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
