Free and Inexpensive Materials on Aids and Devices for the Physically Handicapped

Abstract

In recent years it has become recognized that people with a wide variety of physical handicaps—visual or hearing impairment, limb loss, or other impaired bodily functioning—can live more productive and comfortable lives if they receive appropriate information and aid and if society can overcome ancient prejudices and make reasonable adaptations. As people with various kinds and degrees of disability have come out of the closet and moved towards the mainstream of society, a wide variety of devices and aids has become available to help make life easier for them. Numerous books on this subject are available, such as the recently published An Easier Way: Handbook for the Elderly and Handicapped by Jean Vieth Sargent, and magazines such as Accent on Living. These books should not be neglected for the general collection, but your information service will be richer if they are supplemented by the following bibliographies and some of the items listed therein. Commercial catalogs, too, are often an excellent source of information on devices and products not locally known in a society which is geared to the needs of the majority.

Citation

Moon, I.B. (1982), "Free and Inexpensive Materials on Aids and Devices for the Physically Handicapped", Collection Building, Vol. 4 No. 2, pp. 57-63. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb023085