The NWRSS library concentrates on collecting:

• Autobiographies, biographies
  and personal accounts of disability, illness, devalued difference
  and marginalization.
• Explorations on the concept of ‘home.’
• Research
  that reveals the values and beliefs that best engage,
  portray and protect people who are vulnerable to devaluation.

These books can be borrowed by calling on 6442 2920. Please leave a message if the phone is unattended.

 

THE DIVING BELL & THE BUTTERFLY
Jean-Dominique Bauby

DOWN ALL THE DAYS
Christy Brown

LUCY’S STORY
Lucy Blackman
Autism & Other Adventures.

ANNIE’S COMING OUT
Rosemary Crossley and Anne McDonald

DOUG’S STORY
Katie Cincotta
The struggle for a fair go.

TELL ME I’M HERE
Anne Deveson

LESSONS FROM MY CHILD
Cindy Dowling, Neil Nicoll & Bernadette Thomas
Parents’ experiences of life with a disabled child.

TOM
John Embling
A child’s life regained.

RAGGED OWLET
Sue Goss
A story of triumph over epilepsy.

NOBODY’S HOME
Thomas Edward Gass
Candid reflections of a nursing home aid.

MONSTER IN THE BEDROOM
Janine Hosking
The life of Jo Ann Dolan.

THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHTTIME
Mark Haddon

BIRD
Susan Hawthorn
And other writings on epilepsy.

ANECDOTES INSPIRED BY RENEE
Annette Herbert

LISTENING IN THE SILENCE, SEEING IN THE DARK
Ruthann Knechel Johansen
Reconstructing life after brain injury.

THE STORY OF MY LIFE
Helen Keller

MORAL HAZARD
Kate Jennings

HEAVEN ON WHEELS
Firdaus Kanga

PLANET OF THE BLIND
Stephen Kuusisto

THE TREATMENT & THE CURE
Peter Kocan

FRESH FIELDS
Peter Kocan

SCARRED FOR LIFE
Paul Marshall
The true story of a self-harmer.

DEAD BOLT
Glenn Manton
Sightings from the outer.

CRY OF THE DAMAGED MAN
Tony Moore
A personal journey of recovery.

ECHOES OF THE EARLY TIDES
Tony Moore
A healing journey.

RECOVERED, NOT CURED
Richard McLean
A journey through schizophrenia.

MY YEAR OFF
Robert McCrum
Rediscovering life after a stroke.

LIVING IN THE LABYRINTH
Diana Friel McGowan
A personal journey through the maze of alzheimer’s.

KEW COTTAGES
Cliff Judge and Fran Van Brummelen
The world of Dolly Stainer

LET EVENING COME
Mary C. Morrison
Reflections on aging.

THIS BED MY CENTRE
Ellen Newton

A CHILD CALLED ‘IT’
Dave Pelzer
One child’s courage to survive.

CAPTIVES OF CARE
John Roarty

ROSE BOYS
Peter Rose

A LEG TO STAND ON
Oliver Sacks

THE MAN WHO MISTOOK HIS WIFE FOR A HAT
Oliver Sacks

SEEING VOICES
Oliver Sacks

THE ISLAND OF THE COLOUR-BLIND
Oliver Sacks

AN ANTHROPOLOGIST ON MARS
Oliver Sacks

CROSSING THE RIVER
David B Schwartz
Creating a conceptual revolution in community & disability.

RIDING THE BUS WITH MY SISTER
Rachel Simon

MY BROTHER STEVEN IS RETARDED
Harriet Langsam Sobol

DARKNESS VISABLE
William Styron

OUT OF DARKNESS: A MEMOIR
Zoltan Torey

MICHAEL LAPSLEY – PRIEST & PARTISAN
Michael Worsnip
A South African journey.

SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE
Donna Williams

LIKE COLOR TO THE BLIND
Donna Williams

A DIFFERENT KIND OF LIFE
Virginia Williams

EXPLORATIONS ON THE CONCEPT OF ‘HOME’

WHERE THE HEART IS
Julienne Bennet & Mimi Luebbermann
A celebration of home.

IN A SPIRITUAL STYLE
Laura Cerwinske
The Home as Sanctuary.

HOUSE AS A MIRROR OF SELF
Clare Cooper Marcus
Exploring the deeper meaning of home.

DREAM HOME
Mark Wakely

GEOGRAPHY OF HOME
Akiko Busch
Writings on where we live

 

WRITING THAT REVEALS THE BELIEFS AND VALUES THAT BEST ENGAGE, PORTRAY AND PROTECT PEOPLE WHO ARE VULNERABLE

 

A QUARTER-CENTURY OF NORMALISATION AND SOCIAL ROLE VALORISATION: Evolution & impact
Edited by Robert J. Flynn & Raymond A. Lemay

NORMALISATION SOCIAL INTEGRATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES
Ed. Robert J. Flynn & Kathleen E. Nitsch

NORMALISATION
Wolf Wofensburger
The principal of normalization in human services.

THE ORIGIN AND NATURE OF OUR INSTITUTIONAL MODELS
Wolf Wolfensberger

HOSPITAL GUIDELINE
Wolf Wolfensberger
A guideline on protecting the health & lives of patients in hospitals, Especially if the patient is a member of a societally devalued class.

THE FUTURE OF CHILDREN WITH SIGNIFIGANT IMPAIRMENTS
Wolf Wolfensberger
What parents fear and want and what they and others may be able to do about it.

A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL ROLE VALORIZATION AS A HIGH-ORDER CONCEPT FOR STRUCTURING HUMAN SERVICES.
Wolf Wolfensberger

REGARDING THE PAIN OF OTHERS
Susan Sontag

RIGHT & WRONG
Hugh McKay

 

INSTRUCTIVE & GENERAL

ZEN IN THE ART OF HELPING
David Brandon

EPILEPSY
Neil Buchanan
Questions and Answers.

AN INTRODUCTION TO INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY IN AUSTRALIA 3rd Edition
Errol Cocks

THE SPIRITUAL DIMENSION OF THE ENNEAGRAM
Sandra Maitri
Nine Faces of the Soul.

BEYOND GENTLE TEACHING
McGee and Menolascino

THE ENNEAGRAM
Helen Palmer
Understanding Yourself and the Others in Your Life.

WORKING WITH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
TAFE

ROADS TO RUIN
E. S. Turner
The shocking history of social reform.

THE ALTRUISTIC PERSONALITY
Samuel P. Oliner & Pearl M. Oliner