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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.
How to get equipment for disability
- Authors:
- MANDELSTAM Michael, comp
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley/Disabled Living Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 528p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Contains sections on: daily living equipment; home adaptations; home nursing equipment; medical equipment; wheelchairs; cars; walking aids; footwear; orthotic appliances; prostheses; communication equipment; hearing equipment; equipment for people with visual impairment; environmental controls; incontinence; stoma care; renal dialysis; diabetes; respiratory equipment; dental equipment; residential home equipment provision; equipment for children; equipment for employment; specialist services; charges; social fund; product liability, standards and cleaning; and court cases and ombudsman investigations.
How to get equipment for disability
- Authors:
- MANDELSTAM Michael, comp
- Publisher:
- Kogan Page/Jessica Kingsley/Disabled Living Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 628p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Contains sections on: daily living equipment; home adaptations; home nursing equipment; medical equipment in general; wheelchairs; cars; walking aids; footwear; orthotic appliances; prostheses; communication equipment; equipment for hearing or visual impairment; environmental controls; equipment for stoma care, renal dialysis and diabetes; respiratory aids; pain and other treatment equipment; dental equipment; residential and nursing home equipment; equipment for children and education; equipment for employment and special rehabilitation services; charges; product liability, standards and cleaning; Social Fund and Independent Living Fund; and assessment of need and complaints procedures.
Understanding disability: causes, characteristics and coping
- Author:
- STOPFORD Victoria
- Publisher:
- Edward Arnold
- Publication year:
- 1987
- Pagination:
- 171p., illus., bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London