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My Daze of Brain Injury

Author : Robin J. Bloom
Publisher : BalboaPress
ISBN 13 : 1452546371
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (525 download)

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Download or read book My Daze of Brain Injury written by Robin J. Bloom and published by BalboaPress. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Robin inspires as she shares her stories of brain and spinal injuries. Robin’s horrors of the unknown and recovery are challenges that all survivors face, especially those who encounter a brain injury. Her journey can be summed up by saying, ‘Tragedy ... opened doors to happiness I never suspected.’ A mustread for brain injury survivors and their families to better understand this long and tiresome recovery process.” Brenna Meixner, MOT, OTR/L Occupational Therapist, Brain Injury Survivor, Author “Robin Bloom offers a very personal glimpse into the journey that she has faced following major trauma. This work provides a raw and gripping account of her experience and the inner events that helped her survive and rebuild herself. This account will expand your understanding of the human response to a major life changing event and offers triumph from the ashes of a personal disaster.” D. Greg Anderson, MD Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Rothman Institute Robin’s life changes within a split-second of a tragic accident. The ER finds no visible injuries or broken bones. Yet, confusion and memory loss begin to surface. She emerges from the trauma and finds the life she remembers no longer exists. In a role reversal, this special-needs teacher finds herself a student of her own skills. How Robin discovers and accepts her limitations, and reconciles these life-changing losses, is a story of love, courage and inspiration. ROBIN J. BLOOM, a first-time author, is a graduate with a BS in Special Education, Elementary Education, and a MEd in Counseling. As a survivor of multiple brain injuries, she is an inspirational writer. Robin resides in Phoenix, Arizona. Visit her website at http://www.robinjbloom.com.

Days of Daze

Author : Lois Jean Thomas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780991074921
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (749 download)

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Download or read book Days of Daze written by Lois Jean Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1914-03-31 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a clinical social worker, tells the story of how her personal and professional life was disrupted when she was struck by a car and sustained a traumatic brain injury. She describes how the injury impacted her physically, emotionally, and spiritually, and recounts her struggles to resume a meaningful life in the face of medical, financial, insurance, and legal problems. Days of Daze is a book of hope. When hit by a car during a noontime walk, the author, in a split second, loses her health, her job, and her image of herself as an intelligent and capable human being. As she struggles with the myriad complexities of her medical situation, she discovers a place within her that touches the divine, sustains her in hours of darkness, and illuminates the pathways of vibrant living. I highly recommend this gentle, gracious, and very readable book for anyone facing the uncertainties and complexities of life. Actually, I recommend it for everyone.--Reverend James McConnell, South Bend, Indiana Days of Daze provides us with a source of encouragement in the journey through the great difficulty and frustration of traumatic brain injury. The author reveals to us her coping skills and her growing inner courage as she shares her struggle with the perceived setbacks in the process of therapeutic acceptance.--Matthew Davis, M.D., psychiatrist, South Bend, Indiana Days of Daze shows how encountering a serious physical injury can be a profoundly enriching growth experience. It demonstrates that a well-lived life fully accepts each painful circumstance.--Judy Cassidy, Poet, Stevensville, Michigan

A Different Frame of Mind

Author : Lois Jean Thomas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780997644548
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (445 download)

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Download or read book A Different Frame of Mind written by Lois Jean Thomas and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-14 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2014, Lois Jean Thomas published her memoir entitled Days of Daze: My Journey Through the World of Traumatic Brain Injury, recounting the story of how she sustained a brain injury when struck by a car while crossing the street. In this follow up book, she describes her efforts to cope with her lingering brain injury challenges, exploring the long-term physical, cognitive, emotional, and spiritual impact on her life. Says Ms. Thomas, "This book is not meant to be an authoritative resource on the topic of traumatic brain injury. It is only my story. While people who sustain brain injuries may share many similar symptoms, no two injuries are exactly alike. Each traumatic brain injury impacts a distinctive personality and disrupts a particular lifestyle. And each TBI survivor develops his or her unique ways of coping with impairment."

