• Hardcover: 192 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.76 x 8.32 x 6.30
• Publisher: Random House; ; 1st edition (September 17, 2002)

The whole world held its breath in 1995 as Christopher Reeve struggled for his life after breaking his neck in a riding accident. Today, he cannot walk, he cannot even move his arms, and yet he has directed an Emmy Award-winning HBO movie. Now, in a deeply inspiring testament to the human spirit, Reeve recounts his trials and triumphs. Includes 32 pages of photos.

• Mass Market Paperback: 324 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.01 x 6.85 x 4.29
• Publisher: Ballantine Books; ; (June 1999)

In my estimation, Johnson's book is the most important contribution that has been made in the burgeoning field of disability studies in the last decade. In part this is because she provides not only a history of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) but explains in detail exactly how the court has eviserated the law. Broken into two parts, the first half the case against disabilty rights and the second the case for disability rights, Johnson uses popular and controversial figures such as Clint Eastwood and Christopher Reeve to make her point that there is a long standing bias against the disabled in American society. In fact, she ably demonstrates the legal bias against the disabled begins before they even enter the courthouse. Sadly, Johnson also demonstrates the ADA is widely misunderstood by the general public and more often than not simply not considered to be a part of the civil rights movement. This is sad because many thought the law would lead to the end of the most base forms of discrimation disabled people face on a daily basis. Alienation and the lack of access and the concommitant isolation and disenfranchisement that comes with it has not been eliminated by the ADA. While the social reality is not positive, Johnson's book is one of the opening salvos in what looks to be a very long battle for disabled people's civil rights. As such, Make Them Go Away should be considered must reading for disability rights activists, lobbyists, lawyers and all those on the front lines of the battle for disability rights. Johnson's book should also be required reading in classes in disabiltity along with other classic works by Erving Goffman and Robert Murphy. In short, buy the book, read it carefully, and share it with all those who not only have an interest in disabilty rights but the rights that all Americans are supposed to share.

• Paperback: 296 pages
• Publisher: The Advocado Press; ; (January 1, 2003)

Duquesne Univ., Pittsburgh, PA. Textbook reflects all the changes in the field since the previous edition, c1992, was published. Draws on clinical and basic research developments and presents interventions consistent with published clinical practice guidelines. Includes strategies for delivering quality rehabilitative services.

• Hardcover: 458 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.91 x 11.20 x 8.47
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; ; 2nd edition (January 15, 2001)

The authors created this self-help guide for those who have suffered a spinal cord injury because "Our experience...tells us that recovery and successful living after injury go more smoothly when people know what to expect...." The descriptions of each aspect of life following the injury, from what happens in the hospital and the emotional effects which accompany the trauma, to the new lives experienced afterwards, are supplemented with the personal stories of those who have suffered this injury. Of the three authors, two are psychologists and one is an MD affiliated with the rehabilitation program at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

• Paperback: 290 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.77 x 8.92 x 5.92
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr; ; 1st edition (May 15, 2000)

This book  tells about the various types of spinal injuries and how each injury is different based on where the injury was located and how it affected your body and daily life skills.It also gives insight as to what the family has to deal with as well as the patient.It also covers everything from what a spinal cord injury was to diagnosis and treatment;skin care; rehab;bladder and bowel management and caregiver relief. This is the A-Z book when in comes to spinal injuries.

• Paperback: 155 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.50 x 9.25 x 6.25
• Publisher: Thomson Learning; ; 2 edition (January 2, 1998)

Everyone's experience with spinal cord injury is different, and this is indeed a subjective view. But the manner in which Margie Williams responded to and grew from her experiences has applications for everyone. We would therefore enthusiastically recommend Journey To Well not only to those who have experienced spinal cord injury, but also to those who have not. The world of those who must live the rest of their lives on wheels is quite different than the "two-legged" world. The more we understand the similarities as well as the differences between the two, the better we will be as individuals and as a caring society.

• Paperback: 252 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.50 x 8.75 x 5.50
• Publisher: Altarfire Publishing; ; 1 edition (September 1, 1997)

This book was developed from the proceedings of the first major professional symposium of aging with a spinal cord injury (held in Denver in 1991). The content is very comprehensive and focuses on different body systems and how normal aging of these systems effects the person with SCI, and how SCI may modify the aging process. While this book was published a number of years ago, it contains most of the research to date, and is based on collaborative data from major SCI centers in both the USA and England. While heavily focused on the medical model, it can be a valuable resource for both professionals working with people with SCI as well as those with SCI and their families.

• Hardcover: 374 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.25 x 10.75 x 7.75
• Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing; ; 1st edition (January 15, 1993)

The book could use more detail in many areas, and suffers from a lack of any diagrams or drawings to show positions, sexual devices, etc., but is the only book written for people with SCI about this topic for many years. It could be seen as an introduction to the topic as well for many healthcare professionals, but would need to be follow-up by reading more from the professional literature.

• Paperback: 272 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.79 x 8.88 x 5.96
• Publisher: Paul H Brookes Pub Co; ; (October 1996)

• Paperback: 14 pages
• Publisher: kelli Health Services; ; (April 1, 1998)

This is a comprehensive tool for educating a broad audience of nurses in areas ranging from emergency nursing to rehabilitation.

• Paperback: 532 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.00 x 10.75 x 8.25
• Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing; ; 1st edition (August 15, 2001)

The tremendous development over the past decade of functional electrical rehabilitation, a treatment modality that greatly differs from conventional rehabilitation therapy, is presented in this monograph. It shows how paralyzed muscle can be stimulated to perform in the physical reconditioning of an afflicted person. The historical evolution of this innovative approach to spinal cord injury is included.

