orientation and mobility

Describes tools people with different kinds of disabilities use in everyday life, including braille, sign language, and ramps.

Photographs and simple text written in both English and Spanish describes some of the tools and machines people with disabilities use such as sign language and braille, and ramps for those in wheelchairs.

Introduction to tools that help disabled people who can't see, hear, or walk everyday.

Explains why some children use wheelchairs and describes the active lives that children in wheelchairs have, just like other kids.

When a blind boy enters a new school both he and his sighted classmates must adjust to each other.

Simple text and illustrations discuss the challenges of being in a wheelchair, why some children cannot walk, and how those who use a wheelchair function at school and at play.

Describes how miniature horses can be trained to guide the blind, and describes how Panda, a guide horse for Ann Edie, helps Ann across busy streets, into cars and trains, and other places.

Looks at some of the different ways in which people move with and without disabilities, and discusses some of the reasons why people move.

Examines the challenges of being in a wheelchair, discussing why some people cannot walk and how those who use a wheelchair function at school, at home, in sports, and going to work.