Reference and Book List


Bookstores dedicated to special needs


Disability Resource - offers an extensive collection of books on almost any subject having to do with disability.

Cherry Hill Book store- specilizes in physcyology, learning disability and disability titles, mostly focussing on educational topics.

New Mobility Magazine and Bookstore - subscription information for New Mobility Magazine as well as ordering information for there three books: Spinal Network and The Complete Product Guide for People with Disabilities and Enabling Romance.

Large Print Books.com - this site offers thousands of titles in large print from all intrest areas. Has opperations in both the UK and the USA. Large Print is a great opption for not only low vision but CP as well if you can't hold still enough to read regular materials.


Recomended Books


Children With Cerebral Palsy: A Parent's Guide by Elaine Geralis (Editor). Published by Woodbine House. 1998. Second Edition.

Coping With Cerebral Palsy 2nd Edition. Pro Ed. 1993.

Cerebral Palsy: A Compleat Guide for Caregiving. Johns Hopkins Press Health Books 1998.

She Didn’t Cry by Diane Arlene Hawksford. Diagnostic Center of Learning Patterns. 1999

Keys to Parenting a Child with Cerebral Palsy by Jane Faulkner Leonard, Margaret Myers, and Sherri Cadenhead

Handling the Young Child with Cerebral Palsy at Home by Nancie R. Finnie and others

The Courage to Live: Donna Gustavel's Triumph over Cerebral Palsy and Deafness by Dan Brannan.


Reference List for CPIC


Cammack Shirley and Myron G. Eisenberg. Keywords in Physical Rehabilitation: A Guide to Contemporary Usage.  Springer Publishing Company. New York. 1995.

Crenshaw, A. H., M.D. Campbell’s Operative Orthopedics. Eighteenth Edition. Mosby Year Book. Saint Louis, MO.  1992.  2287-2370.

Devries WH, Kruse RW. Is There a Relationship Between Hypertension and Lower-Extremity Contracture Release in Cerebral Palsy? American Journal of Orthopedics, June 1998; 27(6): 421-2.

Dzienkowski, Rene C., R.N., B.S.N., C.C.R.N., et al.  Cerebral Palsy: A Compressive Review. Nurse Practitioner. February 1996. 45-58.

Eisenberg, Myron, G. Keywords in Psychosocial Rehabilitation: A Guide to Contemporary Usage.  Springer Publishing Company. New York. 1994.

Freking, Kevin. "Many with Disabilities Say Barriers Equivalent to 'Whites Only' Signs." Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. 16 Jan. 1992: 16A. SIRIS CD-ROM, 1997.

Gersh, Meryl Roth.  Electrotherapy in Rehabilitation.  F. A. Davis, 1992. 218-325.

Glastris, Paul. "The Mixed Blessings of a Movement." U.S. News & World Report 18 Sept. 1989: N.P. SIRIS CD-ROM, 1997.

Glenn, Mel B. and John Whyte.  The Practical Management of Spasticity in Children and Adults.  Lea & Febiger. Philadelphia, PN. 1990. 

Guralnik, Jack Michael. The Women's Health and Aging Study: Health and Social Characteristics of Older Women with Disability. Bethesda, MD : National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, 1995.

Hanoch Liveneh, Ph.D., CRC. "On the Origins of Negative Attitudes Toward People with Disabilities." Rehabilitation Literature vol. 43, 11-12, November-December, 1982: 338-347.

Hart, Allen J and Rossele L. Wissler and Michale J. Saks. "Multidimensional Perceptions of Illness and Injury." Current Research in Social Psychology September 11, 1997.

Kahn, Joseph. Principles and Practice of Electrotherapy 2nd Edition. Churchill Livingston Inc. New York. 1991.  71-119.

Malkelprang, Romel W. and Richard O. Salsgiver. "People with Disabilities and Social Work: Historical and Contemporary Issues." Social Work vol. 41, 1, (1996): 7-8; SIRIS CD-ROM, 1997.

McColl Mary Ann and Jerome E. Bickenbach. Introduction to Disability. W.B. Saunders Company Ltd. London. 1998.

Payne, Holly R. disAbilitiy As a Lifestyle, Not As a Handicap. North Georgia College & State University; Unpublished Paper. N.P.

Redford John B., John V. Basmajian, Paul Trautman.  Orthotics Clinical Practice and Rehabilitation Technology.  Churchill Livingston. New York. 1995.

Robinson, Andrew J. and Lynn Snyder-Mackler.  Clinical Electrophysiology: Electrotherapy and Electrophysiologic Testing.  Williams & Wilkins.  Baltimore, MD. 1995. 155-211.

Rosenstine, Solomon N. D.D.S. Dentistry in Cerebral Palsy and Related Handicapping Conditions. Charles C. Thomas. Springfield, Illinois. 1978.

Schleichkorn, Jay. Coping With Cerebral Palsy: Answers to Questions Parents Often Ask.  2nd Edition. Pro-Ed inc. Austin Texas. 1993.

Schneider, James. “9th Annual Reader Survey”.  Careers & the disABLED. Winter 1999/2000. Equal Opportunity Publications. Huntington, NY. December 1999, 28-31.

Shapiro, Joseph P. No Pity. New York: Times Books, 1994.

Stallings, Virginia A. et al. Energy Expenditure of Children and Adolescents with Severe Disabilities: A Cerebral Palsy Model.  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  1996; 64:627-34.  American Society for Clinical Nutrition.

Stallings, Virginia A. et al. Nutritional Status and Growth of Children with Diplegic or Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy.  Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 1993, 35, 997-1006.

UCP Research and Educational Foundation.  Aging and Cerebral Palsy.  Research Fact Sheets. December 1996.

UCP Research and Educational Foundation.  Can Disabilities Associated with Aging be Delayed? Research Fact Sheets. August 1998.

UCP Research and Educational Foundation.  Causes of Death of Persons with Disabilities Due to Cerebral Palsy.  Research Fact Sheets. November 1995.

UCP Research and Educational Foundation.  Increased Mortality in Persons with Cerebral Palsy.  Research Fact Sheets.  January 2000.

UCP Research and Educational Foundation.  Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy. Research Fact Sheets. May 1994.


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