This revised and updated edition aims to show parents that brain injury need not be a life sentence. Instead, hurt children can make remarkable progress towards independence, despite a tradition which still regards such cases as hopeless. The book aims to offer simple, practical help.
Coordinating Services for Visually Handicapped People
Stroke Recovery Activity Book 1 (Neuronurture: Stroke Recovery Odyssey (UK Edition), #1)
Caregiver's Survival Guide is based on Dr. Robert Yonover's personal experiences. While struggling to become a successful scientist and inventor, he also was primary caregiver for his paralyzed wife for more than twenty years and raised their two children. Yonover takes you into the throes of his life as a caregiver, husband, and father, offering guidance and hope through his story. He provides advice on: Dealing with heavy news Handling day-to-day challenges Holding on to the foundation of y...
Deaf-Ability - Not Disability
by Wendy McCracken and Hilary Sutherland
This book was written by a severely deaf mother of a profoundly deaf son and a teacher of the deaf/educational audiologist. Their aim was to offer practical, unbiased information to parents of hearing impaired children. This is counterbalanced by case-studies which offer an insight into the meaning of deafness to families and individuals. Deaf-ability seeks to underline the ability, potential and individualism of each child.
Overload: Attention Deficit Disorder and the Addictive Brain
by David K Miller
The Little Things: A Memoir of Paralysis, Motivation, and Pursuing a Meaningful Life
by Jack Trottier
Sheila Hocken was born in 1946 into a family who were all blind or partially-sighted. Emma, a chocolate-brown labrador, gave her freedom to travel and was outstandingly intuitive in realizing her needs. An operation in 1975 gave Sheila her sight, and this is her seventh book. Emma is no longer alive, but stories of her intelligence survive in this book about her canine family, and once again we read of the antics of Teak, Mocha, Bracken, Buttons, Pip, Psyche and Katy. The author talks about trai...
This book describes an inquiry into the upbringing of young cerebral palsied children. Following the precedent set by John and Elizabeth Newson in their studies of normal children at home; Sheila Hewett visited the mothers of 180 spastic children and obtained their personal accounts of their experiences.There is considerable literature on handicapped children in which the adverse effects of their presence in the family are emphasized. This study is the first to present, not evidence provided by...