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Portraying Disability at the Far East Film Festival

Fish Liew and Jackie Chan headline two films exploring disability, Alzheimer's, and human relationships beyond paternalism

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Stories from the Margins at the Rotterdam Festival

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The Constitution of the Poor | Book Review

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Sketch. Fleeting Reality | Book Review

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Women of Another World | A Book Review

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Mom's Magic Chair | A Book Review

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Making Cinema Heard: Accessibility and Hearing Loss at the Rome Film Festival

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Stars in the Spotlight, Stories in the Shadows: Three Films at the Torino Film Festival

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What to Watch Over the Holidays

True stories (and stories inspired by real events) that entertain and provoke thought — no Christmas tales required

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Disability Is Not a Calling

A dialogue on the certainties we live and pray (Ed. Qiqajon, 2025)

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Hard Without Music | Review

From "Notes of a Dirty Old Man," the story of an encounter where no one is quite comfortable (Guanda, 2019)

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Simply Maria | Book Review

Jay Hardwig on the beauty of being weird. For readers 11 and up (Uovonero, 2025)

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Clinical Records | Book Review

Serena Vitale tells the story of her sister Rossana's mental illness (Sellerio Editore, 2025)

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Freedom Has No Age

With 27 Nights, Daniel Hendler opens the San Sebastián Film Festival with a moving story of dignity, aging, and the courage to stay alive in every sense.

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Slow Steps | Book Review

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Between Voices and Signs: When Language Shapes Connection

At the San Sebastián Film Festival, two films explore how hearing, silence, and empathy intertwine — revealing that true understanding often begins where words fall short.

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Venice 82: When Reality Follows You Into the Cinema

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Venice 82: How Virtual Reality Cinema Tells Disability Stories With Empathy

Five immersive films—from Mirage to D-Day—explore loneliness, memory, and resilience in VR

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Breaking Barriers: My Journey as an Autistic Actor

From unexpected auditions to leading roles, how cinema and theater opened new horizons — and why the industry must change.

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«I made this movie for him, not for myself»

The documentary Bobò, which Pippo Delbono dedicated to his long-time friend and collaborator Vincenzo Cannavacciuolo.

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Pilgrims on Film: Sacred Journeys from Lourdes to Mecca

A journey through the history of pilgrimages in cinema—from early Lumière footage to contemporary fiction and documentary.

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An April Friday | Reviews

In Donald Antrim's memoir, the courage and clarity to tell us what it feels like to stand on the other side—where loneliness and the absence of love become a life sentence.

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Mirrors: The Jubilee of Volunteerism

A conversation with Vincenzo Trapani Lombardo, a physician from Calabria and member of Unitalsi (Vatican Radio, 2025)

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Fog Sickness | Review

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What Italian Cinema Still Gets Wrong About Autism

There are dozens of autism films now. But do any of them actually tell the truth? For neurodivergent actor Niccolò Scarnato, the answer is no.

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Artificial Intelligence and Editorial Memory: My Work with Ombre e Luci

How the AiOeL project came to life and why it matters

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Autism on Screen: Italian Cinema Finds Its Authentic Voice

Two new films show how disability representation is finally breaking free from stereotype

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The Ogre Downstairs | A Review

A picture book for young readers celebrating the Righteous who saved lives in silence (Uovonero, 2025)

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Testing Women, Testing the Fetus | Book Review

The Social Impact of Amniocentesis in America (Routledge, 2000)

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The Emporium of Heaven and Earth | Book Review

Pages alive with life, light, and love in a place where everyone else would see only limits, suffering, and horror (Fazi Editore, 2024)

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Open Dialogue No. 169

Letters from our readers: suggestions, reflections, and questions. The voices of those who read Ombre e Luci, sharing their experiences and discoveries. This issue: a friend's concert and a visit to the Minister for Disability.

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The Impossible Becomes Possible | Review

An itinerary marking the centennial of Franco Basaglia's birth, traveling through Italy's former psychiatric hospitals where creativity has given rise to experiences of healing and culture.

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Care as Calling: Four Films at the Berlinale That Demand Reflection

Rebecca Lenkiewicz's Hot Milk, Mary Bronstein's If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, Fernando Eimbcke's Olmo, and Florian Pochlatko's How to Be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World

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Controversy and Accessibility at the Berlinale75

First thoughts—and some observations—on the 2025 Berlin Film Festival

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The Greek Hour | Review

A silent woman and a blind man find connection through ancient language in Han Kang's lyrical prose. The 2024 Nobel Prize winner in literature (Adelphi, 2023)

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Fast Forward: A Journey Into ADHD | Podcast Review

Fast Forward: A Journey Into ADHD. A podcast by Gianpiero Kesten for Rai Play Sound

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Being Bea | A Graphic Memoir

A manga that tells the story of autism

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A History of Abortion | Book Review

A History of Abortion, by Giulia Galeotti

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Getting Disability Right on Screen

At the San Sebastián Film Festival, how can cinema become truly inclusive?

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Movies Worth Watching This Holiday Season

Unconventional picks that warm the heart

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Teaching the Prince of Denmark: A School Diary Reviewed

A work journal from a middle school in the Naples suburbs (Sellerio, 2011)

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The Gift and the City | Review

Panizza writes of a paradigm shift we urgently need (Bibliotheka, 2024)

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Freewheeling

Jamie Sumner's novel for young readers (Ancora, 2024)

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Living with Difference | Book Review

Responsibility and Passion in Special Education Support, by Mario Paolini (Edizioni Conoscenza, 2024)

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War, Borders, and Hope

Three Films from the Biografilm Festival

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Spanish Cinema at San Sebastián: A Festival Divided

"Tardes de soledad" claims the Golden Shell, but the competition offered many other equally worthy stories

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Disability on Screen: Beyond Tokenism

At San Sebastián's film festival, industry leaders grapple with authentic representation and inclusion

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San Sebastián: The Smallest of the Great Festivals

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The World in a Fixed Point | Review

The graphic novel by Formola and Forconi about autism (SaldaPress, 2024)

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The Land of the Mad | Podcast Review

Michela Mancini's series on Rai PlaySound

Review · Culture

Life Beside Us — A Review

A family drama with familiar rhythms that gains power precisely by refusing to show what the book calls ugliness—transforming it instead into a symbol that lays bare how fear of difference can consume us whole.

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Locarno 77: From Jane Campion to Saulė Bliuvaitė

Jane Campion, a pioneer of female filmmaking, was honored at the Locarno Film Festival. Her cinema celebrates strong, complex women and continues to inspire new generations of directors and audiences.

