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For over 1.5 million Americans, life includes a wheelchair for mobility. Although the causes for being in a chair and personal circumstances vary widely, chair users have shared concerns. Life on Wheels: For the Active Wheelchair User is for people who want to take charge of their own life experience. Author Gary Karp, ergonomics consultant and long-time chair user, describes: Medical issues (paralysis, circulation, rehab experience, choosing the optimal wheelchair, scientific progress toward a cure) Day-to-day living (keeping fit, skin care, bowel and bladder care, sexuality, home access, maintaining a wheelchair, wheeling technique, insurance) Psychological and social issues (self-image, adjustment to life change, friends, family, asking for and being helped, cultural attitudes, history of disability, and activism)
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Well written, highly informative and insightful
A very pragmatic approach to "life on wheels", provides an insider's viewpoint with large amount of facts, references and helpful hints. Great book.
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Great Book
I found this book helpful even though I am quite a few years into my spinal cord injury. I think this book should be given out to the newly disabled so that they can see how full their lives still are. I know mine is...
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Excellent book for new and older wheelers
This book is an excellent book for anyone who uses a wheelchair. It has tons of medical information, how to choose the perfect wheelchair, and even stuff on building relationships. I highly recommend it to any wheeler, new or old!
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Great Book - may not be a good fit for you
I thought this book was very well written and could be immensely helpful for individuals starting their life on wheels. The book contains answers to questions you never would have thought to ask and covers all sorts of topics...even Zen wheeling! However, this book may not be the most appropriate book for all individuals in a wheelchair, as the book is geared towards individuals who have spinal cord injuries.
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Now in its 3rd edition, Spinal Network: The Total Wheelchair Resource Book is as vibrant as ever with 586 pages of profiles, articles and resources on every topic of interest to wheelchair users. Subjects include health, coping, relationships, sexuality, parenthood, computers, sports, recreation, travel, personal assistance services, legal rights, financial strategies, employment, media images and much more.
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Outstanding Book!
I can't understand why this book is no longer in print. I bought it soon after I suffered a severe spinal cord injury. This book describes so many ways that someone with a SCI can remain active, from sailboating to downhill skiing, handcycling, flying a glider, traveling, mountain climbing, sex, etc, etc, etc... It also gives the current state of medical research in stem cell therapy. It gives phone numbers and web site addresses to the experts where you can get more information and the book itself is FULL of practical information (for example, what to do if you need to urinate during a long airplane flight). I've mentored other new SCI patients and loaned out my copy of this book and found this to be an indispensible resource. It answers basic questions that aren't covered by rehab therapists.
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Witty, provocative, highly informative, must-have
This is a brand-new edition of probably the very best resource volume for anyone who is paralyzed, quasi-paralyzed, or just thinking about becoming paralyzed, and it's a beauty.
If you are old enough to grok the reference, this is the WHOLE EARTH CATALOG of all things wheelchair and para-health related, from sex, travel, and sports to personal assistant services and cure research. It's all there.
There are also many witty and provocative essays on life in a wheelchair by people who live it daily. One example: in a section called "Our Labels, Ourselves," the writer S.L. Rosen makes this eloquent observation:
"For me, and I imagine for most others like me, 'survivor' is the real term that holds meaning. We are surviving indeed, to the embarrassment of a society that can't figure out what to do with us, ghastly successes of that medical skill of patching shards of people who, some years ago, wouldn't have survived at all."
As a patch of shards myself, I say buy this book.
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Important (and fun) information. Should be required reading!
This is a "must have" book for people with any connection to Spinal Cord Injury (SCI). The list of people that will benefit from and enjoy this book is endless. After 24 years as a T10 paraplegic I still return to Spinal Network for information, be it medical info, resources, or reading and re-reading some of the profiles when I need to get "re-stoked". It addresses all of my SCI related questions and then some. Should be on the reference shelf of every journalist and writer as well!
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Not for the Ambulatory.
One reviewer said, "This is a 'must have' book for people with any connection to Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)."
Another said, "No joke - if you are living with a spinal cord injury or if you are newly injured, you need to own this book."
Well...sort of. The author of the book clearly meant it for wheelchair-bound persons and all the previous reviewers must have assumed anyone with SCI is. If you are, this book is a great resource. If you have SCI but are still able to walk, dress yourself, etc., albeit with difficulty, as I am, you will find it less useful. There is no information on walking aids, exercise equipment, etc. for those with limited ability to walk or use their arms.
I would also have liked to have tabs for all the chapters not just a couple.
My other gripe...after paying [...] for this book I am annoyed at all the advertisements thru out the book.
The day will probably come when I will need wheels to get around, and will find the book more useful. In the interim, it will spend most of the time on the shelf.
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Must have
No joke - if you are living with a spinal cord injury or if you are newly injured, you need to own this book. From getting groceries to medical issues, this book is filled with tips and tricks.
Great!
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The British Paralympic Association's lead physiologist gives unique guidance on wheelchair sport. "Wheelchair Sport" is the complete resource for all athletes, teachers or coaches involved in wheelchair sport. The book contains key information, essential for novice, intermediate, and advanced athletes including: choosing your sport; optimising chair set-up; training programmes for every level of experience and skill; physiology and nutrition considerations for wheelchair athletes; working with wheelchair athletes; and insights from tops coaches and athletes including Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson and Peter Norfolk. "Wheelchair Sport" also covers drills and tactics for the five most popular wheelchair sports: Basketball, Rugby, Tennis, Racing, and Hand Cycling. Top tip boxes for athletes, coaches, and teachers are included throughout the book. The boxes contain concise tips to better performance as well as advice on working with wheelchair athletes and delivering optimal support for athletes. The title is featured in Human Kinetics monthly "Academic E-Newsletter" sent to over 8,000 subscribers, featured on Human Kinetics Health & Fitness Blog, and extensively featured in sport science, sport, and coaching mailings.
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