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A woman known for her viral social media posts travels the world speaking to her adoring fans, her entire existence overwhelmed by the Internet - or what she terms 'the portal'. Are we in hell? the people of the portal ask themselves. Are we all just going to keep doing this until we die? Suddenly, two texts from her mother pierce the fray: 'Something has gone wrong,' and 'How soon can you get here?' As real life and its stakes collide with the increasing...
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Pub. Date
2023
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Featuring the author's own experiences of deafness, this book is about how to understand, live and thrive with hearing loss - a humorous yet informative place to turn for the millions of people in the UK who have hearing loss or deafness. Includes interviews with experts from the RNID, audiologists, deaf activists and people who use and teach sign language, as well as facts and anecdotes.
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Disability Rights UK
Pub. Date
[2019]
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This handbook contains all the information a disabled person, carer or parent of a disabled child needs to know in order to get their full entitlement to social security benefits and other types of help. It also provides information on rights to other services such as community care, vaccine damage payments and help with equipment.
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Bedford Square Publishers
Pub. Date
2024
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Independent, confident, and not held back by her disability Winnifred McNulty has been determined to prove to herself and others that she can do anything without needing anyone. That all changes when Win meets Bo at a Halloween party, a charming boy in a pirate costume who has more in common with her than she realises. Bonding over the fact that they both have a visible disability, Win and Bo develop an electrifying connection with each other that...
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Sphere
Pub. Date
2022
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On the precipice of starting her adult life, aged eighteen, Sophie, a rebellious and incorrigible wild child, crashed her car and was instantly paralysed from the chest down. Rushed to hospital, everything she had dreamed for her life was instantly forgotten and her journey to rediscover herself and build a different life began. But being told she would never walk again would come to be the least of her concerns. 'Driving Forwards' is a remarkable...