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The Summer My Mother's Eyes Turned Green | Book Review

A review of Tatiana Tîbuleac's novel (Keller, 2023)

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Slime | Review

Ned's adventures in David Walliams's novel (HarperCollins Italia, 2021)

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Eighteen | Book Review

Emma's life in Martina Fuga's new book (Salani, 2024)

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Marie's Victory

A review of the Netflix miniseries All the Light We Cannot See

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Four Pages in Voice | A Listener's Guide

L'Osservatore Romano's cultural series, heard across six episodes

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Like Me | Review

A play based on a true story (Giuntina, 2023)

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The First Avatar That Signs: Understanding Emergencies in Italian Sign Language

Still in pilot phase, but once live, deaf callers will be able to report emergencies using LIS

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Far East Film Festival 2024: Two Films on Fragility from Hong Kong and Taiwan

Lawrence Kan's In Broad Daylight and Chin Chia-hua's Trouble Girl

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Rebirth and Solidarity: "The Storks of Chernobyl"

Karim Galici's film traces the lives of children who fled the nuclear disaster

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Revolution and Experiment: Two Essential Films from Berlin

My Favourite Cake and Chroniques fidèles—why these two deserve your attention

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Gold Prizes and Provocations: What to Watch from Berlin Film Festival 74

Mati Diop's "Dahomey" wins the Golden Bear

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Berlinale 74: Cinema, Disability, and the Limits of Representation

Two provocative films refuse to let audiences look away

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Jun | A Graphic Memoir

A true story of autism in South Korea (Bao Publishing, 2021)

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Ennio the Alien | A Review

The biography of Ennio Flaiano and his daughter Lè-Lè (Mondadori, 2022)

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Where Are You, Little Giulio? | Review

A picture book about daily life with autism (Uovonero, 2023)

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I Suffer, Therefore We Are | Book Review

Marco Rovelli's book for Minimum Fax (2023)

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Fragility on Screen: What to Watch from Rome's Film Festival

Five films and series that speak to our vulnerability

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Berlin Film Festival: Past and Present

On the Adamant, last year's Golden Bear winner, finally arrives in Italian cinemas

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Sanremo as Far as I Could See #5

The fifth and final episode of Davide Passeri's podcast on the 75th edition of the Festival dei Fiori

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Sanremo as Far as I Could See #4

Fourth episode of Davide Passeri's podcast on the 75th edition of the San Remo Music Festival

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Sanremo as Far as I Could See #3

The third episode of Davide Passeri's podcast on the 75th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival

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Sanremo as Far as I've Seen It #2

Second episode of Davide Passeri's podcast on the 75th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival

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Sanremo as Far as I Could See #1

First episode of Davide Passeri's podcast on the 75th edition of the Festival dei Fiori

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Kripton: A Film to Break the Invisibility of Mental Illness

Francesco Munzi's award-winning documentary arrives in theaters

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"We Have a Dream": Five Stories of Fragility, Full of Hope

Pascal Plisson's documentary, screened at Locarno Film Festival, comes to Italian cinemas

Culture

Ombre e Luci Now in English

We're thrilled to announce the launch of our English-language website, bringing forty years of stories and testimonies about disability, faith, and human dignity to an international audience.

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Gentleness – A Review

Eugenio Borgna on one of humanity's most misunderstood and forgotten experiences (Einaudi, 2023)

Culture

Stories from the Far East

Abang Adik and Plan 75 at the Far East Film Festival in Udine

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Almond: A Novel of Emotional Awakening

Won-Pyung Sohn's story of Yunjae and his alexithymia (HarperCollins, 2023)

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Two Films on Fragility at Turin Film Festival

The 41st Turin Film Festival presents works exploring disability, mental illness, and human vulnerability

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The Circus of Wonders – A Review

The story of little Nelly Moon in Elizabeth MacNeal's novel (Einaudi, 2023)

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God's Shoulders: A Review

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A Short Film and a Series Close Out Rome's Film Festival

Giovanna Mezzogiorno's Unfitting and the fourth season of Mare Fuori

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Promising Television and a Flawed Film at Rome's Cinema Festival

On Ginevra Elkann's "Te l'avevo detto" and Francesca Archibugi's "La Storia"

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From the Rome Film Festival: Five Films on Disability and Fragility Worth Watching

The 2023 festival programs powerful cinema about vulnerability, difference, and care

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To leave or to stay: migration in the films of Venice 80

Four films on the topic of migrations in Europe

Review · Culture

To Leave or Stay: Migration in the Films of Venice 80

Four films explore the theme of migration in Europe

Review · Culture

Venice Immersive: Virtual Reality Comes to the Biennale

360° cinema experiences that imagine the future of film

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Light Dancing Restless — A Review

The Diary of Carla Simons (Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, 2023)

Review · Culture

The Fragile: A Book Review

Pioneers of De-institutionalization (Castelvecchi, 2023)

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Out of Focus — A Review

Chiara Carminati's novel (Bompiani, 2023)

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Surprised by the Risen Christ — A Review

The Easter Encounters of Jesus (Ancora, 2023)

Review · Culture

An Irish Goodbye

The 2023 Oscar-winning short film about life after caregiving, by directors Ross White and Tom Berkeley

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Shedding Light on Migration

"Trieste Is Beautiful at Night" wins the Samifo Prize

Editorial · Culture

Where Are We?

A journey across Europe, a film festival window, and the story of migration

Review · Culture

Pharmakon: The Thalidomide Story—A Podcast Review

An independent podcast on the thalidomide crisis

Review · Culture

Happily Seated – A Review

With irony, depth, and sharp insight, Rebekah Taussig tells a story that is also deeply personal—and breaks the mold

Review · Culture

The Deaf Republic—A Review

A contemporary epic in which deafness is reimagined as a gift. It captures a minority's new way of being together—a people who radiate vital energy against all odds.

Review · Culture

Swinging Clouds — A Book Review

A Christmas story by Luigi Dal Cin, illustrated by Serena Mabilia (Einaudi Ragazzi, 2022)

Review · Culture

Earth and Dust: When Two Discarded Lives Find Each Other

Presented at last year's Far East Festival, Li Ruijun's Earth and Dust finally arrives in Italian cinemas.

Culture

The Power of Belonging: Why *The Blind Side* Still Matters

A review of John Lee Hancock's 2009 film starring Sandra Bullock

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The Great Blue Horse: A Review

The story of Paolo and his friend Marco in Irène Cohen-Janca's book, illustrated by Maurizio A.C. Quarello (Orecchio acerbo, 2012)

Review · Culture

Lower the Sky and Come Down

Half a century with schizophrenia: Giorgio Boatti's novel of two brothers (Mondadori, 2022)

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The World as We See It

Autism Through the Eyes of "As We See It"

Review · Culture

The Finest Swim of My Life—A Review

On the Power of Friendship in Anne Becker's New Novel (Uovonero, 2022)

Review · Culture

In God's Image? – A Book Review

A substantial essay collection edited by Alberto Fontana and Giovanni Merlo

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Why Don't You Take Him to Lourdes? — A Review

Lorenzo Amurri's Personal Account of a Sacred Place (Fandango, 2014)

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The Silence of the World — A Review

Tommaso Avati's novel of three deaf women spanning the twentieth century (Neri Pozza, 2022)

Culture

How the Body Heals the Soul: Houria

A review of Mounia Meddour's film, presented at the Rome Film Festival.