Slices of Life After Traumatic Brain Injury

Author : David a. Grant
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781512075212
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (752 download)

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Download or read book Slices of Life After Traumatic Brain Injury written by David a. Grant and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-05-07 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2010 my life changed forever. The teenage driver who struck me while I was cycling in my home town was barely old enough to shave. Bones were broken, flesh was torn and I entered the strange and surrealistic new world of traumatic brain injury. I started chronicling my journey as a brain injury survivor very early on with my first written piece completed a short 48 hours after my accident. The years continued to pass and I did what I do best, I wrote - often in painful and heartbreaking detail about my life's struggles as a brain injury survivor. But time passed and my journey became easier. Never easy, but easier. Looking back, I realized that I had an immense body of written work that offered a feel for what life is like as a true survivor. Each written piece is strong in its own right, but woven together as a collection, readers will come away with an insider's perspective about what life is really like for brain injury survivors and those who love them. There are three distinct segments in this volume, Learning to Crawl, Learning to Walk, and Learning to Soar. In Learning to Crawl, readers feel the pain of early life after traumatic brain injury redefines life. Learning to Walk demonstrates that the first few steps can be hard, but can indeed be mastered. In Learning to Soar, the magnificent reality that a meaningful life can be lived after a brain injury is revealed. Recovery from a traumatic brain injury cannot be measured in days, weeks or even months. Recovery is lifelong. No longer do I look at recovery as "getting back" to the life I once had. Rather, recovery to me is now defined as coexisting with my brain injury. I have slowly learned that there will be good days - days that I cherish, and there will be hard days - that will always pass. It is my hope that you will find hope in this volume of essays, that you may better understand the degree to which a brain injury affects not only the survivor, but all who know them. And that you will come away with a new belief that, though forever changed, a meaningful and fulfilling life after TBI is possible.

Wake Up! We're Going Home

Author : Robin J. Bloom
Publisher : First Edition Design Pub.
ISBN 13 : 162287238X
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (228 download)

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Download or read book Wake Up! We're Going Home written by Robin J. Bloom and published by First Edition Design Pub.. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who am I, why am I here and what is the meaning of life? These are the timeless questions we've all pondered. The answers in Wake Up We're Going Home will amaze you and, perhaps, even change your life as much as they did for Robin. Wake Up We're Going Home is the sequel to My Daze of Brain Injury, exposing Robin's illusionary life as she awakens and uncovers the truth and learns to trust in the wisdom of uncertainties. No longer able to live with fear she does the unthinkable. In these difficult times, how you approach the hardships in life does matter and this approach determines the destiny of the moment. Deep insight is revealed when tragedy confronts time without end, and love changes everything. Author Bio: Robin J. Bloom is the author of My Daze of Brain Injury. Her college experiences include a BS in Special Education and Elementary Education and a MEd in Counseling. Though a survivor of multiple brain injuries Robin transformed into an inspirational writer now residing in Phoenix, Arizona. Visit her website at www.robinjbloom.com . keywords: God, Ascension, Dimension, Spiritual Awakening, Spirituality, Consciousness, Soul, Aliens, 2012, Mayan Prophecies, Near-Death Experiences, Wake Up, Going Home

It's No Secret ... Spirituality Bites

Author : R. P. Sharpe
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1312496819
Total Pages : 91 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (124 download)

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Download or read book It's No Secret ... Spirituality Bites written by R. P. Sharpe and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-10 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You can STOP SEARCHING for your 'spiritual path' because YOU'RE ON IT! This book contains observations and bits of awareness that I have gained from the hundreds of self-help and spiritually-focused guests I have had on my Bringing Inspiration To Earth Show. Some of the Insights include: * The Law of Dis-traction * It's All About ME ... and My Choices * Well, What Do You Expect? * Ungrateful So-and-So * Leave Your Judgments at the Door * Forget the So-Called 'Experts' * It's No Coincidence * In Your Dreams * Thank God for Unanswered Prayers Also included are 60 Actions I (and show guests) have taken to make life better and less stressful, based on those observations. Some may work for you, some may not. But even if there is ONLY ONE action that you take to improve your life experience, then the time you spend reading this book will have been worth while.

