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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Paraplegia -- Popular works.
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Paraplegia. |
Genre/Form |
Popular works.
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Subject |
Paraplegics -- Care.
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Paraplegics. |
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Wheelchairs.
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Wheelchairs. |
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Paralysis -- Popular works.
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Paralysis. |
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Disabled Persons -- psychology. |
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Disabled Persons -- rehabilitation. |
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Quality of Life. |
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Wheelchairs. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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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) |
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1935281100 (electronic book) |
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9781932603330 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1932603336 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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