How it Feels to Live with a Physical Disability
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Publication Year
1992
ISBN
9780671723712
Pages
136 pages
Genre
nonfiction
Format
full length
Item Type
Nonfiction
Annotation
Reveals, through photographs and interviews, the indomitable spirit and strength of children living with such physical disabilities as blindness, cerebral palsy, paralysis, and missing limbs.
Grade Level
3-5; 6-8
Lexile Measure
990L
Diversity Topics
Disability and Health; Physical disability; Physical Appearance; vision loss; hearing loss; hard of hearing; paraplegia; quadriplegia; wheelchair user; mobility; acquired limb difference/amputation; Tourette syndrome; physical therapy; cerebral palsy; dwarfism
Main Character
multiple
Race/Ethnicities
multiple
Family Formation
multiple
Awards
Booklist Book Review Stars, 1992
Keywords
hospitals; therapy; special schools; true stories; personal stories; honest accounts
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Krementz, Jill, "How it Feels to Live with a Physical Disability" (1992). Diverse Families. 1510.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1510