Diagnosis and Treatment of Brain Injuries

Author : William Sharpe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 778 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Diagnosis and Treatment of Brain Injuries written by William Sharpe and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 778 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Diagnosis and treatment of brain injuries with and without a fracture of the skull

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Author : William Sharpe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 792 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Diagnosis and treatment of brain injuries with and without a fracture of the skull written by William Sharpe and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Unlocking My Brain; Through the labyrinth of Acquired Brain Injury

Author : Christine Durham
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1922190845
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (221 download)

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Download or read book Unlocking My Brain; Through the labyrinth of Acquired Brain Injury written by Christine Durham and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I did not want anyone to ever feel as disorientated and bewildered as I did.” Unlocking my Brain: Through the labyrinth of Acquired Brain Injury brings to life Christine’s personal experience of brain injury - from losing her vision and being unable to walk, talk or write, Christine regained her life, her thoughts and her career. In 1991 Christine was involved in a horrific car accident and suffered extensive injuries including Acquired Brain Injury (ABI). Unlocking my Brain shows the incredible plasticity of the human brain as well as the plasticity of the human spirit. An educator by training, Christine Durham taught at Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School for over twenty years and was a founding member of VAPS, an education program aimed to enrich the thinking and understanding of students. Determined to return to teaching, Christine developed and conducted over 4 000 Philosophy and Thinking workshops with her students and started her career as one of Australia’s most inspirational writers. At aged 67, despite her double vision, Christine obtained a PhD in Health Sciences and discovered even more effective ways to help people with brain injury help themselves.

Catastrophic Brain Injury

Author : Harvey S. Levin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780195085334
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book Catastrophic Brain Injury written by Harvey S. Levin and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Integrating clinical and research findings on catastrophic brain injury, this work addresses the pathophysiology, definition, epidemiology and outcome of severe closed head injuries.

Hallucinations

Author : Oliver Sacks
Publisher : Knopf Canada
ISBN 13 : 0307402193
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Hallucinations written by Oliver Sacks and published by Knopf Canada. This book was released on 2012-11-06 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hallucinations, for most people, imply madness. But there are many different types of non-psychotic hallucination caused by various illnesses or injuries, by intoxication--even, for many people, by falling sleep. From the elementary geometrical shapes that we see when we rub our eyes to the complex swirls and blind spots and zigzags of a visual migraine, hallucination takes many forms. At a higher level, hallucinations associated with the altered states of consciousness that may come with sensory deprivation or certain brain disorders can lead to religious epiphanies or conversions. Drawing on a wealth of clinical examples from his own patients as well as historical and literary descriptions, Oliver Sacks investigates the fundamental differences and similarities of these many sorts of hallucinations, what they say about the organization and structure of our brains, how they have influenced every culture's folklore and art, and why the potential for hallucination is present in us all.

Pulling Through

Author : Catherine Jessop
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1787753735
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (877 download)

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Download or read book Pulling Through written by Catherine Jessop and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2021-08-19 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "And at that exact moment, the earth tipped, and we all slid into a parallel universe..." On Christmas Day 2016, the Jessops were just an ordinary family, but on Boxing Day, one near-death experience swept them all into the bewildering world of hospitals and serious illness, and their lives changed forever. Pulling Through is a handbook of everything Catherine has learned on their journey. It covers many practicalities, such as explaining hospital tests and scans, jargon-busting medical terms, finance, rehabilitation and more. But it also illuminates the emotional aspect of illness and how massively it affects family and friends. There are chapters on the power of nature, music, counselling, optimism and humour, and how to look after the mental health of both patient and carer. This is a book of hope, help and reassurance on every aspect of coping with life-changing illness in the family: the good, the bad, the funny, the sad, and the useful. If you, or someone you know, has a life-changing illness, then this book is here to help.

