Resources
Education is a key component to fostering empathy and empowerment among children with congenital differences, their families and their friends. On this page you can find a list of resources with information relevant to upper extremity differences at every age level.
Online Fun:
Painting for fun...
This is a fun little program to paint using wildlife artwork as your template. Original artwork by Peter R. Gerbert
Children's Books:
Imagine Me on a Sit-Ski!
by George Moran, Nadine Bernard Westcott (Illustrator), Christy Grant (Editor)
Breakfast at the Liberty Diner
by Daniel Kirk
Here Comes Kate!
by Judy Carlson, Gordon Kibbee (Illustrator)
The Making of My Special Hand: Madison's Story
by Jamee Riggio Heelan, Nicola Simmonds (Illustrator)
Oliver's High Five
by Beverly Swerdlow Brown, Margot J. Ott (Illustrator)
Just a Little Different
by Bonnie Dobkin, Keith Neely (Illustrator), Clovis, ill Martin (Illustrator)
Young Adult's Books
Easy for You to Say: Q & As for Teens Living With Chronic Illness or Disability
by Miriam Kaufman
Jim Abbott: Major League Pitcher (Great Achievers: Lives of the Physically Challenged)
by Norman L. MacHt, Nathaniel Moss, John F. Callahan
Taking Charge: Teenagers Talk About Life & Physical Disabilities
by Kay Harris Kriegsman
Jim Abbott (Grolier All-Pro Biographies)
by Mark Stewart
Jim Abbott (Overcoming the Odds)
by Jon Kramer
Special Parents, Special Children
by Joanne E. Bernstein, Bryna J. Fireside, Michael J. Bernstein (Photographer), Judith Mathews (Editor)
Parent's Books:
Uncommon Fathers: Reflections on Raising a Child With a Disability
by Donald J. Meyer (Editor)
Help Yourself: Problem Solving for the Disabled
by Douglas R. Bucy, Rebecca A. Nolan (Illustrator)
Living With a Brother or Sister With Special Needs: A Book for Sibs
by Patricia Vadasy (Contributor), Donald Joseph Meyer
Special Siblings: Growing Up With Someone With a Disability
by Mary McHugh
Special Children, Challenged Parents: The Struggles and Rewards of Raising a Child With a Disability
by Robert A. Naseef
Easy Things to Make to Make Things Easy: Simple Do-It-Yourself Home Modifications for Older People and Others With Physical Limitations
by Doreen Brenner Greenstein, Suzanne Bloom (Illustrator)
Web Resources:
• Wendy Stoeker
• SHANDS at the University of Florida
• American Society for Surgery of the Hand
• American Society for Hand Therapists
• National Limb Loss Information Center
• The Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
• Horses Helping People of North Florida, Inc. (H.O.P.E)
• Camp Crystal
• Electronic Textbook of Hand Surgery
