Disabled Village Children

This is a 672-page reference book designed to help professionals and families meet the needs of disabled children. It has been tested by and includes feedback from individuals in 27 countries and 6 continents.

Information in this book is intended for health workers, village rehabilitation workers, and family members who encounter, work, or live with, disabled children.

Some of the pages that make up this book provide exercises and activities that, for example, could be helpful to a family with a child who has Cerebral Palsy (Chapter 9), or deafness (Chapter 31), or arthritis. In the case of arthritis, the book offers: an Exercise Instruction Sheet; an Information Sheet on Aspirin; and a specific chapter dedicated to the topic.

The book is broken into three parts:

• Part 1: Working with the Child and Family: Information on Different Disabilities
• Part 2: Working with the Community: Village Involvement in the Rehabilitation, Social Integration, and Rights of Disabled Children
• Part 3. Working in the Shop: Rehabilitation Aids and Procedures