League of Denial

Author : Mark Fainaru-Wada
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0770437567
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book League of Denial written by Mark Fainaru-Wada and published by Crown. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The story of how the NFL, over a period of nearly two decades, denied and sought to cover up mounting evidence of the connection between football and brain damage “League of Denial may turn out to be the most influential sports-related book of our time.”—The Boston Globe “Professional football players do not sustain frequent repetitive blows to the brain on a regular basis.” So concluded the National Football League in a December 2005 scientific paper on concussions in America’s most popular sport. That judgment, implausible even to a casual fan, also contradicted the opinion of a growing cadre of neuroscientists who worked in vain to convince the NFL that it was facing a deadly new scourge: a chronic brain disease that was driving an alarming number of players—including some of the all-time greats—to madness. In League of Denial, award-winning ESPN investigative reporters Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve Fainaru tell the story of a public health crisis that emerged from the playing fields of our twenty-first-century pastime. Everyone knows that football is violent and dangerous. But what the players who built the NFL into a $10 billion industry didn’t know—and what the league sought to shield from them—is that no amount of padding could protect the human brain from the force generated by modern football, that the very essence of the game could be exposing these players to brain damage. In a fast-paced narrative that moves between the NFL trenches, America’s research labs, and the boardrooms where the NFL went to war against science, League of Denial examines how the league used its power and resources to attack independent scientists and elevate its own flawed research—a campaign with echoes of Big Tobacco’s fight to deny the connection between smoking and lung cancer. It chronicles the tragic fates of players like Hall of Fame Pittsburgh Steelers center Mike Webster, who was so disturbed at the time of his death he fantasized about shooting NFL executives, and former San Diego Chargers great Junior Seau, whose diseased brain became the target of an unseemly scientific battle between researchers and the NFL. Based on exclusive interviews, previously undisclosed documents, and private emails, this is the story of what the NFL knew and when it knew it—questions at the heart of a crisis that threatens football, from the highest levels all the way down to Pop Warner.

Reset Your Child's Brain

Author : Victoria L. Dunckley, MD
Publisher : New World Library
ISBN 13 : 1608682854
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Reset Your Child's Brain written by Victoria L. Dunckley, MD and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2015-06-23 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasing numbers of parents grapple with children who are acting out without obvious reason. Revved up and irritable, many of these children are diagnosed with ADHD, bipolar illness, autism, or other disorders but don’t respond well to treatment. They are then medicated, often with poor results and unwanted side effects. Based on emerging scientific research and extensive clinical experience, integrative child psychiatrist Dr. Victoria Dunckley has pioneered a four-week program to treat the frequent underlying cause, Electronic Screen Syndrome (ESS). Dr. Dunckley has found that everyday use of interactive screen devices — such as computers, video games, smartphones, and tablets — can easily overstimulate a child’s nervous system, triggering a variety of stubborn symptoms. In contrast, she’s discovered that a strict, extended electronic fast single-handedly improves mood, focus, sleep, and behavior, regardless of the child’s diagnosis. It also reduces the need for medication and renders other treatments more effective. Offered now in this book, this simple intervention can produce a life-changing shift in brain function and help your child get back on track — all without cost or medication. While no one in today’s connected world can completely shun electronic stimuli, Dr. Dunckley provides hope for parents who feel that their child has been misdiagnosed or inappropriately medicated, by presenting an alternative explanation for their child’s difficulties and a concrete plan for treating them.

Concussive Brain Trauma

Author : Rolland S. Parker
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 142000798X
Total Pages : 879 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Concussive Brain Trauma written by Rolland S. Parker and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 879 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on a public health problem affecting millions of people of all ages, the second edition of Concussive Brain Trauma: Neurobehavioral Impairment and Maladaptation reflects Dr. Rolland S. Parker's more than 25 years of neuropsychological practice and research in traumatic brain injury and stress, and his prior experience as a clinical psychologist. Unique in its coverage of the personality changes, family dysfunction, and stress that often occur in the wake of concussive brain trauma, this book uses case examples to illustrate persistent and acute alterations of consciousness, as well as cognitive, mood, personality, and social effects of head injury in order to guide appropriate treatment. With six additional chapters, this edition covers: Post-concussive syndrome, biomechanical causes of trauma, and acute and chronic phases of co-morbid brain and somatic injury The physiological basis for behavior and posttraumatic dysregulation of systems Disorders related to pain, sensation, and motor activities Headaches, consciousness, cognition, cerebral personality, and psychodynamic disorders Developmental effects of children's concussive injury Blast injuries characteristic of modern war Unfamiliar signs not included in the usual list of post-concussive symptoms With a firm multi-disciplinary foundation, this book aids the concerned practitioner in rendering a more complete and accurate assessment, recognizing gaps in prior documentation, and conducting a more complete examination to acquire omitted information. It also shows how to achieve the benefit of higher accuracy in assessing disability, planning rehabilitation, and offering compensation. The book stands alone as an in-depth, authoritative guide to closed head injury and traumatic brain injury.