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Everyone Laughs Their Own Way — Book Review

The story of the irreverent and crooked Sirio in Valentina Perniciaro's book (Rizzoli, 2022)

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Giuditta and the Devil's Ear — A Review

A blind girl's story in the dark years of World War II (Giunti, 2022)

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Uncommon Productions

An interview with Daniele Bonarini, filmmaker and founder of Poti Pictures

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Love Life: A Film About Second Chances

Kōji Fukada's latest explores the texture of human bonds through trauma and reconciliation.

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Reclaiming His Body

An advance review of Big Bang, Carlos Segundo's short film, in competition at the Locarno Film Festival

Culture

Locarno's Accessibility Vision

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I Am Vincent and I'm Not Afraid — A Review

Interview · Culture

When Universities Led the Way

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Two Documentaries on Survival: Chernobyl and Afghanistan

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Modus Navigandi – A Review

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"We Are a Revolution" — A Review

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Forever, Elsewhere—A Review

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You Have Not Yet Been Defeated — A Review

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What If Being Deaf Were a Superpower?

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The Care of Love – Review

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ArcheoCasilina: A Guide to Rome's Forgotten East

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30 Days to Understand Autism – A Review

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The Fight for Inclusion: A Book Review

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Travelers as Community

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The Mystery of the London Eye – Review

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Basaglia, the Doctor Who Freed the Mad – A Review

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Hope: A Review

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We Two Are One — A Review

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Martini Had Nearly Said It All

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Samira, When Cinema Influences Real Life

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Being the Hearing Daughter of Deaf Parents

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Disability on Screen: Cinema Takes Center Stage at Turin and Cagliari

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What We Look At But Don't See

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Agnese Spotorno's Aspy Girl: A Review

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The Boys of Via Pascoli—A Review

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The Potenzoni Case: Federica Sciarelli's Account

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When the World Ended

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The Violence of My Love: Dario Levantino's Novel Examined

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The Blind Man Who Didn't Want to See Titanic

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Venice: Festival Diary 78

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What Doesn't Kill You: David Lagercrantz's Thriller and the Mystery of Autism

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Unable to Reinvent Himself

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Pablo, Who Sees the World in His Own Way

The imagination of a boy with autism in an English animated series airing on Rai Yoyo and Rai Play.

Open Dialogue · Culture

Open Dialogue No. 155

Two letters from our reporters at Faith and Light

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Fragments of Solitude — A Review

Stories and Reflections from Children of the Capodarco Community

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And This Is Nothing — A Review

Giulia Galeotti presents Michele Cecchini's novel (Bollati Boringhieri, 2021)

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And Now Comes the Best Part – Newsletter No. 35

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Zero to Hero: The Rise of So Wa Wai

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Padel: A Word That Makes No Sense

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Who Belongs in the Frame?

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Through Corrado's Eyes

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A Spark Within: Elle McNicoll's Debut Novel

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"And Then We Will Be Safe": Alessandra Carati's Powerful Testament

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Antarctica and the Atypical Life

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I Believe in You: Luca Badetti's Transformative Vision of Disability and Trust

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Beauty in the Mind: Gronchi and Dell'Osso's Testament to Lost Asylums

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Handle with Care: A Review of Marco Bove's Book

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The Specials: A Review of Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano's New Film

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The Specials: A Film About Radical Inclusion

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Raymond Carver's Cathedral — A Review

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Where the Watermelons Grow – A Review

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Marie the Cross-Eyed Girl: A Simenon Novel Revisited

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Marco Cavallo

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Where the Blade Cuts and Wounds Heal

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A History of Disability

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When the Lead Character Becomes a Prop

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Learning to Fall

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Flesh and Blood for Ghosts

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I Voted

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Thank You, Father Don Carlo

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Viaggio Italia Around the World

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Reclaiming Her Signature

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What a Strange Egg!

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My Sister Drives Me Crazy

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The Young Artist of Chartres

Editorial · Culture

Tickets and Drawings

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Mental Illness Behind Bars in Italy

Open Dialogue · Culture

A President Writes Back

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A Story We Cannot Ignore

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The Courage to Be Equal

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Topside: Little and Her Mother's Aimless Flight

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Sun Children: Four Boys in Tehran

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Lost in Translation

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The Man Who Sold His Skin

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Unheard

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Left Behind on Lonely Roads

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Venice's Other Story

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Oaza: At the Borderline Between Fiction and Reality

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Living with Hepatitis B: The Weight of Stigma

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When Former Nazis Tell the Story of the Holocaust

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Hold Her Gaze

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Bird the Eel Becomes a Father

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How Olga Rewrites Her Story

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Listen to Build

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Touching the Grass Together

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The Outsider and the Girl

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Dear President Sergio Mattarella

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The Right to a Real Book

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A Deaf Son's Liberating Revolt

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A School Diary from Palermo's Zisa Quarter

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Groping Through the Dark

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Breaking the Cycle

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Spontaneous and Personal

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Riding the Rails: Women Hobos in America

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Carmela and Fourteen Murals to Change the World

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Art Lover

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Art as Language

Growth and transformation through art therapy practices. An article by Marta de Rino and Eleonora Secchi, from the special feature on art.

Editorial · Culture

Nurturing Talent

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Who Do We Fall in Love With?

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The Power of Words

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When Racism Wins

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The Dark Gift

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Different

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Shakespeare vs. Insinna

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Time to Learn — Book Review

Interview · Culture

Andrea Romeo on Cinema and Disability

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Biografilm Festival: Bologna's Festival of Lives

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Look, There's Sam!

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Squizo

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Two Brothers and the English Brigade

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When I Acted Downwind

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Years and Years

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Give Me Liberty

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When Film Rescues Theater

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Actors Playing Themselves

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The Variety in Which We Live

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Reframing Cinema's Most Iconic Scenes

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The Humanity of People

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Documenting Illness in Real Time

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Never Alone

Open Dialogue · Culture

Open Forum #150

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Now We Will All Be Different

Open Dialogue · Culture

Open Dialogue No. 149

Review · Culture

The Tender Child

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Imperfect

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What Is a Syndrome?

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Our House Is on Fire

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Lucas's Copernican Revolution

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My Lourdes—and the Directors' Version

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Where Community Welcomes Without Judgment

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"Us," Not "Them": Opening the Conversation

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Another Way of Seeing

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Cinema and Disability: Three Films by Armando D'Amato

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The Body of Love

Review · Culture

A Father's Eyes

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Extraordinary Lives, Volume Two

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Fog in August

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Three Films on Disability: Claudio Cinus's Essential List

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The Burden and the Chosen

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Vaccination Is Not a Game

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Cinema and Disability: The 3 Films by Enrica Riera

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Ausmerzen: Lives Unworthy of Living

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Who Is My Neighbor?

