physically handicapped

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physically handicapped

T.J.'s story

a book about a boy who is blind
1998
A nine-year-old boy who has been blind from birth describes various aspects of his life, including his reading in Braille, his use of a cane, and the games he plays with his friends.

Pigs might fly

a novel
1990
Having been coached in swimming by a duck and an otter, a runt piglet with deformed front feet becomes a hero when their farm is flooded.

We go in a circle

2004
An injured race horse is rehabilitated to carry riders in hippo therapy--horseback riding used as physical therapy.

Being paralyzed

2000
Explains what it is like to be paralyzed, the causes of paralysis, and how various apparatuses and forms of technology can help paralyzed people.

Being deaf

2000
Explains what it is like to be deaf, its possible causes, and how speech reading, hearing aids, and sign language can help deaf people live full lives.

Being blind

2000
Explains what it is like to be blind and how blind people can use Braille, guide dogs, canes, and other aids to live independent lives.

Sarah's sleepover

2000
When the lights go out while her cousins are spending the night, a young blind girl shows them what to do in the dark.

The hunchback of Notre Dame

2002
An adaptation of Victor Hugo's story in which Quasimodo, the hunchbacked bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral in medieval Paris, struggles to save the gypsy dancer Esmeralda from being unjustly executed.

The secret garden

2002
An adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's story of ten-year-old Mary who comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.

I can't always hear you

1980
When Kim, a hearing-impaired girl, begins going to a regular school after having been in a special one, she finds that she isn't as different as she had feared because everyone she meets has individual differences, too.

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