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Life on Wheels

The A to Z Guide to Living Fully with Mobility Issues

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Life on Wheels

The A to Z Guide to Living Fully with Mobility Issues

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$24.95
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Author

Gary Karp,

Description
"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. Life on Wheels is primarily a guidebook for those with a mobility disability, offering practical information on how to:

  • adapt your home
  • choose a wheelchair
  • explore your sexuality
  • take care of your body and much more!

"
Contents
"Rehabilitation
Healthy Disability
The Experience of Disability
Wheelchair Selection
Access
Intimacy, Sex, and Babies
Spinal Cord Research
Getting Out There
Appendices
Resources
Index"
Authors

Gary Karp is an internationally recognized public speaker, corporate trainer, author, and editor.

Product Details
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  • Release Date: August 27, 2008
  • Paperback / softback
  • 477 Pages
  • Trim Size: 6in x 9in
  • ISBN: 9781932603330
  • eBook ISBN: 9781935281108
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