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Disability in TV Series

From Atypical to Everyone Is Perfect, in 2019 disability is on TV

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Disability Makes Us Human

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The Foreigner

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Not Everything Is Dark

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The Boy Called Adolf Had No Eyelashes

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Cinema and Disability: Three Films by Edoardo Zaccagnini

We asked several film critics to name three films that grapple with disability. Here are Edoardo's picks.

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Film and Disability: Three Films That Matter, According to Giorgia Sdei

We asked film critics to choose three movies that grapple with disability. Here are the picks of Giorgia Sdei.

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Three Films on Disability: Emilio Ranzato's Choice

We asked film critics to name three films that explore disability. Here are the picks of Emilio Ranzato from L'Osservatore Romano.

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I Don't Like Going to the Movies

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Cinema and Disability: The Films of Valerio Sammarco

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The Others Are Us

When cinema gets disability right: the films of Alessandro de Simone

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Film and Disability: A Special Report

How does cinema engage with disability? We take stock of the landscape with insights from leading voices in the field.

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Cinema and Disability: Boris Sollazzo's Three Films

We asked film critics to choose three films that engage with disability. Here are Boris Sollazzo's picks.

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Three Films on Disability: Emanuele Rauco's Picks

We asked film critics to name three films that tackle disability. Here are the selections of Emanuele Rauco, a selector at the Venice Film Festival.

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Three Films on Disability: Gabriele Niola's Selection

We asked several film critics to name three films that engage with disability. Here are the choices of Gabriele Niola.

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Film and Disability: Three Picks by Andrea Guglielmino

We asked several film critics to name three films that engage with disability. Andrea Guglielmino, who writes for Cinecittà News and other publications, shares his choices.

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Cinema and Disability: Three Films by Adriano Ercolani

We asked several film critics to name three films that grapple with disability. Here are the picks of Adriano Ercolani, who writes for Coming Soon and Screenweek, among other publications.

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Film and Disability: Three Films According to Alessandro De Simone

We asked several film critics to select three films that grapple with disability. Here are the choices of Alessandro De Simone (Gioia, Io Donna, L'Espresso, Rivista del Cinematografo, and Movieplayer)

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Three Films on Disability: Federica Aliano's Picks

We asked film critics to choose three movies that engage with disability. Here are Federica Aliano's selections.

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Willow

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Son-Mother

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One More Jump

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Young Ahmed

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Antigone

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Nujeen's Extraordinary Journey

Culture

Writing Does Not Go Into Exile

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Your Life and Mine

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This Is Beautiful! The Story of Rospella

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For Everyone, People

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Dear Love

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DisAbuse: Tackling Bullying and Disability Across Europe

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Fashion and Disability: Nothing Is Impossible

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"I'll Order With You": A Communication Tool for Children With Disabilities

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Italy's First Underwater Archaeological Trail for Divers with Disabilities

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ATAD Comes to Rome: International Conference on Assistive Technology for Disability

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Tears of Silence

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Community: A Place of Forgiveness and Celebration

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I Met Jesus, and He Said He Loved Me

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Life's Great Questions

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A Good and Perfect Gift

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The Sea Has No Use

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Isaac: The Imperfect Son

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I Jump So High

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Precious Points of View

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The Farm School: Building Work and Dignity for Autistic Youth

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Making the Liturgy Accessible: How Churches Can Welcome People with Disabilities

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Inclusion/Exclusion: Art by Disabled Artists from Sant'Egidio at the Vittoriano

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Asperger's Children

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The Hidden Asylums: Segregation of People with Disabilities in Modern Italy

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Wonder Giusy

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As Long as My Star Shines

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"I Want My Sea": A Design Exhibition by Students and People with Disabilities

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Comics, Disability, and Faith: A Festival of Inclusion

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Festival del Cinema Nuovo: Celebrating Disabled Actors on Screen

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The Strength of the Weak: The Life and Thought of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Editorial · Culture

Signs of Wonder

Testimonial · Culture

The Hunger to Speak

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The Girl Who Ran on Batteries — A Review

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In Praise of Fragility — A Review

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I Am My Son—Book Review

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A Silent Voice: A Film Review

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Sofia Cavalletti: A Bridge Between Children and God

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Open Dialogue, Issue 41

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Lucca Exhibits Works by Artists with Mental Disabilities

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In Your Shoes: Social Inclusion Through Student Action

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Turin Book Fair 2018: Free Guided Tours of "Forbidden Not to Browse"

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Stephen Wiltshire: The Autistic Artist Who Draws New York from Memory

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Ombre e Luci Library

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The Girotondo Project

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So Everyone Can Understand

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Growing Up with Down Syndrome

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As If I Were You

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Spes contra Spem: Discovering Ancient Rome

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AbiliOltre Takes Its Street-Art Exhibition to Roma Ostiense Station

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Guido Marangoni Presents "Anna Who Smiles in the Rain" at Il Chicco

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Autistic People Exist Only While They're in School

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Two Books by Federico de Rosa: "What I Never Said" and "The Island of Us"

Federico de Rosa, San Paolo Publishers, 2014 — 152 pages <br>Federico de Rosa, San Paolo Publishers, 2016 — 144 pages

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Tell Me About the Sea Inside You: Raising an Autistic Son

Paola Nicoletti, Pendragon Editore, 2017 — 96 pages

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What Matters Is That He's Healthy

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Anna Smiles in the Rain

Review · Culture

The Handbook of Good Manners

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After Us: Proceedings of the ANFFAS Conference

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The Priest Lost His Mind

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Hello Harry! Hi Benny! — A Review

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Don Gnocchi: A Life for Others — Book Review

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Nujeen's Extraordinary Journey—A Review

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The Castaways—A Review

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Useless Details: A Book Review

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Seveso 1976: What the Dioxin Didn't Tell Us

Federico Robbe, Ed. itaca, 2016 — 155 pages

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God's Euthanasia: A Book Review

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Friends in Paradise — A Review

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At a Fede e Luce Film Screening

The Rome communities gather to watch films together at the Convent of the Holy Apostles, sharing stories and meeting a filmmaker.

