Kessler Health Education

These books and audio/visual material are available for loan from the Kessler Health Education Library.  Please call (617) 732-8103 or TTY (617) 525-7337 for more information.

Note: The terms used in this document are classified according to the International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities, and Handicaps from the World Health Organization and the Institute of Medicine/Nagi Framework. Impairments concern the loss of psychological, physiological or anatomical structures or functions. Disability is the restriction or lack of ability to perform an activity as a result of impairment while handicap represents the social consequences of the impairment or disability.

Books

General Resources

• Basic Rehabilitation Techniques: A Self-Instructional Guide, 4th ed. Aspen Publishers, Inc., 2000
• Computer and Web Resources for People with Disabilities, by the Alliance for Technical Access. Hunter House Publishers, 2000
• Disabilities Sourcebook, Omingraphics, 2000
• Dressing Tips and Clothing Resources: For Making Life Easier, by Shelley Peterman Schwarz, Attainment Company, Inc., 2000
• Everybody's Different: Understanding and Changing Our Reactions to Disabilities, by Nancy B. Miller and Catherine C. Sammons. Paul H. Brookes Pub. Co., 1999
• Health Insurance Resources: Options for People with a Chronic Disease or Disability, by Dorothy Northrop. Demos, 2003.
• Insurance Solutions: A Workbook for People with a Chronic Disease or Disability, by Laura Cooper. Demos, 2002.
• Legal Rights of the Catastrophically Ill and Injured: A Family Guide, by Joseph A. Romano. 1998
• Living Well with a Hidden Disability: Transcending Doubt and Shame and Reclaiming your Life, by Stacy Taylor. New Harbinger, 1999
• Medicare: Choosing a Doctor, HCFA
• Medicare: Choosing a Hospital, HCFA
• Medicare: Guide to Choosing a Nursing Home, HCFA
• Medicare & You - Large Print Edition, HCFA.
• Reflections from a Different Journey: What Adults with Disabilities Wish All Parents Knew, edited by Stanley D. Klein and John D. Kemp; foreword by Marlee Matlin. McGraw-Hill, 2004
• Rehabilitation Sourcebook, Omnigraphics, 1999
• The Complete Directory for People with Disabilities: Products, Resources, Books, Services, Grey House Pub., 2005
• The Complete Directory for People with Chronic Illness, Sedgewick Press, 2002
• The Complete Directory for People with Disabilities, Grey House, 2001
• Watertown Accessible Dining 2, Watertown Commission on Disability, 2002
• Working Like Dogs: The Service Dog Guidebook by Marcie Davis and Melissa Bunnell.  Alpine Publications, 2007
• You're Not Alone, by Scott Sabolich. Scott Sabolich Prosthetic & Research Center, 2001

General Resources (in Spanish)

• Guia para Asilo de Ancianos (Guide to Nursing Homes for the Elderly), American Foundation for the Blind.
• Si, Usted Puede! (Yes, You Can!), Paralyzed Veterans of America, 1994

Anatomical Impairment

• Resources for People with Facial Differences, Let's Face It, 2004
• The Spinal Cord Injury Handbook for Patients and Their Families, by Richard C. Senelick. Healthsouth, 1998

Functional Disabilities

Accessible Gardening: Tips & Techniques for Seniors & the Disabled, by Joann Woy. Stackpole Books, 1997

Hearing Impairment

• A Consumer Handbook on Hearing Loss and Hearing Aids: A Bridge to Healing, by Richard Carmen. Auricle Inc., 1998
• A Guide for People who Become Deaf or Severely Hard of Hearing: A Late-Deafened Consumer's Perspective, by Karen Rockow. Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, 2004
• A Quiet World: Living with Hearing Loss, by David G. Myers. Yale University Press, 2000
• Communication Disorders Sourcebook, Omnigraphics, 1996
• Hear What You've Been Missing: How to Cope with Hearing Loss, by Donna S. Wayner. Chronimed, 1998.
• Legal Rights: The Guide for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People, National Association of the Deaf. Gallaudet University Press, 2000
• Overcoming Hearing Aid Fears, by John Burkey. Rutgers University Press, 2003
• Signing in Fourteen Languages, by Claude O. Proctor. Black Dog & Leventhal, 2000
• Terminology of Communication Disorders, by Lucille Nicolosi, Elizabeth Harryman, and Janet Kresheck. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2004.

