Author: Harriet May Savitz
Publisher: Backinprint.com
Keywords: wheelchair, sports, champions, history
Number of Pages: 134
Published: 2006-04-07
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 0595385222
ISBN-13: 9780595385225

“This would be exciting and informative enough if it simply described the growth of organized sports for the handicapped or described sports careers of men and women who are paraplegics…and it does. What it adds is a great deal of information about attitudes toward the handicapped…and facts about their capabilities.” —Bulletin Center for Children’s Books “It is a story of hope for the newly injured and their families as one reads of the accomplishment of others.” —Catholic Library World “The history of wheelchair sports in the U.S. is well told in Wheelchair Champio

Author: Jillian Powell
Publisher: Evans Brothers Ltd
Keywords: wheelchair, uses, sam
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2004-07-16
List price: $20.65
ISBN-10: 0237526638
ISBN-13: 9780237526634

Each of the books in the ’Like You, Like Me’ series focuses on a particular disability, or medical condition, through the eyes of a real-life young sufferer.

Author: Ron Kudrako
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Keywords: pml, overcoming, hiv, wheelchair
Number of Pages: 476
Published: 2009-07-13
List price: $32.95
ISBN-10: 1449003303
ISBN-13: 9781449003302

What if you were told that you might possibly spend the rest of your life in a wheelchair? Oh, and you are HIV positive too! And, only a few seemed to care? More Than a Wheelchair; More than HIV is a story, my story, of survival of AIDS in the years after 2000 and having to cope with the challenges it presented me. It is so disturbing and disheartening to see the growing indifference toward HIV and to have a younger generation oblivious and unconcerned by its possible resurgence as a life-altering moment in their carefree lives. I was told that I was going to die numerous

Author: Brittany Crawford
Publisher: Eloquent Books
Keywords: okay, wheelchair, sit
Number of Pages: 26
Published: 2010-02-20
List price: $12.50
ISBN-10: 1609112008
ISBN-13: 9781609112004

Five year old Penny Brown is slightly different from the other boys and girls in her kindergarten class. She must sit in a wheelchair and cannot jump rope or slide down the big slide like all of her classmates, which make her very sad. However, Penny finds support from her friends and family. Her friend Amy helps Penny focus on the activities that she can do in her wheelchair, like kick a ball with her left foot, play with dolls, and draw beautiful pictures. Her mommy and daddy also help her to be kind to other people and to know when to ask for help. When Josh, a new student, comes to school,

Author: Sue Barraclough
Publisher: Heinemann Raintree
Keywords: first, library, heinemann, wheelchair, uses, someone
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2011-01-01
List price: $26.00
ISBN-10: 143294567X
ISBN-13: 9781432945671

This book introduces readers to what wheelchairs are, using a wheelchair affects people, and what they can do to be a good friend to someone who uses a wheelchair.

Author: Rory A. Cooper
Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing
Keywords: configuration, selection, wheelchair
Number of Pages: 464
Published: 1998-09
List price: $49.00
ISBN-10: 1888799188
ISBN-13: 9781888799187

Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA. Comprehensive text, written by a bioengineer, for health care students and providers involved in wheelchair selection for patients. Discusses wheelchair measurement, engineering fundamentals, biomechanics, electronics, and standards for manual, powered, specialized, and sports chairs. Line drawings and halftone illustrations. Softcover.

Author: Angela Royston
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree
Keywords: library, first, heinemann, wheelchair, using
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2005-09-15
List price: $25.36
ISBN-10: 1403458537
ISBN-13: 9781403458537

Introduces young readers to conditions and disabilities that may affect them, or their friends and family. Each title discusses what the condition is, how it can be treated, how it affects everyday life and what it is like to have these conditions. This book contains a clear definition of each illness or condition and includes a ’how you can help’ section offering contact details and further information and advice.