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Parents: A Film Review

Alberto Fasulo, Italy, 2016 – Istituto Luce, 81 minutes

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The Pedagogy of Innocent Suffering — A Review

Carlo Gnocchi, San Paolo Editions, 2016, 140 pages

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I Am with You — A Review

Melania G. Mazzucco, Ed. Einaudi, 2016, 264 pages

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Charlotte's Book: A Review

R. J. Palacio, Giunti Publishers, 2016, 160 pages

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Seeing Beyond: Windows on a Story — Book Review

Lucina Spaccia, Ed. Effatà, 2010, 112 pages

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Finding Dory - Review

Andrew Stanton, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, 2016, 97 minutes

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Sasà's Storm—A Review

Salvatore Striano, Ed. Chiare Lettere, 2016, 222 pages

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If Arianna – Book Review

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They Gave Me a Dream

Beatrice Vio, Ed. Rizzoli, 282 pages

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The Seed: A Book Review

Marco Veronesi, A Common Good Worth Knowing and Sharing, Arca Italia Publishers, 176 pages

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Gioia and the Others—A Review

Michelangelo Bartolo, Città Nuova Press, 118 pages

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Piero and the Butterfly Caterpillar—A Review

Noi (texts) - Simona Bini (illustrations), Il Bruco Farfalla Editions, 123 pages

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My Brother Chases Dinosaurs

Giacomo Mazzariol, Ed. Einaudi, 176 pages

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Viola and Bullying

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Aunt, Did You Know You're a Bit Strange? — A Review

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The Child Who Spoke with Light—A Review

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Christopher's Story—A Wonder Book Review

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Julian's Story — A Wonder Novella

R. J. Palacio, Giunti, 2015, 128 pages

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Observations of an Ordinary Mother — A Review

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We'll Figure It Out

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What Will Become of My Autistic Son When I'm Gone? — A Review

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Emma's Backpack: A Book Review

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Siblings: A Book Review

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The Fear of Love — A Review

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Laughter Takes Serious Work

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Life Together: A Review

Jean Vanier - Edizioni San Paolo, 2013, pp. 292

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Father to Son: Conversations on the Risk of Raising Children—A Review

Franco Nembrini - Ed. Ares, 2011, pp.251

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A Token of Freedom—Book Review

Massimiliano Verga - Mondadori, 2014, pp. 160

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Viola and Mexico

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Why I Jump – A Review

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Smiling Faces Are Welcome — A Review

Franco and Andrea Antonello, Feltrinelli, 2013, pp. 231

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Borderline — A Review

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The Light Breath of Dawn: A Review

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Mom, Can I Talk to You? A Review

When Maria Grazia—a physician and author—is diagnosed with cancer, her first thought is of her son Matteo. Matteo is autistic.

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Those Who Stay Must Understand — A Review

Cristina Leo - E/O Editions, 2013, 186 pages

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Rico, Oscar, and the Shadow Thief

Andreas Steinhofel - Beisler editore, 2012, 210 pages

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The Fall: A Father's Memories in 424 Steps—A Review

Diogo Mainardi - Einaudi, 2013, 154 pages

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Words Set Free: A Mother's Half-Serious Diary of Raising a Disabled Child—A Review

Laura Previdi, Ed. Paoline, pp. 224

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Wonder: A Review

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The Castle Built on Sand: A Life with Schizophrenia

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As Tall as a Geranium Pot — A Review

Giacomo Poretti, Mondadori, pp. 135

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Creatures Discomforts

Viola has already decided how she'll help her classmates in her own way. Through an animated series—because people who don't know how to see must be taught to look.

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People First: A Reflection on Disability, Justice, and Ethics — Book Review

Maria Zanichelli, Einaudi, pp. 253

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Never Stop Believing — A Review

Nick Vujicic, Newton Compton Edizioni, pp. 244

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What to Do with Our Wounds — A Review

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A Useless God — Review

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One Night I Dreamed You Spoke — A Review

Gianluca Nicoletti - Morelini Editori pp. 253

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Born This Way: Learning to See Beyond "Difference" — A Review

Veronica Budano - Franco Angeli Edizioni, pp. 107

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Close Your Eyes and Look at Me: Living Disability in the Family — A Review

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Selfishness Has Failed: A Review

Antonio Galdo - Einaudi, pp. 253

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Call Me Alex—A Review

Lynda Johnson Vitali - Edizioni "Leggere per cambiare" Nov. 2012, 164 pages

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Like Penguins in the Desert — A Review

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Never Alone: The Faith and Light Story — A Review

Marie-Hélène Mathieu, Jaca Book, pp. 253

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The Other Family: Stories and Pathways of Foster Care at SOS Village—A Review

Annachiara Bortolotti, Ed. Curcu Genovese, pp. 125

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The Other Daughter

Amy Michael Homes, Feltrinelli, pp. 205

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I Am Here — A Review

Mariapia Bonanate, Mondadori, pp. 116

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I Wanted to Be a Butterfly — A Review

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The Gospel of the Defeated—A Review

François Bal, Ed. San Paolo, pp. 150

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Don't Be Afraid When I Hold You

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Don't Be Afraid If I Embrace You - A Review

Fulvio Ervas, Marcos y Marcos, pp. 319

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Sweet Dreams—A Review

Massimo Gramellini, Longanesi Editore, pp. 209

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Warm Hands: A Book Review

Giovanna Zucca, Fazi Editore, pp. 250

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Their Gaze Pierces Our Shadows — A Review

Julia Kristeva and Jean Vanier - Donzelli Editore, 2011, pp. 222

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Signs: A Review

Jean Vanier, Ed. S.Paolo – 2011 – pp. 158

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Untouchable: A Friendship Against All Odds

Matteo Cinti saw this latest film by French director François Cluzet for us. He clearly loved it.

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Odoardo Focherini: Righteous Among the Nations

Giorgio Vecchio, EDB, 2012, pp. 190

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Sara and Emily's Little Sparks—A Review

Rachele Giacalone and Norina Wendy Di Blasio, EDB, 2012, pp. 190

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The Song of Bernadette—A Review

Franz Werfel, Gallucci Editore, pp. 722

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The Old King in Exile: A Review

Arno Geiger, Bompiani, pp. 168

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Families in Exile: Wounded, Restored, Reconciled — A Review

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Voices from the Silence: A Review

Paola Molteni, Franco Angeli Publishers, 144 pages

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Zigulì—A Review

Massimiliano Verga, Ed. Ancora, 186 pp.

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The Iguana Won't Cooperate — A Review

Giusy Marchetta, Ed. Rizzoli, 289 pp.

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What More Do You Need to Be Happy? — A Review

Simona Atzori, Mondadori, 189 pp.

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A Woman's Time — Review

Elena Cizova, Mondadori

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They Extinguished Even the Moon — A Review

Ruta Sepetys, Garzanti Publishers

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A Portrait of Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini — Book Review

Aldo Maria Valli, Ancora Publishers

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Vices and Virtues of Living: A Review

Ada Fonzi, Edizioni Messaggero Padova

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Hope Makes No Headlines

Chiara Bertoglio, Ed Paoline

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The Language of Flowers: A Review

Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Garzanti

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Bioethics as History — A Review

Various Authors, edited by Lucetta Scaraffia, Lindau Editions

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Forever: A Book Review

Susanna Tamaro, Ed. Giunti

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Not for Profit: A Book Review

Martha C. Nussbaum, Ed. Il Mulino

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Hello, I'm Puccio!