Learning Disabilities

• The Complete Learning Disabilities Directory, Grey House Pub., 2004/2005
• Visual Recipes: a Cookbook for Non-Readers, by Tabitha Orth. DRL Books, 2000

Mobility Impairment

• Choosing a Wheelchair: A Guide for Optimal Independence, by Gary Karp. O'Reilly, 1998
• Life on Wheels: For the Active Wheelchair User, by Gary Karp. O'Reilly, 1999
• One-Handed in a Two-Handed World, by Tommye-K. Mayer. Prince-Gallison Press, 2000
• The Arthritis Action Program: an Integrated Plan of Traditional and Complementary Therapies, by Michael E. Weinblatt. Simon & Schuster, 2000
• There is Room at the Inn: Inns and B&Bs for Wheelers and Slow Walkers, by Candy B. Harrington.  Demos Medical Pub., 2006.
•  When Walking Fails: Mobility Problems of Adults with Chronic Conditions, by Lisa I. Iezzoni. University of California Press, 2003
• Roll Models: People Who Live Successfully Following Spinal Cord Injury and How They Do It, by Richard Holicky. Paralyzed Veterans of America/Trafford Publishing Ltd., 2004.

Visual Impairment

• Coping With Vision Loss: Maximizing What You Can See and Do, by Bill G. Chapman. Hunter House, 2001
• Living with Low Vision: A Resource Guide for People with Sight Loss, 6th edition, American Association for the Blind, 2002
• Mayo Clinic on Vision and Eye Health, 2001
• Making Life More Livable: Simple Adaptations for Living at Home After Vision Loss, by Irving R. Dickman. AFB Press, 2000
• Talking with Your Hands, Listening with Your Eyes: a Complete Photographic Guide to American Sign Language, by Gabriel Grayson. Square One Publishers, 2003

Braille Books

• Choosing a Medigap Policy: A Guide To Health Insurance For People With Medicare Braille Edition, (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), 2004
• Guide To Choosing A Medicare-Approved Drug Discount Card. Braille Edition, (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services). 2004
• Medicare & You - Braille Edition 2004, HCFA.
• Medicare Coverage Of Durable Medical Equipment Braille Edition, (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services), 2004.
• Medicare Coverage of Kidney Dialysis and Kidney Transplant Services- Braille Edition, HCFA
• Medicare Coverage of Skilled Nursing Facility Care, Braille Edition, HCFA
• Watertown Accessible Dining Guide, Watertown Commission on Disability, 2002

Books on Tape

• Curing MS: How Science is Solving the Mysteries by Howard L. Weiner MD.
  • Director of the Partners Multiple Sclerosis Center at Brigham and Women's and Massachusetts General Hospitals and codirector of the Center for Neurological Diseases at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dr. Weiner discusses his 30 years of research into multiple sclerosis, including technological and medical advances in treatment, future developments, and public perception of the disease.
• Guide to Choosing a Medicare-Approved Drug Discount Card, (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services)
• Medicare and Home Health Care, HCFA (explains what Medicare covers and how to find and compare home health agencies)
• Medicare and You Handbook 2005, CMS (covers Medicare benefits, privacy rights, and choosing a health plan) Available in Spanish
• Medicare Coverage of Kidney Dialysis and Kidney Transplant Services, HCFA (explains services covered and where to turn with questions)
• Medicare Coverage of Skilled Nursing Facility Care, HCFA (explains services covered and where to turn with questions)
• Medicare Hospice Benefits, HCFA (shows how to find a hospice program and where to find more help)

Books on Tape (in Spanish)

• Medicare y Usted (Medicare and You) 2004, HCFA (information in Spanish about the Medicare program)

Books on Tape for August 2008 *

•  The Parent's Guide to Cochlear Implants
•  Second Ascent: The Story of Hugh Herr
                                                                                                                                                                  
  * Audio books from the Perkins Braille and Talking Books Library 

Large Print Book for August 2008 *

• Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

* Large print books from the Worcester Talking Book Library

CD ROM

• A Closer Look, Signs for Idioms (produced by the National Center on Deafness Post Secondary Education Programs Network)
• Americans with Disabilities Act Technical Assistance
• Dictionary of Developmental Disabilities Terminology
• One-Hand Typing & Keyboarding Manual and Resources
• Section 508 & 255 Information Technology Communication & Accessibility Technical Assistance Information

Children's Books

• Elmer by David McKee
  • The story of an elephant that was different from the others.

Magazines

• inMotion (publication of National Limb Loss Information Center)
• New Mobility
• PN
• Special Living
• Spokes 'n Sports

Braille Newsletters

• Harvard Health Letter
• Mayo Clinic Health Letter
• Parenting
• University of California at Berkeley Wellness Letter

Magazines on Tape

• AARP Newsletter
• Modern Maturity
• Parent's Magazine

Newsline: Newspapers/Magazines Available by Telephone

• Boston Globe
• Economist
• New Yorker
• New York Times
• USA Today
• Wall Street Journal