physically handicapped

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physically handicapped

Accident

1980
When a motorcycle accident leaves one of them paralyzed, two young people try to cope with feelings of bitterness and guilt.

Child of the silent night

1963
Tells the story of Laura Bridgman, blind and deaf since infancy, who was successfully taught communication skills at the Perkins Institute almost 50 years before Helen Keller.

The seeing summer

1981
After her initial shock, Carey adjusts to having a blind playmate and takes it upon herself to locate her friend when she is kidnapped.

Helen Keller

1985
A biography of the blind and deaf woman who overcame her handicaps with the help of her teacher, Anne Sullivan.

Brothers of the heart

a story of the old Northwest, 1837-1838
1987
Fourteen-year-old Shem spends six months in the Michigan wilderness alone with a dying Indian woman, who helps him, not only to survive, but to mature to the point where he can return to his family and the difficulties of life as a cripple in a frontier village.

Maggie by my side

1987
The author describes her experiences at Pilot Dogs, a facility in Ohio where she trained with a guide dog.

Blind outlaw

1980
A blind outlaw horse is tamed by a boy who can not speak.

Mine for keeps

1962
A young girl with cerebral palsy returns home from a school for handicapped children and learns to adjust to a regular school.

Words in our hands

1980
Nine-year-old Michael explains the facts and feelings of family life with deaf parents.

Chelsey and the green-haired kid

1987
Convinced that the fatal accident she witnessed at the basketball game was not accidental, thirteen-year-old Chelsey, a paraplegic, and her unusual friend Jack join forces to prove it was a deliberate murder.

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