A book by Mary Cruz Rodriguez Maccione

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The Black Sheep — Film Review

The black sheep: the misfit, the difficult child, the excluded

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Precious: A Film of Unflinching Power

Lee Daniels' adaptation of Sapphire's *Push* is tough, courageous cinema about a girl who claims her own dignity

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Boundless Youth: A Film About Remembering

A film that lets us glimpse what Alzheimer's feels like from the inside, and shows us how much we've gotten—and still get—wrong in our attempts to connect with those who have it

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Men of God — Film Review

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Arturo Paoli: "It Was Worth It"—A Review

Sinvia Periti, Piemme Editore

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The Mafia Explained to Young People—A Review

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The Art of Forgetting: A Review

Anita Nair, published by Guanda

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Disability and Adult Life: Quality, Purpose, and Pedagogy

Martateresa Cairo, Vittore Mariani, Regina Zeni Confalonieri, Ed. Vita e Pensiero

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A Whole Life Ahead: For Those in the Third and Fourth Ages—A Review

Henri Bissonnier, Edizioni Effatà

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My Mother's Memory — A Book Review

Inone Yasushi, Adelphi editore

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Still Alice

Lisa Genova, Piemme Editore

Testimonial · Culture

All on the Road

We were asked to stage a theatrical performance to celebrate the ordination of a young man from our parish community in Conselve, Padova

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Twenty Years of Il Carro

When Ivana asked me to help stage a theatrical production for Il Carro's twentieth anniversary, I thought it would be the usual end-of-workshop recital. I was wrong.

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To See the Stars, Extinguish Your Light

The 12th International Festival of Different Abilities, titled "Acts of Truth," has just concluded with extraordinary encounters and unexpected revelations.

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Learning to Tie Your Shoes: A Review

MicheLa Capone, Carlo Delfino Editore

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Parallel Lives: A Human Journey Through Disability — Book Review

Denis Biondi, Ed. La Bancarella

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And the Moon Looked Down on Me—A Review

Giancarlo Ferrari, Elena Morena Editore

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Building Your Totem: Understanding and Valuing Yourself — A Review

Serafino Rossi, Edizioni Erikson

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Under Indifferent Skies: A Review

Benedetta Cibrario, Feltrinelli Publishers

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It Seemed Impossible. Where Eagles Dare in Wheelchairs — A Review

Marisa Bertassa, Valerio Editore

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The World's Third Nation — A Review

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Short Circuit — A Review

Elena Gianini Belotti, Rizzoli Publishers

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Did You Know?

Tips, insights, and ideas for discovering new things about disability and beyond. Send us yours.

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Whose Hands Will Dry My Tears? — A Review

Mariatu Kamara with Susan McClelland — Sperling & Kupfer

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Walking with Christ: Reflections on Mission — A Book Review

Don Tonino Bello, Ed. Insieme

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Three Cups of Tea — Review

Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, Rizzoli

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A New Dictionary of Disability, Handicap, and Rehabilitation

Renato Pigliacampo, Armando Editore

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Pulce Is Gone—A Review

Gaia Rayneri, Einaudi Press

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No Games in the Aquarium

Cynthia Lord, Il Battello a Vapore

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In Search of the Father: A History of Paternity in the Modern Age

Giulia Galeotti, Laterza

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The Secret Music of the Earth — A Review

Mari Stracham, Piemme Publishers

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Against Euthanasia: A Doctor's Case

A renowned physician—secular, unbelieving—explains why we cannot accept euthanasia. Lucien Israèl, published by Éditions Lindau

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What's It to Me? The Common Good in Times of Crisis — Review

Giulio Albanese, Messaggero Padova

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Life as It Is for Us—A Father, a Family, and a Special Child

Michael Bérubé - Erickson Publishers, 2008

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When Mothers Love Too Much: Raising Tyrants and Dependent Adults

Osvaldo Poli - San Paolo Publishers, 2009

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Giulia, Also Known as Clown Cicciola

Twenty-four, from Naples, studying Political Science on her own terms, living with Down syndrome—and now a volunteer of joy

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Dimitri: Theater, Dreams, and Direction

From Lucca, he has been making theater for years. He is the first person with a disability to graduate in directing from the Silvio d'Amico Academy.

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The Rest of the Story—A Review

Carla De Angelis and Stefano Martello (eds.), Fara Editore, p. 134

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Dear Love: A Double Thread Connecting Us to Fragile People—A Review

Edited by Clara Sereni, Cairo Publishing, 160 pages

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That Little Frayed Dot—A Review

A mother and daughter in dialogue: love across difference—Gabriella Martino, Armando Editore, p. 60

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It Can Be Done: Up Close, No One Is Normal

Pordenone, 1980s. The story of Italy's first social cooperative for people with mental illness—a true tale of dignity and work. The film telling it, directed by Giulio Manfredonia with Claudio Bisio among the cast, is now available on DVD.

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Christ Among the Alpini—A Review

Carlo Gnocchi, Ed. Mursia 2008, pp. 124

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Dark and Luminous — A Review

Chiara M., San Paolo Publishers 2008, 245 pp.

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The Blind Don't Dream in Darkness: Living Successfully with Blindness—A Review

Mauro Marcantoni, F. Angeli Publishing — 2008, 238 pages

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Watch With Me: Hospice as an Inspiration for Care of Life — Review

Cicely Saunders, EDB 2008, 103 pages

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Life as a Challenge—A Review

Clara Lejeune, Ed. Cantagalli, 2008, pp. 163

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Sexuality and Disability: A Guide for Living Fully

Karin Melberg Schweir Dave Hingsburger Ed. Armando 2007 pg. 233

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Eros and Disability: Reflections and Testimonies

Rita Gay, Michele Di Bona, Edizioni Ancora, 2007, pp. 110

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When Parents Get It Wrong: A Practical Guide to Breaking Bad Habits

Gianni and Antonella Astreri, Pierluigi Diano, Ed. Ancora, 2008, 266 pages

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The Strength of a Fragile Life: One Child's Unplanned Journey

Sophie Chevillard Lutz, Lindau Editions, 2008, 120 pages

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Why Do Children Ask About Evil and Suffering? A Review

Bruno Ferrero, Elledici

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The Solitude of Prime Numbers—A Review

Paolo Giordano, Mondadori, 2008

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Educating Disabled Children: A Book Review

Luigi d'Alonzo, Editrice La Scuola, 2008

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My Son, an Angel Who Chose to Live — Review

Doretta Braga, San Paolo Publishers, 2008

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Sergio's World: A True Story of Our Time — Book Review

Mauro Paissan, Fazi Editore, 2008

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Simple Souls — A Review

Francesca Martini, Edizioni Magi, 2007

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The Officers' Ward

Marc Dougain, Ed. Vertigo, 2008

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A Child's Book of God — Review

Joèlle Chabert & François Mourvillier, Elledici

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Speaking of God to Today's Children—A Review

Eraldo Affinati, Mondadori

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A Diary of School: Daniel Pennac's Testament to the Struggling Student

Daniel Pennac, Feltrinelli, 2008

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White Space: A Review

Valeria Parrella, Einaudi

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Making Magic Out of Mistakes

In a theater workshop for disabled and non-disabled young people, limitations become creative opportunities—and everyone discovers their own strength.

