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Life on Wheels: For the Active Wheelchair User

By Gary Karp
July 1999
Pages: 557
ISBN 10: 1-56592-253-0 | ISBN 13: 9781565922532

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For 1.5 million Americans, life includes a wheelchair for mobility. Life on Wheels: For the Active Wheelchair User is for people who want to take charge of their life experience. Author Gary Karp describes medical issues (paralysis, circulation, rehab, cure research); day-to-day living (exercise, skin, bowel and bladder, sexuality, home access, maintaining a wheelchair); and social issues (self-image, adjustment, friends, family, cultural attitudes, activism).
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Over 1.5 million Americans use wheelchairs for a variety of causes: a congenital condition, traumatic injury, or disease. People who depend upon wheelchairs for mobility are in varied situations. They might live independently or need attendant care; live alone or with family; be employed full-time or no longer working. Despite differences, people dependent on wheelchairs face some similar medical issues and a need to cope with changed circumstances. Life on Wheels: For the Active Wheelchair User is for people who want to take charge of their own life experience while using a wheelchair. Author Gary Karp, ergonomics consultant and long-time chair user, describes:
  • Medical issues (paralysis, circulation, rehab experience, choosing the optimal wheelchair, scientific progress toward a cure)
  • Day-to-day living (keeping fit, skin care, bowel and bladder care, sexuality, home access, maintaining a wheelchair, wheeling technique, insurance)
  • Psychological and social issues (grieving loss, self-image, adjustment to life change, friends, family, asking for and being helped, cultural attitudes, history of disability, and activism)

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Media reviews "As a reviewer and also as a seasoned wheelchair user, I recommend Life on Wheels to anyone who has an interest in the subject, personal or otherwise. This book really has it all, from an introduction to medical and technical terminology and legal rights, housing modification, to social and psychological issues. It includes a section on day-to-day living issues, including, for example, personal hygiene and challenged sexuality. Bravo to Gary Karp!" --Michael L.N. Shannon, Universal Design Consultant Disability Studies Quarterly, Winter 2001

"Gary Karp has assembled the 'owner's manual' that should be delivered with every new wheelchair. This wealth of information offers insight for the newly disabled person, yet is thorough enough to be valuable to those of us who have rolled with pride for years." --Greg Smith, host of the syndicated On A Roll radio program

"I found it to be engaging, informative, and upbeat. It is certainly a goldmine of wonderful information for newly disabled persons. Gary provides a lot of insights and problem solving ways of dealing with difficult situations, without becoming overwhelmed." --Bill Lipscomb, advocate for the Latino and Disabled Communities in Marin County, CA

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