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Author Karp, Gary, 1955-

Title Life on wheels : the A to Z guide to living fully with mobility issues / Gary Karp.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Demos Health ; [Berkeley, Calif.] : Distributed by Publishers Group West, [2009]
©2009

Item Status

Edition 2nd ed.
Description 1 online resource (xvii, 477 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Rehabilitation -- Healthy disability -- The experience of disability -- Wheelchair selection -- Intimacy, sex, and babies -- Spinal cord research -- Home access -- Getting out there.
Summary There are 1.7 million regular wheelchair users in the United State. Like anyone else, they work, marry, have children, travel, play sports, and are full members of their community. Life on Wheels makes sure they take full advantage of every available opportunity. It is the A-Z guide for all you need to know about every aspect of living with mobility impairment. This unique book offers an initial road map to the lifelong, complex, and fascinating road of the disability experience.
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Subject Paraplegia -- Popular works.
Paraplegia.
Genre/Form Popular works.
Subject Paraplegics -- Care.
Paraplegics.
Wheelchairs.
Wheelchairs.
Paralysis -- Popular works.
Paralysis.
Disabled Persons -- psychology.
Disabled Persons -- rehabilitation.
Quality of Life.
Wheelchairs.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Karp, Gary, 1955- Life on wheels. 2nd ed. New York, NY : Demos Health ; [Berkeley, Calif.] : Distributed by Publishers Group West, ©2009 9781932603330 1932603336 (DLC) 2008017421 (OCoLC)225852436
ISBN 9781935281108 (electronic book)
1935281100 (electronic book)
9781932603330 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
1932603336 (paperback ; alkaline paper)