Books

Publishers

• Ben's Bookstore - Resources for parents and caregivers of children with special needs.
• Books on Special Children - Educational and supportive resources for teachers and parents of children with physical, mental or emotional disabilities.
• Densmore Reid Publications - The written and recorded works of Rev. Dr. Daryl Greene, sharing his life-long experience and research on how to cope with and overcome pain and progressive disabilities from a holistic Christian perspective.
• Forest Bookshop - UK-based mail-order bookstore, providing books and videos onissues and culture relating to the deaf.
• Gemma B. Publishing - Provides fictional role models for children growing up with disabilities.
• Heartfelt Press - Memory books for special needs children.
• Nagler Disability Consulting Services - Disability advocate Mark Nagler's books for sale, offering insights into living with a disability, and guides for caregivers, family, and friends.
• New Mobility - Resource books for the wheelchair users and the mobility impaired.
• Paul H. Brookes Publishing Company - Books and videos on disabilities, education, early intervention, mental health, communication and language, and behavior.
• Physicians' Disability Services - A publishing company that helps people with disabilities prove their Social Security disability claims, manage periodic disability reviews, and resume productive activity.
• Program Development Associates - Distributors and producers of books, videos, and computer software, for the disability professional.
• Resources for Rehabilitation - Publications and training that enable people with disabilities to remain independent.
• Sensory Resources - Books, audio and video tapes about raising children with sensory, motor and developmental challenges.
• Woodbine House - Publishes The Special-Needs Collection, a series of almost 50 books on disabilities and related topics, including ADD, Down syndrome, early intervention and special education.

Specific Titles

• Awakening to Disability by Karen G. Stone - Thoughts of a disability activist. Site includes readers' comments, reviews, and links to the author's columns.
• Barrier Free Travel: A Nuts & Bolts Guide For Wheelers and Slow Walkers - Authored by Candy Harrington. Information about the logistics of planning accessible travel by plane, train, bus, and ship. Features resources, travel tips, and updated information about accessible travel options. Sample chapter and table of contents available on website.
• Cooking Made Easy - A cookbook for people with developmental disabilities who can read. These simplified recipes help people cook independently.
• Copious Hosting - Jennie Weiss Block's 'Theology of Access for People with Disabilities'; a history of the disability rights movement, and a proposal for a critical liberation theology of access.
• Disability Depot - A resource book/organizer for parents of children with disabilities.
• A Good Life - Future planning guide for families who have relatives with disabilities. Includes wills and estate planning, developing relationships.
• Journeys - Book of inspirational biographical essays by disabled people.
• Music Therapy Assessment Handbook - Kristen M. Cole provides an overview of the music therapy assessment process.
• My Walker and Other Glamorous Accessories - A collection of short short stories by Claire Theriot Mestepey, featuring a disabled woman and her unorthodox, politically incorrect views of the world.
• Myriad of Miracles - A true story of a quadriplegic who wants to bring hope and faith to the readers.
• No Ordinary Move - Linda Bidabe, author of the MOVE curriculum, has now written about her experiences helping children with disabilities walk again. Photos, excerpts, reviews.
• 20% Off - The Rest Is Okay - Based on the life of Bill Nichols as he fights total paralysis. A book about the will to survive.
• One More Sunset - Story of Donna Jones' traumatic brain injury. By Jim Conelly.
• The Relationship of Learning Problems and Classroom Performance to Sensory Integration - Booklet explaining the building blocks of sensory integration for children with learning disorder.
• Rescuing Jeffrey - A father's story of the accident which left his son quadriplegic, and its aftermath.
• Sing A New Song - By Pat Montesano. The story of a mentally retarded boy seeking acceptance and striving for independence in today's society. Site includes stories, poems, articles, and prayers by the author.
• Sky Don't Rain Daddy - Lionel Wilkes tells the story of his son Ian, whose short life was plagued by epilepsy, autism and various other ailments.
• Social Security Disability Filing Secrets - A guide to filing a disability claim.
• The Spirit Beside Me - A true story of courage written by Sally N. Crowe about her late brother who was mentally retarded. Includes the CD "Broomstick Ponies-The Invisible String", a song of brothers and sisters.
• We're the People Too: Tales from America's Largest Minority - By Walt Dudley Itrich, tales of sixteen fighters and survivors, U.S. citizens hailing from California to New York, from Montana to Texas--citizens who have various physical or mental disabilities.