REFERENCES
AWARENESS RAISING;
POLITICS OF DISABILITY, REHABILITATION, AND
MEDICINE
Jones, Ron. The Acorn People. Laurel-Leaf Books,
1745 Broadway, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10019 USA
1976, 80 pages.
A good, very human story about disabled children and
their need for freedom, adventure, and understanding.
Davidson, Margaret. Louis Braille: The Boy Who
Invented Books for the Blind. Scholastic Book
Services, 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012 USA.
Excellent story for children about the
accomplishments of a disabled child. Good reading for
CHILD-to child activities.
Melrose, Dianna. Bitter
Pills—Medicines and the
Third World Poor. OXFAM
(see address on p. 640). 277
pages.
Excellent discussion of how
drug companies often exploit
people and endanger their
health.
The Ragged Edge (formerly
The Disability Rag & Resource),
Avocado Press PO Box 145,
Louisville, KY 40201, USA. Tel: (888) 739-1920,
Fax: (502) 899-9562, [email protected],
www.raggededgemagazine.com
A bi-monthly magazine by disabled people. A constant
critic of disinformation and false ideas about people
with disabilities. Good articles and analysis.
Disability Awareness in Action. 46 The Parklands,
Hullavington, Wiltshire SN14 6DL UNITED KINGDOM.
Tel: (44-71) 834-0477, [email protected], www.daa.org
An organization dedicated to fostering the integration
of disabled people and advocating respect for their
rights. Excellent materials on how to organize and
maintain an organization of disabled people.
AIDS, APPLIANCES, AND SPECIAL EQUIPMENT,
INCLUDING WHEELCHAIRS
How to Make Basic Hospital Equipment, compiled
by Roger England. Practical Action Publishing, The
Shumacher Centre for Technology and Development,
Bourton on Dunsmore, Rugby, Warwickshire CV23
9QZ UNITED KINGDOM. 1979, 86 pages. Tel: 44
1926 634501, Fax: 44 1926 634502, publishinginfo@
practicalaction.org.uk, http://practicalactionpublishing.org
Simple tube metal wheelchairs and other designs
from Africa. Well illustrated and with useful
comments. Fairly simple language.
A Plastic Caliper for Children. Handicap International
(see address on p. 640).
A manual with all the instructions to make a plastic
caliper (brace) similar to the ones we describe in
Chapter 58. It includes information about choosing the
correct caliper.
UPKARAN: A Manual of Aids For the Multiply
Handicapped. Bandra Reclamation, K.C. Marg, Bandra
(West), Mumbai 400 050, INDIA. Tel: 91 2644 3666,
[email protected], www.nrcissi.org
Many excellent and mostly simple aids, well
illustrated. Written in English and Hindi.
More with Less: Aids for Disabled People for Daily
Living. TOOL Publications, PO Box 321, 2300 AH
Leiden, THE NETHERLANDS.
Simply written in English, French, and Spanish, with
illustrations on every page. Very good ideas.
Personal Transport for Disabled People—Design and
Manufacture Healthlink Worldwide. 56-64 Lonard Street,
London EC2A 4LT, UNITED KINGDOM. Tel: 44 20 7549 0240,
Fax: 44 20 7549 0241, [email protected],
http://www.healthlink.org.uk/
For a description of this book see p. 604
How to Make Simple Disability Aids. Available from
Healthlink Worldwide (see address on p. 637).
Many illustrations. Easy to make aids that are
very useful. Many things that children can make
themselves.
Hotchkiss, Ralf. Independence Through Mobility:
A Guide to the Manufacture of the ATI-Hotchkiss
Wheelchair. Whirlwind Wheelchair International, San
Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Ave. SCI 251,
San Francisco, CA 94132, USA. Tel: (415) 338-6277,
Fax: (415) 338-1290, [email protected],
www.whirlwindwheelchair.org
Complete instructions to make the ‘Whirlwind’, a high-
quality, low-cost steel wheelchair. For a list of books
about various types of personal transport for disabled
people see pages 604 to 606.
ARTIFICIAL LIMBS
Pluyter, B. Alternative Limb Making. Available from
Healthlink Worldwide (see address above).
Teaches how to manufacture and fit low-cost, below-
knee prostheses. Detail on innovative products.
Provides theory and technical information.
Simple Below-knee Prosthesis Manufacture and
Simple Above-knee Prosthesis Manufacture. Dartnell.
Handicap International (see address on p. 640).
Excellent. Fairly simple methods for making
prostheses. See page 634 for a brief overview.
641
disabled village children