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Person to person: a guide for professionals working with people with disabilities
- Author:
- GETHING Lindsay
- Publisher:
- Maclennan and Petty
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 285p.,illus.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Sydney, NSW
Practical text that includes in-depth descriptions of 12 different types of disability, together with personal accounts of each. Each section also includes information on social and emotional aspects, family reactions, education, personal adjustment, sexuality, employment and leisure, attitudes of others, and how to react appropriately as a non-disabled person. The disabilities looked at are: cerebral palsy, impairment to the function of the spinal cord, amputation, muscular dystrophy, arthritis, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, short stature, learning disability, hearing impairment, and visual impairment.