Having a disabled person in the family
Asperger syndrome is a disability related to autism. It was first identified by Dr Hans Asperger (a paediatrician in Vienna). Asperger syndrome and autism are both types of Autism Spectrum Disorder. It affects people all of their lives but as ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
The Acorn People
Even though he knows the camp is for disabled children, Ron Jones anticipates sunny days of hiking, swimming, and boating as a counselor at Camp Wiggin. But he arrives and realizes how severely disabled the children are, it seems too much to ... [... more]
Random House |
Barbara Gill
Raising a child with a disability can often be more isolating and frustrating than any parent ever imagines. Finally, here is a book that honestly describes the inner needs and range of issues parents with disabled children face. Changed by a ... [... more]
Random House |
Giuseppe Pontiggia
When a breach birth leaves Paulo severely disabled, his father, the articulate, unsentimental Professor Frigerio, struggles to come to terms with his son's condition. Face to face with his own limitations, Frigerio confronts the strange way ... [... more]
Random House |
Sally Smith
Parents and teachers of learning disabled children have tumed to Sally Smith's No Easy Answers for information, advice, and comfort for more than fifteen years. In this revised, trade paperback edition of the latest information on learning ... [... more]
Random House |
Harriet McBryde Johnson
Seventeen-year-old Jean has cerebral palsy and gets around in a wheelchair, but she's always believed she's just the same as everyone else. She goes to normal school and has normal friends. She's never really known another disabled person before ... [... more]
Random House |
Rehabilitation clinics support independence
Community rehabilitation clinics help people who are disabled, frail, chronically ill or recovering from injury to live independently in their own homes. Clients can receive a range of health support services, such as physiotherapy and ... [... more]
Better Health |
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