book.
To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu
In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL
3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation.
* LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/
* LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/
* EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/
* LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html
* LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/
--------------------------------------------------------------------
LM_NET
Mailing List Home