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One of the first steps toward change is exploring your own personal comfort zone.
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Praise for Nancy Miller and Catherine Sammons.
Related Titles:
Nobody's Perfect: Living and Growing with Children Who Have Special Needs
Developing Cross-Cultural Competence, Third Edition
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Everybody's Different
Understanding and Changing Our Reactions to Disabilities
By Nancy B. Miller, Ph.D., M.S.W., & Catherine C. Sammons, Ph.D., M.S.W.
| "This is a great book. It provides us with a way to understand our feelings and move beyond fear and discomfort toward a greater tolerance and appreciation for all peoples. It's a must-read for anyone working or living with persons with disabilities. In fact, it's a must-read for everyone who cares about creating a more loving world." —Suzanne Mintz, President and Co-Founder, National Family Caregivers Association
"Everybody's Different is a critically important book because all of us will be touched by disability in our lives. Miller and Sammons clearly explain and demonstrate how we can interact meaningfully and without fear. [This is] a truly significant book for the helping professions and direct care providers, because we need the deeper understanding of disabilities and greater self-awareness that this candid guide provides." —Craig LeCroy, Ph.D., professor, School of Social Work, Arizona State University |
Sensitive and practical, this book openly discusses mental and emotional obstacles to effective communication between people with and without disabilities and examines ways to become more at ease with the concept of disability. Featuring activities and exercises that encourage self-examination, this guide helps people to create more enriching personal relationships and to work toward a fully inclusive society.
Overcome:
- questions
- fears
- stereotypes
Enhance:
- personal growth
- professional development
- community outreach
Also see Nancy Miller's Nobody's Perfect, winner of the Best Special Interest Parenting Book Award from Child Magazine!
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ORDERING INFO
ISBN 1-55766-359-9
Paperback
384 pages
5-1/2 x 8-1/4
1999 / $24.95
Stock# 3599
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Table of Contents
About the Authors
Introduction
Acknowledgments
- Differences in Everyday Life
- How We React to Differences
- Why We React to Differences: It's All in the Brain
- Putting It All Together
- Readings and Resources
- About Disability Differences
- Defining Disability
- The Diversity of Disability
- The Limitations and Challenges of Disabilities
- Perspectives on Disability
- Putting It All Together
- Readings and Resources
- Understanding Your Reactions to Disability Differences
- Your Parents
- Your Peers
- Your Own Appearance Differences
- Your Own Ability Differences
- People You Know Who Have Disabilities
- What You Know About Disabilities
- Messages from Society
- Awareness of Your Environment
- Putting It All Together
- Readings and Resources
- The 4D Approach
- Steps of the 4D Approach
- Detecting the Disability Difference
- Deciding: Evaluating the Situation
- Doing: Taking Action
- Debriefing: Making It Better Next Time
- Putting It All Together
- People Who Look Different
- Myths, Assumptions, and Beliefs
- What It Feels Like
- Appearance Differences You May Encounter
- Reasons Why People Look Different
- Interventions and Supports
- Interacting with People Who Look Different
- Readings and Resources
- People Who Move Differently
- Myths, Assumptions, and Beliefs
- What It Feels Like
- Movement Differences You May Encounter
- Reasons Why People Move Differently
- Interventions and Supports
- Interacting with People Who Move Differently
- Readings and Resources
- People Who Communicate Differently
- Myths, Assumptions, and Beliefs
- What It Feels Like
- Communication Differences You May Encounter
- Reasons Why People Communicate Differently
- Interventions and Supports
- Interacting with People with Hearing or Speech Differences
- Readings and Resources
- People Who Behave Differently
- Myths, Assumptions, and Beliefs
- What It Feels Like
- Behavior Differences You May Encounter
- Reasons Why People Behave Differently
- Interventions and Supports
- Interacting with People Who Behave Differently
- Readings and Resources
- People Who Learn Differently
- Myths, Assumptions, and Beliefs
- What It Feels Like
- Learning Differences You May Encounter
- Reasons Why People Learn Differently
- Interventions and Supports
- Interacting with People Who Learn Differently
- Readings and Resources
- People with Nonvisible Disabilities
- Myths, Assumptions, and Beliefs
- What It Feels Like
- Nonvisible Disabilities You May Encounter
- Reasons Why People Have Nonvisible Disabilities
- Interventions and Supports
- Interacting with People Who Have Nonvisible Disabilities
- Readings and Resources
- Understanding and Guiding Children's Reactions to Differences
- Understanding Children's Reactions
- How Children Detect Differences
- How Children Decide About Disability Differences
- Children's Reactions to Disability Differences
- Children's Reactions Reflect Their Culture
- Guiding Children's Interactions
- Detecting
- Deciding
- Doing
- Debriefing
- Vignette: An Adult Coaching a Child
- Skills for Effective Interaction: Expanding a Child's Comfort Zone
- Making a Difference in Your Community
- Putting It All Together
- Readings and Resources
- Expanding Our Vision
- Disability Differences Are Part of Everybody's Life
- Expanding Our Personal Comfort Zone
- Circles of Change for New Communities
- From Disability Awareness to Diversity Awareness
- What We Can Learn from Other People's Disability Experiences
- Looking to the Future
- Readings and Resources
Endnotes
References
Index
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