people with mental disabilities

When Dane, a bully, refuses to hit Billy D because he has Down Syndrome, Billy takes that as a sign of friendship and enlists Dane's help in solving riddles left in an atlas by his missing father, sending the pair on a risky adventure.

For a tribute to his mother, a dead rock star, fifteen-year-old Grady returns to Seattle, where he faces his mixed feelings for his retarded younger half-brother Louie while pondering his own future.

Thirteen-year-old Cynnie has had to deal with her mother's alcoholism and stream of boyfriends all her life, but when her grandparents take custody of her brother, who has Down syndrome, Cynnie becomes self-destructive and winds up in court-mandated Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.

Presents arguments pertaining to the rights of the disabled, examining how the courts have shaped issues such as eugenic sterilization, special education, and equal access to public places through rulings, with primary sources from each case, dissenting opinions, and analyses.

The author shares her struggles with self-esteem, drug addiction, and depression; and describes how she admitted herself to a mental institution after she put her fist through a window.

In the late seventeenth century, fifteen-year-old Kit, driven to desperation by the starvation of one brother and the mistreatment of his simple-minded twin, realizes his dream of becoming an apprentice in London but feels drawn by duty to return home to Essex.

A study of autism, a developmental disorder that affects the functioning of the brain, discussing the history of the disorder, its symptoms, and its treatment.

A man who was once mentally retarded must face his gradual return to his former state when the astounding results of an experimental surgery that increased his intelligence prove only temporary.

A teenage girl gains new insight into herself and her family when her mentally retarded brother gets lost.

Emma and her father discuss what they will do when the new baby arrives, but they adjust their expectations when he is born with Down syndrome.