People with Disabilities

Fairy tales shape how we see the world, so what happens when you identify more with the Beast than Beauty? Amanda Leduc looks at fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm to Disney, showing us how they influence our expectations and behaviour....

After starting a family and flourishing in his career, Tim Hague was struck by misfortune. The irritating tremor in his foot turned out to be early onset Parkinson's disease. He was only 46 years old. But what seemed to be an end became a new beginning....

Amit Patel is working as a trauma doctor when a rare condition causes him to lose his sight within 36 hours.... 

As a child, Molly Burke was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa and became completely sightless as a teenager. Now an award-winning YouTube star and global influencer, Molly shares what it’s like to be a purple-haired, pink-obsessed fashion and makeup lover in a seeing world.... 

There are 1.3 billion people around the world who identify as having a disability. Unleash Different reveals how companies like Google, PepsiCo, and Nordstrom are attracting people with disabilities as customers and as employees....

Thousands have been wounded in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Five have survived quadruple-amputee injuries. This is one soldier's story....

Que ressent-on face au drame absolu ? Peut-on guérir de l'innommable ? Comment tenter d'aller mieux ? Dans une tonalité intimiste et poignante...

If you grow up in a world where wrinkles are practically illegal, going bald is cause for a mental breakdown, and women over size zero are encouraged to shoot themselves....

Graham Hale Gardner died before turning 23 and never learned to walk or speak due to severe cerebral palsy complicated by epilepsy. Yet he left a legacy of love and compassion that deeply moved scores of people from widely different backgrounds. Graham’s story, written through the eyes of his father, speaks of the enormous legacy left by a boy who never spoke. A story that raises provocative questions about the “invisible lines of connection” that make us human.

Selbstwert genießt einen guten Ruf, das sogenannte Ego keineswegs. Es wird selten geschätzt, allenfalls geduldet. Janis McDavid wirft einen anderen Blick auf das stets im Narzissmusverdacht stehende Ich. Tragfähige Selbstwertschätzung, aber auch Empathie brauchen ein Ego. Das Hörbuch zeigt anhand der persönlichen Geschichte des ohne Arme und Beine geborenen Speakers, welche Wege und Mittel ihn zu einer gesunden und stabilen Selbstwertschätzung brachten.