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41) Nobody's child
Publisher
Koch Vision
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the heart-wrenching true story of Marie Balter. Abused and victimized, she beats impossible odds to build a normal life after spending 20 years locked away in a mental institution.
Author
Publisher
Future Horizons
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
15th anniversary edition.
Physical Desc
lxv, 335 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Over 180 social stories that teach everyday social skills to children and young adults with autism or Asperger's syndrome, and their peers"--Page 1 of cover.
43) I am Sam
Series
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sam Dawson has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He works at a Starbucks, is obsessed with the Beatles and has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them. As the daughter reaches age 7, Sam's limitations start to become a problem. When the authorities take his daughter away, Sam shames a high-priced lawyer into taking his case pro bono. In the process, he teaches her a great deal about love, and whether it's really all you need.
44) Radio
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of the relationship between a prominent high school football coach in a small South Carolina town and the illiterate, mentally-challenged man nicknamed Radio whom he mentors. Although their friendship raises some eyebrows at first, Radio's growth under the coach's guidance ultimately inspires the local townsfolk.
46) We can do it!
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Press
Pub. Date
c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 x 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Depicts children living with spina bifida, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, or blindness with the help of family and friends.
47) Radio
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of the relationship between a prominent high school football coach in a small South Carolina town and the illiterate, mentally-challenged man nicknamed Radio whom he mentors. Although their friendship raises some eyebrows at first, Radio's growth under the coach's guidance ultimately inspires the local townsfolk.
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
unpaged : col. ill. ; 24 x 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Gracie has always had a special bond with her Aunt Roo, who is mentally disabled, but that relationship starts to change when Gracie begins school.
50) Rudy: Radio
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (223 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4.
Language
English
Description
Rudy: Rudy Ruettinger, a working-class boy, realizes his dreams of playing football at Notre Dame.
Radio: "The inspiring true story of the real life friendship between Robert "Radio" Kennedy and Coach Harold Jones and the thirty-year legacy of victory they created"--Container.
Author
Series
Publisher
Woodbine House, Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : photographs ; 13 x 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Photographs of young children with Down syndrome enjoying a wide selection of healthful foods, from fruits and veggies to meats and snacks"--
Publisher
New Video Group
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 75 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Documentary following a group of actors with learning disabilities, from the Drama Program of Long Island's ANCHOR organization, as they embark on a four-month-long journey to mount a stage performance of film The wizard of Oz.
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two very dimwitted guys make a cross-country road trip to return a large sum of cash to its owner. Along the way they encounter police, kidnappers, & assorted others.
54) Strait-jacket
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1963, 2014.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lucy Harbin goes berserk when she finds her husband in bed with another woman. With her three-year-old daughter accidentally witnessing the grisly act, Lucy axes the couple to death, then spends twenty years in a mental institution for the double murder. After she is released, she moves in with her brother, his wife, and her own daughter, now age twenty-three. Her nightmare is over, or is it? When a series of axe murders suddenly occurs in the neighborhood,...
55) Traveler
Author
Series
Traveler (L.E. DeLano) volume 1
Publisher
Swoon Reads
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
HL 580L
Physical Desc
249 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
After a fight at school leaves Marcus facing suspension, Marcus's mother takes him and his younger brother, who has Down syndrome, to Puerto Rico to visit relatives they do not remember or have never met, and while there Marcus starts searching for his father, who left their family ten years ago and is somewhere on the island.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
650L
Physical Desc
233 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When soldiers attack a small village in Zimbabwe, Deo goes on the run with Innocent, his older, mentally disabled brother, carrying little but a leather soccer ball filled with money, and after facing prejudice, poverty, and tragedy, it is in soccer that Deo finds renewed hope.
58) Isolation ward
Author
Series
Nate McCormick thrillers volume 1
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Formats
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (968 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Season Two contains worlds (and alternative worlds) of excitement complete with shape-shifters, cryonic heads, belly-dwelling beasts, and people who turn to ashes before our eyes. But the overarching narrative takes three clandestine FBI agents, Olivia Dunham, Peter Bishop, and Walter Bishop, through a mind-bending investigation of a parallel reality that threatens to destroy ours.
60) A Christmas home
Author
Series
McCray Family novels volume 2
Publisher
Crown Pub
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
pages ; cm.
Language
English
Description
"Todd has been working for years at the local animal shelter when he learns that it's being shut down. With his best friend, Laura, he struggles to place the animals in homes before the shelter closes, and Todd becomes torn between a dairy job close to home and a dog-trainer job three hours away, a decision that is further complicated when he realizes that he and Laura may be more than friends."--Publishers Weekly.
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