Kategoria BISAC: Health & Fitness >> Physical Impairments

One out of every eight people between the ages of 18 and 67 in the United States has a hearing loss, estimated as 12 percent of the working-age population. "Sound Sense: Living and Learning with Hearing Loss" addresses the acute need of these people to function at the highest level in these income-earning years, the longest phase in their lives. In nine pointed chapters, author Sara Laufer Batinovich, who also has lost her hearing, shares her experience and knowledge in turning every challenge into an opportunity to become one s best self-advocate.

Batinovich begins in the workplace,...

If you have a child with a physical disability, how can you plan your family's life in a way that is inclusive for everyone? What can you do to create a family where every member pulls his or her own weight (in appropriate measure), meets challenges, and has moments in the spotlight along the way? Most parents of a child who has a physical disability want their child to have fun, be responsible, make friends, and take acceptable risks--in short, to feel like -just one of the kids---and they want to make sure that the needs of the whole family are met, too.

Just One of the...

Meniere Man shows you exactly how he coped and managed acute vertigo attacks. If your vertigo is out of control, this is a book that can help take the fear and worry away. Techniques the author himself used everyday to manage meniere's vertigo and ultimately make a complete recovery from Meniere's disease for over twenty years now. HE SHARES ALL HIS POSITIVE, MINDFUL, SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE WAYS THAT WORKED FOR A 100% RECOVERY. In this book find out what works to help prevent attacks and lessen the intensity of vertigo attacks. The Author own...

Known for its upbeat, informative, and inspirational guidance, Living Well with Parkinson's includes a wealth of up-to-date medical information for Parkinson's sufferers, who number over 1 million in the U.S. alone. Combined with the author's poignant personal account of her own struggles with the disease, this new edition features coverage of pallidotomy (a new surgical technique), the dramatic implications of recent genetic research, and new drugs and therapies. The book also includes tips on...

Loneliness and Its Opposite documents how two countries generally imagined to be progressive engage with these questions in very different ways. Denmark and Sweden are both liberal welfare states, but they diverge...

Loneliness and Its Opposite documents how two countries generally imagined to be progressive engage with these questions in very different ways. Denmark and Sweden are both liberal welfare states, but they diverge...