Beyond Disability: The Fe Fe Stories

Beyondmedia Education. (2004). Beyond disability [DVD recording]: The Fe Fe stories. Chicago: Beyondmedia Education. (Call Number: 19 .B4)

In this award-winning 26 min. film, viewers get an inside look at how young women with disabilities see themselves and how they want society to view them. Beyond Disability: The Fe Fe Stories, gave the young women of the Empowered Fe Fes, a group from Chicago's Access Living, the opportunity to control how their story was told. To learn more about this project check out Jennifer Roche's interview with the Empowered Fe Fes about the making of this film.

Beyond Disability: The Fe Fe Stories is available for checkout for Indiana residents at CeDIR. Not an Indiana resident? Find this film at a library near you!

Ten Tips for Kids: Disability Etiquette

Ten tips for kids [CD-ROM] : disability etiquette. (2004). North Dakota : Kat Productions.

10 Tips for Kids: Disability Etiquette is a fun resource for use in any classroom or small group setting for kids k-6. This kit comes with a full color poster and a cd-rom with a 9 min. video as well as lesson plans, reproducible tip illustrations, an introduction to person-first language and links to other related resources. For a closer look at this kit visit Kat Productions.

Indiana residents who would like to check out this kit can call us at 800-437-7924. Not an Indiana Resident? Find Ten Tips for Kids: Disability Etiquette at a library near you.

Band-aides & Blackboards

Band-aides and Blackboards, a kid and teen friendly site designed by a nursing professor, helps children growing up with medical problems. The site gives kids a chance to read about others with chronic illnesses of all kinds and their experiences. There are age-appropriate stories about kids dealing with hospital visits, teasing, and siblings relationships The strength of this resource is the ability to meet kids on their level. Children may also submit their own stories, poems, and artworks for inclusion on the site.

The teen section is filled with nearly 50 stories written by teens about their lives and their health concerns, giving that hard-to-reach age group a chance to share experiences with each other.

The adult section of the site provides down-to-earth, non-academic information for parents and teachers: tips on coping, classroom activities, hospital orientation, and personal anecdotes.

Band-aides & Blackboards is a great resource for any child dealing with frequent health problems as well as for those trying to explain what chronic medical illness is like to those without disabilities.

Kellie's Book

Greenwald, K. (2008). Kellie's book: The art of the possible. Windsor, CA: Rayve Productions. (Call Number: 20.1 .G7)

In her autobiography, Kellie Greenwald shows readers life through the eyes of a writer, an artist, a student and a hardcore baseball fan. Her illustrations are vibrant and full of energy. Her book, much like her life, is a shining example of how much a person born with Down syndrome can accomplish.

If you think this book looks interesting, be sure to check out The Cedars of Marin. The Cedars provides residential care and day programs for adults with disabilities, including the program Kellie attends and writes about in her book.

Indiana residents who would like to borrow this book can contact us at (800) 437-7924. Not an Indiana Resident? Find Kellie's Book at your local library!

disaboom.com

The goal is simple: "Connecting The Millions Touched By Disability." Everything else about disaboom.com is amazingly thorough. They divide their site into three sections: health, living and community. Each section contains a ton of information in the form of articles, news, blogs and more. Things are well designed and easy to navigate, and there should be something here for almost everyone. Check it out!

The Key of G

Arnold, R. (2007). The Key of G. San Francisco, Lateral Films. (Call No. 20.1 .A7)

The Key of G follows the story of Gannet, known to his friends as 'G', as he makes the transition from living at home to living in an apartment with various artists and musicians that are his caregivers and friends. G's new living situation shows a successful example of supportive living and provides one alternative to institutionalization.

More information, including video clips and still images, is available from Lateral Films and PBS.

Indiana residents who would like to borrow this film can contact us at (800) 437-7924. Not an Indiana Resident? Find The Key of G at your local library!

Skills for Healthy Living: Dealing with Disabilities

Discovery School.(2006). Dealing with disabilities [DVD recording]. Silver Spring, MD: Discovery Communications, Inc.
(Call Number: 19 .D4)

Many people's first disability awareness experience is in the classroom. In Dealing with Disabilities kids in grades 9-12 are introduced to teens living with physical disabilities and chronic illness in two short films. In the first film, Meeting the Challenge, students learn about ways kids with disabilities meet the challenges of a physical disability. In the second segment, Fighting for Air, students learn about the improvements modern medicine has made in treating chronic illnesses like asthma and diabetes, as well as the importance of taking medicines as prescribed and receiving regular medical care for chronic illnesses.

Discovery Schools has created a Teacher's Guide to help teachers develop lesson plans and lead discussion. Want to know if this video is right for your classroom? Watch this clip of the movie!

Want to borrow this film? Find this video at a library near you.