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The Daughter of Silence | Review

Kim Edwards, Garzanti, 2007

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Liesje, My Daughter | Book Review

Words for the birth and death of a special child — Pierre Mertens, Ed. Cantagalli, 2007

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The Lesser Evil: Juvenile Delinquency, a Problem for Us All

Gino Rigoldi, Mondadori, 2007

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Lorella's Embrace

Saturday, January 13, at the Teatro Sistina: what a beautiful afternoon it was!

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Letter to Your Family—A Review

Vittorino Andreoli, Ed. Rizzoli, 2006

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1500 Grams of Ash: Cremation and Christian Faith — A Review

Michele Aramini, Ed. Ancora, 2007

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Golden Eyes, Born to Live—A Review

Maria Giovanna Marchesin, Ed. San Paolo, 2007

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Inside the Hearts of Mothers: The Light and Shadow of Motherhood—A Review

Sophie Marinopoulos, Serie Bianca Feltrinelli, 2007

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The Terminally Ill Child: A Book Review

Giuseppe Noia, Ed. Nova Millenium Romae, 2007

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Light and Joy—A Book Review

The Story of a Child with Disabilities and a Mother's Unshakeable Happiness — Cinzia Anedda, Effatà Editions, 2007

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I'm Twelve and I'm a Go-Go Dancer. They Call Me Princess: Stories of Bullies, Lolitas, and Other Children

They Call Me Princess: Stories of Bullies, Lolitas, and Other Children — Maria Lombardo Pijola, Bompiani Publishers

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Games That Make You Laugh: Teaching Teens Through Play—A Review

Alberto Terzi (ed.), Edizioni La Meridiana, 2006

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In Praise of Ugliness—A Review

Loredana Freseura, Fanucci Editore, 2006

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Ugly! A Book Review

A violent mother. A childhood of abuse. One woman's journey from trauma to triumph — Constance Briscoe, published by Corbaccio

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The Special Friend: Introducing Autism to Young Children — A Review

Ed. Informare Un'H

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The Discovery of Dawn — A Review

Walter Veltroni, Rizzoli, 2006

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The Room of the Bear and the Bee: A Review

Michela Franco Celani and Patrizia Miotto, Mursia Edition, 2006

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King 33 and His 33 Golden Buttons — A Review

Claudio Imprudente, Edizioni La Meridiana, 2006

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The Market King—A Review

G. Bernasconi, Edizioni Svizzere per la Gioventù, 2006

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Don Carlo Gnocchi: A Life of Daring

Stefano Zurlo, Edizioni BUR, pp. 181

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Don Zeno: The Obedient Rebel

Fausto Martinetti, Ed. La Meridiana

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And They Call Them Disabled — A Review

Candido Cannavò, Rizzoli, 2005

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My Son Devours Me—A Review

Lilyane Nemet-Pier, Ed. Magi, 2005

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Women in the Breath of Ruàh: Women's Witness to Jesus' Death and Resurrection — A Review

Silvio Mengotto, Edizioni "in dialogo", 2005

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Degrowth: A Book Review

"We are each as rich as the number of things we can do without." Marco Bonaiuti (ed.), EMI Publishers

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State-Mandated Amniocentesis and the Guilt of Wild Mothers — A Review

Alessandra Di Pietro, Paola Tavella - Stile Libero Inside, pp. 188, € 11,50

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Psychological Support During Pregnancy

Edited by Pier Luigi Righetti and Dario Casadei — Magi Publishers, 2005

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A Cradle of Words: Meeting Life's Difficult Beginnings

Lucia Aite Bollati, Boringhieri Psychology Editions, 2005

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You Have Turned My Mourning Into Dancing: A Mother's Journey From Death to Resurrection—Book Review

Emanuela and Giovanni Picchi, Editrice Vita Nuova, 2006

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"Grandpa, Is It So Awful to Be Different?"

Excerpt from "Giulia Is Not Beautiful" by Mary Rapaccioli, Barti Publishers, 1992

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As in Transparency: Diary of a Man with Parkinson's—A Review

Lino Cassi, Effatà Editrice, 2005

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Neither Right nor Wrong — A Review

Paul Collins, Adelphi Editions, 2005

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Faith and Healing: A Book Review

Ignazio R. Marino, Giulio Einaudi Editore, 2005

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Disability Is Not a Limit—If You Love Me, Push Me to Change

R. Feuerstein, Y. Rand, kR. Feuerstein - Ed. Libriliberi, 2005

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Objects Tell Stories—Extraordinary Tales of Ordinary Things: A Review

Silvia Tamberi - Erickson Publishers, 2005

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The Gospel for All People with Mental Disabilities: Sunday in the Parish Community

Community of Sant'Egidio Foreword by Gianfranco Ravasi Leonardo Publishers

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After Us, With Us — Families and Services in the Care of Disabled Adults

Edited by Francesco Belletti, CISF Centro Internazionale Studi Famiglia, Fondazione Cariplo, Edizioni San Paolo

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You Don't Divorce Your Children—Staying Good Parents After Separation

Anna Oliverio Ferraris, Rizzoli, 2005

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Christian Initiation and People with Disabilities: A Review of New Guidance

E.D.B., 2004

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Parenting and Disability: A Book Review

Maria Rita Dal Molin and Maria Grazia Bettale (eds.) Edizioni Del Cerro, 2005, pp. 221

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A Guide to Good Manners—Review

Paola Dessanti, Elledici Piccoli, 2005

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The Right to Life Before Birth—A Review

Romano Guardini - Morcelliana, 2005

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My Little One

Giorgio Fontani's song "Tell Me, Dad" was shared at Fede e Luce under the name "My Little One." Today it is sung in communities throughout Italy.

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Raising Fathers: Family Roles and Transformation

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The Keys to Home — Film Review

Disability has appeared in many films, but Italian cinema has never explored spastic tetraparesis — the condition I live with. So I want to revisit Gianni Amelio's film.

