wheelchairs

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wheelchairs

Rolling along

the story of Taylor and his wheelchair
2000
Explains how having cerebral palsy affects Taylor, and how getting a wheelchair makes a big difference in helping him get around, do things by himself, and even play basketball with his twin Tyler.

Move over, wheelchairs coming through!

seven young people in wheelchairs talk about their lives
1985
Text and photographs present seven disabled youngsters between the ages of nine and nineteen who use wheelchairs in their fully active lives at home, at school, and on vacation.

Some kids use wheelchairs

2008
Explains why some children use wheelchairs and describes the active lives that children in wheelchairs have, just like other kids.

Dear Santa, please come to the 19th floor

2002
Willy and Carlos, who is in a wheelchair, receive a visit from Santa on Christmas Eve, even though they live on the nineteenth floor of their building.

Here comes Kate!

1989
A girl in a wheelchair learns when to go fast and when to slow down.

All kinds of friends, even green!

2002
In a school assignment, seven-year-old Moses, who has spina bifida and uses a wheelchair, reflects that his neighbor's disabled iguana resembles him because they both have figured out how to get where they want to be in different ways than those around them.

Sammy wakes his dad

2002
Sammy's father, who is in a wheelchair, is reluctant to join Sammy in going fishing, until his son's love finally moves him to action.

Arnie and the new kid

1990
When an accident requires Arnie to use crutches, he begins to understand the limits and possibilities of his new classmate, who has a wheelchair.

I know someone who uses a wheelchair

2011
An introduction to disabilities that discusses why people need wheelchairs, different types of wheelchairs, how being in a wheelchair may affect a person, famous individuals with disabilities, and other related topics.

L5

behind the moon
1995
Amelia, a young Earth girl in a wheelchair, joins her father at a colony behind the moon and becomes embroiled in a life-threatening mystery.

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