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Book Reviews
By Margot Russell
List price:$12.95
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Book Description
Each week in the United States 200 people are diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, adding exponentially to the 350,000 people nationwide and the 2.5 million people worldwide with MS. This book is the first of its kind to share the real-life struggles and triumphs of those facing MS in one inspiring collection. In their own compelling words, seventeen people with MS take readers on a journey sharing their dreams, their emotional and physical battles, their struggle to accept the illness and their courage to create new lives. People like Israeli artist Inbal Tsur, who discovers a new way to paint after losing the use of her arms; renowned oceanographer Richard Radtke, who becomes the first disabled man to reach the South Pole; a pilot who battles the FAA to keep her pilot's license; and a woman who is now enjoying life as a mother to a new baby despite doctors' advice not to further risk her health by becoming pregnant.
When the Road Turns will be an encouragement for anyone with MS or other chronic illness, as well as those who want to better understand the disease, which may be affecting someone they love.
Computer and Web Resources for People with Disabilities
List Price: $20.95
Book Description
Book Info
"This book offers something no other does: a guide to maneuvering the growing world of computers, both the mainstream and the assistive technology, to find what is right for you."
Excerpt from the Foreword by Stephen Hawking
The new edition of this award-winning book will show you how today's technology is redefining human potential and what it means to have a disability.
REVIEWS
"In your hands is your best guide to choosing computers and peripherals that are specific to you or your child's needs. It is thorough, well-organized, and highly readable. This is a book that can make a tremendous difference."
"This book helps us understand the power of technology and its potential to give everyone the capabilities to fulfill their dreams."
"This well-organized work is an invaluable and much-needed reference tool for all types of users."
"An indispensable guide for anyone interested in using computers or assistive technology to expand their horizons in employment, education, or any other area of their lives."
By Eve Band, Ph.D.
List Price: $14.95
Book Description
When young people have questions about a brother or sister with autism or Asperger's Syndrome, clear answers are hard to find.
"Why does Daniel do that?" is the question ten year old Emily recalled asking her parents as a young child when she first sought to understand her older brother and his differences.
Written by Eve Band, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist, this book gives voice to Emily's story: her questions about her brother, her search for answers about autism, her exploration of her feelings as a sibling of a high-functioning autistic brother.
Told in her voice, Emily's story is as uplifting as it is filled with valuable information for parents and siblings - or any individual whose life is touched by a person with autism or Asperger's Syndrome.
When the Road Turns
Paperback - 300 pages
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Roughly 200 people are diagnosed with multiple sclerosis each day, explains Margot Russell, who was herself diagnosed in 1998. In When the Road Turns: Inspirational Stories about People with MS, she presents 17 men and women who have committed themselves to persevering and living full lives despite their illness. Among them, Dave Perez, a divorced father who single-handedly cares for his three children, describes how he overcame his sense of despair as a victim of MS by focusing on living for his kids. Inbal Tsur, an Israeli artist, writes about how she has learned to manipulate a paintbrush with her mouth after losing the use of her arms.
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
"A book that reminds us to hold tight to our dreams, When The Road Turns is an inspiring collection of stories written by people living with multiple sclerosis. When you walk through the front door of these writer's lives, you won't leave without a renewed sense of hope and a new definition of courage." -Montel Williams
Computer and Web Resources for People with Disabilities
By The Alliance for Technology Access
Paperback - 384 pages and Spiral Bound
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This newly expanded book describes how to make use of conventional and assistive technologies, and explains how to determine needs. An indispensable resource guide, it lists funding sources, government programs, publications, and technology vendors.
New third edition provides up-to-date information on making the use of conventional, assistive and information technologies, and details the state-of-the-art computer technology. Softcover. DLC: Computers and the handicapped.
Current computer hardware and software can give people with any kind of disability new ways to interact with the world. In this book, the Alliance for Technology Access brings together user-friendly support, information, and up-to-date answers to all your questions, including:
"Technology can be a wonderful equalizer. In this book the Alliance for Technology Access has taken important information and put it into terms that are readable, understandable, and empowering."
.....Steve Wozniak, Co-Founder of Apple Computer, Inc.
.....Amy Tan, former language development consultant for special education programs and author of The Joy Luck Club
.....George Lucas, Filmmaker and Chairman, The George Lucas Educational Foundation, filmmaker
.....Library Journal (starred review)
.....One Step Ahead
Autism Through a Sister's Eyes
Paperback - 67 pages
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