Disabled Village Children - A Guide for Community Health Workers, Rehabilitation Workers, and Families (Hesperian Foundation, 1999, 676 p.): PART 1: WORKING WITH THE CHILD AND FAMILY: Information on Different Disabilities: B. Recognizing, Helping with, and Preventing Common Disabilities

Disabled Village Children - A Guide for Community Health Workers, Rehabilitation Workers, and Families (Hesperian Foundation, 1999, 676 p.)

PART 1: WORKING WITH THE CHILD AND FAMILY: Information on Different Disabilities

B. Recognizing, Helping with, and Preventing Common Disabilities

		Chapter 6: Guide for Identifying Disabilities
		Chapter 7: Polio: Infantile Paralysis
		Chapter 8: Contractures: Limbs That No Longer Straighten
		Chapter 9: Cerebral Palsy
		Chapter 10: Muscular Dystrophy: Gradual, Progressive Muscle Loss
		Chapter 11: Club Feet, Flat Feet, Bow Legs, and Knock-Knees
		Chapter 12: Common Birth Defects
		Chapter 13: Children Who Stay Small or Have Weak Bones
		Chapter 14: Erb’s Palsy: Arm Paralysis from Birth Injury
		Chapter 15: Painful Joints
		Chapter 16: Juvenile Arthritis
		Chapter 17: Rheumatic Fever
		Chapter 18: Hip Problems
		Chapter 19: Bone Infections
		Chapter 20: Spinal Curve and Other Back Deformities
		Chapter 21: Tuberculosis of the Backbone: Pott’s Disease
		Chapter 22: Spina Bifida
		Chapter 23: Spinal Cord Injury
		Chapter 24: Pressure Sores
		Chapter 25: Urine and Bowel Management: With Spinal Cord Injury and Spina Bifida
		Chapter 26: Leprosy: Hansen’s Disease
		Chapter 27: Amputations
		Chapter 28: Burns and Burn Deformities
		Chapter 29: Fits: Epilepsy
		Chapter 30: Blindness and Difficulty Seeing
		Chapter 31: Deafness and Communication
		Chapter 32: Mental Retardation: Down Syndrome, Cretinism, and Other Causes
		Chapter 33: The Child with Several Severe Disabilities