The conventional approaches to dealing with paralysis due to nerve injury are attempts to repair the damaged nerve--which is still in a theoretical stage of development, technological advances in wheelchairs and other devices, and the external massage or manipulation of the muscle. Over the past decade, much progress has been made in another approach, which uses electrical impulses to stimulate the muscle into functional activity as part of the rehabilitation of the individual. Phillips (biomedical and human factors engineering, Wright State U., Dayton Ohio) reviews the history of the therapy, shows how it is being used, and outlines the criteria for prescribing and evaluating it. For practitioners and researchers in physical therapy and related fields. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

• Hardcover: 209 pages
• Publisher: Springer Verlag; ; (June 1991)

"Recommended reference source."

 

• Library Binding: 531 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.76 x 9.32 x 6.32
• Publisher: Omnigraphics, Inc.; ; (December 1999)

Audio Cassette

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Delmar Learning; ; Video edition (January 2, 2000)

University of Colorado, Denver. Interdisciplinary guide to general wellness and health promotion after spinal cord injury, for rehabilitation professionals, physical and occupational therapists. Discusses both psychosocial and physical aspects of health. Wire spiral binding.

A Review
Believe it or not, I liked this book so much that after typing a long review on it once before, I accidently erased my review and I have now gone the extra mile in a very busy practice to write to you about this exceptional book. I have spent the last 6 months researching the literature on health promotion for my patients with Multiple Sclerosis. I am a member of a medical team developing a large scale 'health promoting behavior'(hpb) research and training center at a large university hospital. I wandered into the SCI literature and BEHOLD! All the months that I had spent teasing this aspect and then that apsect of hpb's were, for the most part, contained in this one very deceivingly simple book. Likewise, my explorations on how to create a program designed to maximize hpb's would have been immensely easier had I found this title first! I now use it to organize all the other information that I have found in other sources. The breadth of the material is neatly organized into numerous and powerfully informative tables and diagrams. I did not find a single topic relevant to the consumer and the healthcare professional uncovered. For it's purpose, this dynamo of a book is "just what the doctor ordered." My only problem now is HOW DO I ORGANIZE OUR PROGRAM WITHOUT COMPLETELY PLAGIARIZING INDIRA S. LANIG!

• Spiral-bound: 312 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.75 x 11.25 x 9.00
• Publisher: Pro Ed; ; 1st edition (January 15, 1996)

Spinal cord trauma is potentially the most devastating consequence of injury to the spine. This well-established, practical guide provides a detailed overview from the scene of the accident to rehabilitation and discharge from hospital care. This latest edition has been substantially rewritten to include the most recent developments in practical management of patients with potential spine injury and risk-minimisation techniques. There is also a new chapter on spinal cord injury in developing...

• Paperback: 723 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.50 x 11.50 x 9.00
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Pub; ; Second Edition edition (January 1992)

This book highlights the major areas of basic science research in which progress is currently being made in the battle against the problem of spinal cord injury. It presents important advances in developing effective intervention to promote functional recovery after spinal cord injury through studies on animal models. A number of important insights on human injured spinal cords are presented through an experimentally induced lesion model system. A particularly exciting set of experiments provides compelling evidence for spinal learning - the ability of the isolated cord to make adaptions to new environmental demands.

• Hardcover: 304 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.90 x 9.32 x 6.24
• Publisher: Humana Press; ; (October 2000)

• Hardcover: 165 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.81 x 9.58 x 6.40
• Publisher: Random House; ; (November 1999)

Published by Paralyzed Veterans of America, Research & Education Department, 801 18th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
 

• Paperback: ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.75 x 9.00 x 7.75
• Publisher: Paralyzed Veterans of America; ; (April 1993)

• Hardcover: 260 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.93 x 9.58 x 6.36
• Publisher: Hyperion; ; (April 2002)

Moving Violations, the memoir of John Hockenberry-- is a very moving story. It is frank and honest, inspiring and also surprisingly entertaining. Mr. Hockenberry uses a style that works well--he starts at the end, goes back to the beginning, and blends the story very nicely. He is a seasoned reporter; he sure knows how to keep his audience's attention! But it is not only his story that intrigues me. It is a pattern of human behavior that I have noticed before, in real life relationships as well as in autobiographies. At some juncture in the lives of a great number of people, the courage, the desire, maybe even the need for honesty appears and manifests itself in a variety of ways.

After major life events, be they catastrophes or spiritual enlightenment-or any number of other life changing experiences-to relate to readers or listeners the formerly hidden or "avoided " side of one's life, the mistakes if you will, the things one would ordinarily suppress is often a significant aspect of writings and speeches. In biographies in which family secrets, for instance, are aired in public, a reader can wonder if the subject is angry or embarrassed, or even if all the facts are accurate. But in biography, when a public figure reveals the sins of his or her youth, the transgressions against the formal law or the social norms, it is usually after a significant event in that person's life has occurred. Sometimes it may be when the writer is approaching or has reached old age; but more often it is something that literally wakes one up to a new sense of priorities, a new value system, a need to be as open honest with oneself, and consequently with everyone else. Self-disclosure can be freeing, healing and energizing.

• Paperback: ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.00 x 9.50 x 6.25
• Publisher: Hyperion (Adult Trd Pap); ; Reprint edition (July 1996)