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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454658703321

Autore

Karp Gary <1955->

Titolo

Life on wheels [[electronic resource] ] : the A to Z guide to living fully with mobility issues / / Gary Karp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY, : Demos Health

[Berkeley, Calif.], : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2009

ISBN

1-282-07524-1

9786612075247

1-935281-10-0

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (499 p.)

Disciplina

616.8/42

Soggetti

Paraplegia

Paraplegics - Care

Wheelchairs

Paralysis

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Rehabilitation -- Healthy disability -- The experience of disability -- Wheelchair selection -- Intimacy, sex, and babies -- Spinal cord research -- Home access -- Getting out there.

Sommario/riassunto

There are 1.7 million regular wheelchair users in the United States. 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.