{"product_id":"disability-13","title":"Disability","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eRedefining strength, one truth at a time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold in a broken shorthand voice, Mazza's language is acute, evoking a place where the patients, the caregivers, and the system are all disabled. Teri and Cleo are minimum-wage nurse-aides at a state ward for severely retarded and physically handicapped children. They are expected to feed, bathe, clothe, and carry out the required therapies for their patients in a 4-hour shift. They're working within a system where money for therapy is only continued if therapy shows improvement--and yet the state-paid therapists who oversee the ward know the patients will never show any improvement. To keep the money coming in, it is up to the minimum-wage caregivers to \"see\" and chart important improvements, thus keeping the therapy program alive. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlinded in their own way by their pet-like adoption of favorite patients, Teri and Cleo struggle to remain both optimistic and realistic. As their personal failures mount--and even transpose or emulate the travesties within the state ward--Teri and Cleo, with their own unseen \"disabilities\" in dealing with their lives and pasts, react harshly to the breakdown in the emotional balancing act.","brand":"The University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56747241668952,"sku":"9781573662222","price":18.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/disability-13","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}