physically handicapped

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physically handicapped

The power of the Rellard

1989
Lucy, repeating the fourth grade after a malady of the nervous system has left her with a withered arm, finds herself and her siblings in the midst of a power struggle with agents of an ancient evil.

Eyes of a stranger

1997
Marissa, a shy self-conscious girl with a twisted leg, is attracted to a strikingly handsome visitor at her uncle's carousel but begins to suspect that he is a psychotic serial killer.

Understanding deaf culture

in search of deafhood
2003
Explores Deaf culture and the impact it has had on academic disciplines, society, and world culture, and examines negative impacts on Deaf culture in different disciplines.

Rolling along with Goldilocks and the three bears

1999
In this updated version of a familiar folktale, baby bear gets around in a wheelchair and has a motorized bed which fascinates Goldilocks when she becomes friends with him after her surprise visit to the three bears' house.

A service dog goes to school

the story of a dog trained to help the disabled
1988
Follows the selection, raising, training, and placement with a young disabled boy of a service dog named Licorice. Includes a list of service dog schools and organizations.

The secret garden

1998
Ten-year-old Mary comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.

Gentle's Holler

a novel
2007
In the early 1960s, twelve-year-old songwriter Livy Two Weems dreams of seeing the world beyond the Maggie Valley, North Carolina, holler where she lives in poverty with her parents and eight brothers and sisters, but understands that she must put family first.

Wheelchair road racing

1998
Presents volume two of a four-volume series on wheelchair sports in America and describes the history, players, equipment, and rules of wheelchair road racing.

Wheelchair basketball

1998
Presents volume one of a four-volume series on wheelchair sports in America and describes the history, players, equipment, and rules of wheelchair basketball.

Wings and roots

1982
During the summer she works with polio victims, Jeannie meets a young climber who, like herself, needs to overcome a handicap and to understand the meaning of taking risks.

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