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Character Book(s) Author(s) Disability Ref. and Citations 1995 Nessarose, AKA Wicked Witch of the East: Wicked: Gregory Maguire: Born without arms. [citation needed] 1851 Captain Ahab: Moby Dick: Herman Melville: A whale bit off Ahab's leg, and he stands on what's left of the bone. The sound of his ivory limb echoes on the deck.
Fictional characters with mental disorders (20 C, 151 P) Fictional characters missing an eye (1 C, 56 P) Fictional characters with musculoskeletal system disorders (1 C, 5 P)
Hattie Larlham is an American nonprofit organization that creates opportunities for more than 1,600 children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the state of Ohio. [1] Services provided encompass medical, work training and employment, recreational, educational, and residential, catering to both children and adults.
Its programs for both children and adults include author readings, writing classes, and celebrations of Thurber's life. Through its 'Evenings with Authors', a series of readings and receptions with nationally known authors, Thurber House has attracted well-known writers such as John Updike , T.C. Boyle , Tracy Chevalier , and Scott Turow .
The book was named Best Book of 2008 by Time Out New York, [5] won Foreword Magazine's Book of the Year Gold Medal in Literary Fiction, [6] and was a Believer magazine Reader’s Choice Top-20 Pick. [7] 1940, award-winning novelist Jay Neugeboren's first new novel in two decades, was on the long list for the 2010 International Dublin Literary ...
The Book Loft covers 7,500 square feet of space, and along with books the store sells jigsaw puzzles, posters, and other merchandise. [7] Eighteen music systems each play different music to create a genre-specific soundtrack in each area. [8] The children's areas are the most popular rooms, according to owner Carl Jacobsma. [9]
Pages in category "Fictional characters with intellectual disability" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The campus was built upon gradually, with wings added to the main building in 1876 and 1878, with a heating plant, laundry, workshop, coal house, and hospital also constructed around this time. Construction labor was predominantly sourced from the institute's adult patients. In 1881, the school was renamed the Ohio Institution for Feeble-Minded ...