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Co-Founding the ACLU, Fighting for Labor Rights and Other Helen Keller Accomplishments Students Don’t Learn in School

By Olivia B. Waxman — 2020

Most students learn that Keller, born June 27, 1880, in Tuscumbia, Ala., was left deaf and blind after contracting a high fever at 19 months, and that her teacher Anne Sullivan taught her braille, lip-reading, finger spelling and eventually, how to speak. However, there is still a great deal about her life and her accomplishments that many people don’t know.

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Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity

Solomon’s startling proposition in Far from the Tree is that being exceptional is at the core of the human condition—that difference is what unites us.

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The Invisibles: Parenting With a Disability

Guthrie resident Kim Watson overcomes the physical and emotional challenges of parenting with a disability.

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Cancer and Relationships

For adults who have been diagnosed and treated for any type of cancer, this video includes information on how cancer survivors can improve their wellness and quality of life in six areas of wellness: physical, emotional, social, spiritual, thinking (cognitive) and work.

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When You Realize How Perfect Everything Is: A Conversation About Life Between Grandfather and Grandson

Go on a journey of wonder and grace with NY Times bestselling author Bernie Siegel, MD and his grandson, Charlie Siegel.

Bernie S. Siegel, Charlie Siegel

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Nikki Giovanni Interviews Muhammad Ali

A real educational and heart felt talk between two deep thinkers.

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Family Secrets—The Path fom Shame to Healing

Family Secrets gives you the tools you need to understand your family—and yourself—in an entirely new way. In his bestselling books and compelling PBS specials, John Bradshaw has transformed our understanding of how we are shaped by our families.

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How to Teach Life Skills to Kids with Autism or Asperger’s

In the real world, people on the autism spectrum need the same kinds of day-to-day skills everyone else needs to be functional! It’s true.

Jennifer Mcilwee Myers, Temple Grandin

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Let’s Talk About Hard Things

Anna Sale wants you to have that conversation. You know the one. The one that you’ve been avoiding or putting off, maybe for years.

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Getting Relationships Right: How to Build Resilience and Thrive in Life, Love, and Work

In this one-stop guide to building relational literacy--the understanding of and ability to practice healthy ways of relating--bestselling author, psychologist, and relationship coach Melanie Joy shares the principles and tools that can make any relationship, from personal to professional,...

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Self-Portrait in Black and White: Family, Fatherhood, and Rethinking Race

The son of a “black” father and a “white” mother, Thomas Chatterton Williams found himself questioning long-held convictions about race upon the birth of his blond-haired, blue-eyed daughter―and came to realize that these categories cannot adequately capture either of them, or anyone else.

Thomas Chatterton Williams

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