Understanding Disability: A Lifespan Approach

by Peggy Quinn

Book Overview

Beginning with infancy and the diagnosis of congenital or early onset disabilities, this book identifies traditional developmental life stages for those with disabilities as well as the impact of disability at each of these periods. It then provides specific information for four different disabilities: Down′s syndrome, visual impairment, cerebral palsy and spina bifida. Spinal cord injury at the young adult stage of development is also included...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076190526X
• ISBN13: 9780761905264
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.5"