Brain Neurotrauma

Author : Firas H. Kobeissy
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1466565993
Total Pages : 725 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (665 download)

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Download or read book Brain Neurotrauma written by Firas H. Kobeissy and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-02-25 with total page 725 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year, an estimated 1.7 million Americans sustain brain injury. Long-term disabilities impact nearly half of moderate brain injury survivors and nearly 50,000 of these cases result in death. Brain Neurotrauma: Molecular, Neuropsychological, and Rehabilitation Aspects provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account on the latest developments in the area of neurotrauma, including brain injury pathophysiology, biomarker research, experimental models of CNS injury, diagnostic methods, and neurotherapeutic interventions as well as neurorehabilitation strategies in the field of neurotraum research. The book includes several sections on neurotrauma mechanisms, biomarker discovery, neurocognitive/neurobehavioral deficits, and neurorehabilitation and treatment approaches. It also contains a section devoted to models of mild CNS injury, including blast and sport-related injuries. Over the last decade, the field of neurotrauma has witnessed significant advances, especially at the molecular, cellular, and behavioral levels. This progress is largely due to the introduction of novel techniques, as well as the development of new animal models of central nervous system (CNS) injury. This book, with its diverse coherent content, gives you insight into the diverse and heterogeneous aspects of CNS pathology and/or rehabilitation needs.

Psychosocial Aspects of Disability

Author : Noreen M. Glover-Graf, RhD, CRC
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 082610603X
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Psychosocial Aspects of Disability written by Noreen M. Glover-Graf, RhD, CRC and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2011-07-27 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What a marvelous and amazing textbook. Drs. Marini, Glover-Graf and Millington have done a remarkable job in the design of this highly unique book, that comprehensively and very thoughtfully addresses the psychosocial aspects of the disability experience. These highly respected scholars have produced a major work that will be a central text in rehabilitation education for years to come." From the Foreword by Michael J. Leahy, Ph.D., LPC, CRC Office of Rehabilitation and Disability Studies Michigan State University "This is an excellent book, but the best parts are the stories of the disabled, which give readers insights into their struggles and triumphs." Score: 94, 4 Stars--Doody's Medical Reviews What are the differences between individuals with disabilities who flourish as opposed to those who never really adjust after a trauma? How are those born with a disability different from individuals who acquire one later in life? This is the first textbook about the psychosocial aspects of disability to provide students and practitioners of rehabilitation counseling with vivid insight into the experience of living with a disability. It features the first-person narratives of 16 people living with a variety of disabling conditions, which are integrated with sociological and societal perspectives toward disability, and strategies for counseling persons with disabilities. Using a minority model perspective to address disability, the book focuses on historical perspectives, cultural variants regarding disability, myths and misconceptions, the attitudes of special interest and occupational groups, the psychology of disability with a focus on positive psychology, and adjustments to disability by the individual and family. A wealth of counseling guidelines and useful strategies are geared specifically to individual disabilities. Key Features: Contains narratives of people living with blindness, hearing impairments, spinal cord injuries, muscular dystrophy, polio, mental illness, and other disabilities Provides counseling guidelines and strategies specifically geared toward specific disabilities, including "dos and don'ts" Includes psychological and sociological research relating to individual disabilities Discusses ongoing treatment issues and ethical dilemmas for rehabilitation counselors Presents thought-provoking discussion questions in each chapter Authored by prominent professor and researcher who became disabled as a young adult