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Brother Sun, Sister Down

Ivano Manzato & Fiorenza Bellan, Armando Editore, 2005, 128 pages

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The World of Unnamed Things — A Review

Daniela Rossi, Edizioni Fazzi - 2005, p. 136

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Film—A Particular Silence

"I wanted to make known the Comunità del Sole, which my wife Clara Sereni and I founded to promote projects involving disabled people.

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The Father and the Stranger: A Review

Giancarlo De Cataldo, Edizioni e/o, 2005

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Stones in the River: A Reckoning with Difference

Ursula Hegi, Feltrinelli 1994

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George and Sam: A Mother's Account of Raising Two Autistic Sons

Charlotte Moore, Corbaccio Publishers, 2005

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God Has a Dream, Too — A Hope for Our Time — Book Review

Desmond Tutu (Nobel Peace Prize), L'Ancora del Mediterraneo, 2004, p. 110

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The House in the Treetop — A Review

Holly Kennedy, Sonzogno Editore, 2004

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Finding Peace: A Book Review

Jean Vanier, Ed. Messaggero, Padova

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Diversabilità: Stories and Dialogue from Europe's Year of Disabled Persons—A Review

Andrea Canevaro, Edizioni Erickson, 2004

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The Keys to the House

Gianni Amelio's new film, starring Kim Rossi Stuart, Charlotte Rampling, and Andrea Rossi, with Pierfrancesco Favino

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Always Tantrums! Psychologically Sound Stories to Read with Your Children—A Review

Roberta Giudetti, Michela Lecci, Ed. Erickson, p. 157

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Black on White: A Review

Rubén Gallego, Adelphi — pp. 187

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My Father Is a Grain of Wheat—A Review

Lana de Vita, Ed. Nutrimenti, 2004, p. 240

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Francesca Cabrini Crosses the Sky: A Life Across Continents

Lucetta Scaraffia, Paoline Editions, 2003

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The Italy We Don't See

We urgently need to learn to listen—for ourselves, for our children and grandchildren—to hear that another Italy exists: one that makes no headlines, yet is healthy, engaged, and filled with solidarity.

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Abortion: A History of Arguments and Interests — A Review

Giulia Galeotti - Il Mulino, "Farsi un'idea" series, 2003, p. 131

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On the Bus with My Sister: Life as You've Never Seen It

Rachel Simon - Bompiani Ed., 2005, 346 pages

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The Boy Who Loved Shakespeare - Book Review

Bob Smith, Guanda Editions

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It's Raining Cows: New Books, New Ways of Telling

Young writers—not parents or professionals—are discovering fresh ways to narrate disability. In a moment of their lives, they encounter people living with severe or profound impairments, and the encounter transforms them.

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Our Daily Autism: Stories of Parents and Children - Review

Edited by C. Hanau and D. Mariani Cerati - Ed. Erikson. pp. 215.

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My Weekend at the Villa

D. Del Duca, C. Raffin, E. Sedran - Franco Angeli/Self-help

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Communities of Families—A Review

Sara Mancini, San Paolo Editions, 2003

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Getting Ready for Mass — A Book Review

Silvia Vecchini, Antonio Vincenti, Effatà Editrice

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Jesus as Friend: A Gospel Path for Young People with Intellectual Disabilities

Community of Saint Egidius — Leonardo International Editions — p. 214

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Rilke's Christmas Letters to His Mother

Rainer Maria Rilke - Passigli Editore, Antella, Firenze - 1996, p.125

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My Life as a Joyful Battle

Struck by cerebral palsy, Alexandre reveals in his book In Praise of Weakness (Qiqajon) the secret of his joyous struggle

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Honor Your Father and Mother — Timeless Pages on Parents and Children

Edited by Maurizio Quilici — Tascabili Bompiani, 2002 — A fascinating collection that opens a window into the family life of great writers across the ages

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Picking a Flower and Holding It to the Light—A Book Review

M. T. Mosconi, E. C. Straulino - Ed. Laboratorio delle Arti - Milano, 2002 - A mother of fierce determination and her spastic son, open-minded and curious by nature, trace the arc of their journey toward communication.

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God Loves Me as I Am — Book Review

Marie-Hélène Mathieu — Effatà Editions, 2002

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Theater and Discovery at the Beehive

We staged Cesare Pascarella's text with young people who have mild to moderate intellectual disabilities: few can speak with clarity, and memorizing even a short script is impossible for them. Here's how we did it.

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The Language of the Body: Techniques and Games for Animation Through Movement — A Review

A resource for teaching, for play, for understanding — by Lara Montanari — Paoline, 2001, pp. 112.

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Summer Games: A Book Review

One hundred games with clear rules and instructions for getting started—by J.M. Allué, La Scuola Publishers, 2002

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Who Would I Be If I Could?: A Book on Adolescence and Intellectual Disability

Growing into adulthood as a young person with Down syndrome or intellectual disability is a difficult journey—obstructed by real limits and barriers, but full of untapped potential

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In the Same Boat: When Intellectual Disability Enters the Family — Book Review

A selection of articles from Ombre e Luci magazine, gathered to deepen understanding of disabled people, their families, and friends. With forewords by Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini and Jean Vanier.

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Small Messengers of Love: Parents of Children with Down Syndrome — Book Review

A picture book written by parents for parents, to hold onto courage and hope, even in the darkest moments

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No Child Is Born Bad—A Book Review

Review of Fabrizio Mori's "No Child Is Born Bad" (Bollati Boringhieri, 2001)

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A Hymn to Life: Book Review

Benedetta, 11, reviews Erika Gazzola's book and tells us why she loved it—and why you should read it

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The Girl Who Loved Snails

Lorenza Tranquilli - Edizioni Scientifiche Magi, 2001

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A Second Chance — Book Review

Review of Carla Cerati's *A Second Chance* — Frassinelli Editions, 2000

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Do We Have a Future?

Why do contributions to our magazine decline each year, despite the generosity of faithful friends?

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Photo Contest: Children at Lourdes

The winning photographs of children at Lourdes, selected by the Ombre e Luci jury

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Sottovento: A Film Worth Seeing

The first time I've watched a movie in the theater sitting beside one of its stars—learning the behind-the-scenes stories and anecdotes through the lived experience of someone who was actually there

Review · Culture

The Porcupine Girl — A Book Review

Katja Rohde — Corbaccio Editions, 2001

Review · Culture

The Strength of Character — A Book Review

James Hillman, Adelphi Publishers, 322 pages

Review · Culture

The Individualized Educational Rehabilitation Plan for Adults with Mental Disabilities

Review · Culture

No One Is Richer Than Me — A Book Review

Carla Porrati — Effatà Editrice, 2000, 90 pages

Culture

No Pity—What Do the Mass Media Tell Us About Disability?

An economic and social research institute in Friuli-Venezia Giulia conducted a sweeping study with the help of four social cooperative networks across Italy to find out.

Culture

Blessings — When Everything Becomes a Blessing

A mother and writer recalls her encounters with doctors