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For the world’s top athletes, the road to the summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris is filled with hours of practice, competitions and qualifying trials. For me, its a lot simpler. It means hours camping out in front my my TV watching the theater of the opening ceremony, the thrilling highlights and podium ceremonies. The human drama is what enthralls me.
I love cheering on local Colorado Olympians, too. Colorado has a deep connection to the Olympics. Here is a guide on how to make the most of this summer's Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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This summer don’t forget to explore the travel and adventure mystery bags. Each bag explores different themes related to travel or adventure. Summer is the perfect time to plan your next trip, choose your next adventure, and read about bold explorers!
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Forgot your charger? The library has some phone chargers for short-term checkout and use within the library! Stop by the main desk in the library and see what we have available.
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This guide is a shout out to a neighboring city, Lafayette, Colorado and the man indirectly responsible for it's name. Yes! That character in the hit musical, Hamilton named Lafayette. In 1824, both Congress and President James Monroe had invited the Marquis de Lafayette, the last surviving Major General of the Revolutionary War to the United States, with the hope that his visit might reignite patriotic fervor in a politically divided America fast approaching its 50th Anniversary. This year, 2024, is the 200th anniversary of his tour, and a good time to remember Lafayette and his contributions to both the United States and France. For more information about the history of Lafayette, both the Revolutionary War hero and our neighboring town of Lafayette, click here.
The message above was left on our board during Library week. Here are a couple of other messages of appreciation we received:
"I wouldn't be where I'm at today without libraries and librarians! Libraries are such a rich environment to be at. Gaining most of my motivation from the books, people, and the empowering environment that exists in here!"
"The world is a better place with the help of libraries! They allow individuals to grow and gain more knowledge. Libraries are one of my favorite places to be and the staff is always super friendly."
We just received a generous donation of music and music appreciation books from a retiring professor. Click on the link above if you are interested in seeing what we’ve got in our music collection!
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One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent—but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Activist Alice Wong brings together this urgent, galvanizing collection of contemporary essays by disabled people.
"THE UNDERDOGS tells the story of Karen Shirk: felled at age 24 by a neuromuscular disease and facing life as a ventilator-dependent patient, when she was rejected by every service dog agency in the country as “too disabled.” Her nurse encouraged her to raise her own service dog, and a German shepherd, dragged her back into life. A thousand dogs later, Karen Shirk’s service dog academy, 4 Paws for Ability, is restoring broken children and their families to life."
"The authors of this book offer guidance on creating more inclusive learning environments on campus so that all students—whether or not they have a recognized disability—have the opportunity to succeed. Strategies for supporting students with specific learning disabilities, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autism spectrum disorder or who display learning and behavioral characteristics associated with these profiles are described. A valuable resource for instructors, advisors, academic support personnel, and others who work directly with college students."
"Sharing the personal stories of individuals with disabilities who describe both the challenges and successes of their time in higher education, and with a major section on the findings of broad ranging research into the experiences of such students, the book explores the current situation, what works, and how things can be improved. The book includes practical advice to encourage self-advocacy in students with disabilities, and to support the professionals who are facing the challenges alongside them."
Disability and spirituality have traditionally been understood as two distinct spheres: disability is physical and thus belongs to health care professionals, while spirituality is religious and belongs to the church, synagogue, or mosque and their theologians, clergy, rabbis, and imams. Contesting the assumptions that separate disability and spirituality, William Gaventa argues for the integration of these two worlds.
"The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is the most comprehensive piece of civil rights legislation ever passed in the United States and it has become the model for disability-based laws around the world. Yet the story behind how the bill came to be is little known. In this riveting account, Lennard J. Davis delivers the first behind-the-scenes narrative of how a band of leftist hippies managed to make an alliance with conservative Republicans to bring about a truly bipartisan bill."
"While much has been written about higher education’s mental health crisis, very little research focuses on the role played by those on campus whose influence on student well-being may well be greatest: teachers. Drawing from interviews with students and the scholarship of teaching and learning, this book helps correct the oversight, examining how faculty can—instead of adding to their own significant workloads or duplicating counselors’ efforts—combat student stress through adjustments to the work they already do as teachers.."
Infirmity and illness may be seen as part of human experience, but 'disability' is a social construct. Elizabeth Guffey's considers the period both before and after the introduction of the International Symbol of Access (ISA) and traces the design history of the wheelchair, a product which revolutionized the mobility needs of many disabled people. She also examines the rise of 'barrier-free architecture' in the reception of the ISA, and explores how the symbol became widely adopted and a mark of identity for some within the Disability Rights Movement.
*Bronze Medal Winner in the Education / Academic / Teaching Category of the 2011 IPPY Awards*
* Bronze Medal Winner in the 2010 BOTYA Awards Education Category *
The authors describe the legal landscape as it applies to students with disabilities in the USA, and how to obtain the proper disability documentation to ensure that the student receives the right support and accommodations in college. Focussing specifically on the issues that affect students with disabilities, they offer advice on everything from dealing with college entrance exams and the college application process, to selecting the right college, visiting the campus, and achieving medical and financial independence away from home.
"With partial vision in one eye and bilateral hearing aids, Sjunneson lives at the crossroads of blindness and sight, hearing and deafness. While she cannot see well enough to operate without a guide dog or cane, she can see enough to know when someone is reacting to the visible signs of her blindness and can hear when they're whispering behind her back. As a media studies professor, she has also seen the full range of blind and deaf portrayals on film. Here she deconstructs their impact, following common tropes through horror, romance, and everything in between. In doing so, she explores how our cultural concept of disability is more myth than fact-- and the damage it does to us all."
The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages issued “Diversity and Inclusion in Language Programs,” a position statement highlighting the value of inclusive classrooms that support diverse perspectives and learning needs. That statement specifies that all students should have ample access to language instruction. This book offers advice on how to make the classroom environment and learning materials more accessible, how to make assessment more inclusive, and much more.
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Click here to see some of the new materials that we have recently added to the the FRCC Westminster Library Collection.
