Disabilities sourcebook basic consumer health information about disabilities that affect the body, mind, and senses, including birth defects, hearing and vision loss, speech disorders, learning disabilities, psychiatric disorders, degenerative diseases, and disabilities caused by injury and trauma, such as amputation, spinal cord injury, and traumatic brain injury : along with facts about assistive technology, physical and occupational therapy, maintaining health and wellness, special education, legal, financial, education, and insurance issues, a glossary of related terms, and resources for additional help and information

Offers people with disabilities and their caregivers basic information about birth defects, hearing and vision loss, speech disorders, intellectual and cognitive disabilities, learning disabilities, and other types of impairment caused by chronic illness, injury, and trauma.

Bibliographic Details

Corporate Author:	Gale Group
Other Authors:	Sutton, Amy L. (Editor)
Resource Type:	Electronic Resource
Language:	English
Published:	Detroit, Mich. Omnigraphics c2011.
Edition:	2nd ed.
Series:	Health reference series. Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Subjects:	People with disabilities > United States > Handbooks, manuals, etc. People with mental disabilities > United States > Handbooks, manuals,etc. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Available for University of the Philippines Diliman via Gale Virtual Reference Library. Click here to access