Disabilities Books

I loved this book so much. I thought it was so wonderful that it was inclusive of women from many different cultural backgrounds and with many different disabilities. I was especially appreciative that they included mental illness in this book "Agorophobia:letting go," by Pam Mason, because so many times it is brushed off and blamed on the victim. I would highly recommend this book to any woman who knows what its like to go through lifes ups and downs.

If you are a woman with a disability, know a woman with a disability, or care about women with disabilities, this is a must read. Out of all of the anthologies written by women, this is the most accessible. If you are looking for a gift for someone you love, don't pass it up.

I couldn't put the book down. so much information and written with good humor. My child has down's syndrome and although the book does not discuss this condition, it clarified alot of a child's developmental abilities and offers hope to the human potential that exists in all our children. Loved it! I will be forwarding it to my friend with a cp child.

I am the mother of a brain-injured child. I bought this book when she was eight months old. As soon as I read it, I called the Glenn Doman at the Institutes to enroll my daughter in their program. For the last three years, we have worked very hard under their direction and the results have been unbelievable. My daughter is three now and she is walking!!!... She is beginning to talk!!!... She is reading, doing math, and learning countless bits of information such as breeds of dogs, kinds of trees, flowers, human anatomy, etc. She has surpassed everyone's wildest dreams for her and we are not finished by far.
This book gives you the insights into their therapy program and the basics. Most people read it and think it is not possible the claims they make, but I have been there and it is all true. If you have a brain-injured child, this is the hope you have been looking for!! When traditionally therapy just isn't working, this is the answer. Be careful, a lot of people have some bad things to say about this group, but I have found that none of them know what they are talking about. I have been there! It works!

This was an excellent book. I was looking for alternatives for my 2 boys who were diagnosed with ADD and ADHD. The psychologist wanted to put them on ritalin, right away. I can now say, thanks to this book, it got me started on my research for a more natural way of supplementation of vitamins and minerals for my kids. They are now SAFELY on the road to recovery and I have already seen good progress.

I really liked this book and found it usefull for myself and my kids. A must buy if you have kids and questions about nutrition and how it relates to learning, memory and proper development.

I am a nursing home social worker and was given this book to read for Christmas to know what it is like for my clients and their families. Everything Doug Manning says is SO true and helpful. I wish that I could order them by the hundreds to give out to my families! It is such a quick and easy little reader.

This is the best book I've found on the adult child's dilemma when a family elder's care requires nursing facility placement. It covers a breadth of feelings and responses of both the adult child and the elder, and gives sensitive guidance.

Very well thoughtout book and positive while being frank about a very difficult topic.

Nancy Reuben Greenfield's book is a one-of-a-kind find. Young women experiencing breast cancer often have the added pain of facing the experience through the eyes of their young children. This book helps mothers and other adults find the words to explain beast cancer and mastectomy simply and sensitively for the very young child. The theme centers around the effect from the child's perspective, namely the difficulty in "hugging my mommy" as she recovers from mastectomy surgery. The book offers mother and child ways to deal with this stressful time. It is probably ideal for the 4 to 8 year-old girl, but would also be suitable for boys and for older and even younger ages. The combination of sensitive words and exquisite illustrations by Ralph Butler brought tears to my eyes.

Our society has many official, paid, credentialed experts working on the problems of the world. Instead, according to this blueprint for radical, direct, and loving action, we each need to do what we can and not wait for official solutions. By creating connections with each other - friend, stranger, neighbor, and relative - we can discover untapped resources. This book is filled with the passion of a man who lives his vision of active, loving commitment to the well-being of all souls, focusing on the needs of the physically challenged, the poor, the elderly, the mentally ill, and members of other marginalized groups. What is most important is that these helping relationships are peer relationships, where the boundaries between gift and gratitude, giver and recipient, vanish. A practical and magical book.

Patricia Wagner, The Bloomsbury Review

This timely book captures the essence of the search for living community and shared meaning, in an increasingly virtual "knowledge" world. Comparing and contrasting institutionalized and often unconscious responses to humans to a more personal and nonsystemic response, Schwartz provides a lens on community and individual opportunities. While he focuses on the disabled, he elaborates with striking metaphors to other communities circumscribed by systemic "fixes", criminal justice, health care, and neighborhoods. The book is both easy and challenging to read: easy because so much of it rings true, and is written in a personal style; challenging because the insights offered are sobering. Suggestions are real-world, possible, do-able. They are offered in a respectful and accessible way, to all of us, system insiders and community seekers alike.

Author Phyllis Dolislager is no stranger to the unexpected challenges faced by those who live with an ongoing physical disability. As a post-polio survivor, Phyllis shares candidly about her own challenges, drawing upon the source of her own faith in God and on the advice of good friends, family members and professionals. Phyllis recounts her own gradual race toward over-commitment, and her eventual collapse from personal exhaustion. As someone who also wrestles with the panic of personal overload, coupled with a chronic, physical challenge, I found this book to be a restorative look at my own life - through the eyes of someone else. These down-to-earth reflections make for an easy read about a hard situation - from someone who has "been there and done that."

Through the author's personal experience with Post-Polio Syndrome, she has been able to offer hope to those of us living with chronic illness. As I read how she is dealing with the challenges of fatigue, discouragement, pain and the inability to get out-and-about, I am encouraged to seek and find the answers that work for me.

This book touched my heart. Knowing that people actually lived a hard life by having Polio was heart breaking. Some people cared and others didn't. "Wings and Roots" taught me how to care about others. Knowing a book can teach people how to act tells you something. People need our help everyday, Jennie helped Kit and gave him courage, while he gave her strength. While I was reading the book I realized that people can all teach eachother. I mow look forward to meeting people and helping others. The auther did a great job writing this book and bringing out different types of feelings.

This book touched my heart. Knowing that people actually lived a hard life by having Polio was heart breaking. Some people cared and others didn't. "Wings and Roots" taught me how to care about others. Knowing a book can teach people how to act tells you something. People need our help everyday, Jennie helped Kit and gave him courage, while he gave her strength. While I was reading the book I realized that people can all teach eachother. I mow look forward to meeting people and helping others. The auther did a great job writing this book and bringing out different types of feelings.

I have read this book over and over. It is so well written and the story is out of this world. I wrote my own memiours because of this book and I also started getting kids to visit me from and Orphanage because of this book.It will change your thinking so much.
I love this story!!

If this book doesn't move you, check your pulse. My heart was turned and twisted every page as Winnie told her story. With moments of joy, sorrow, anger, and more times than not disappointment with the way society treated this unfortunate, very human, being. I wish, dear Lord, I wish I could have known her even for one day. How much richer my life would be. I never wanted the book to end. How sad for those who came into her life, even those who gave her life, and never saw her beauty in this world.

You have to read this wonderful book! I would recommend it for anyone who

likes scary stories. I also think you will enjoy this creepy book if you like spooky

surprises. This story has a very old woman who is claimed to be a witch who's still alive

and kicking!

This story is great because it tells about a handicapped girl doing things she likes

to do, and trying to ignore the fact that she lives in a haunted house once owned by the

witch. ... This story is really spine chilling! The one thing I will not

recommend is to read this book before bedtime especially if you get nightmares. This book

has sneaky surprises on every page and it's hard to fall asleep! If I had to rate this book

I'd give it five stars ***** ! It is one of the best books I've read all year .

I belive this book is an extremly great book that is easy to get into! Beverly Butler did an outstanding job on writing this book! The wording was great! Kirsty is quite the hero in this book, she goes through alot of anger and sadness, and Beverly wrote well enough to actually make you feel her anger towards life. I highly recommend it!