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  Physical Disability

Information Kit

Aims:

• to encourage participants to focus on the individual, not the disability

• to promote an understanding of physical disabilities

• to foster an understanding of the ways in which the information needs of people with a physical disability can be met

• to develop an awareness of issues surrounding access to library materials 

Contents:

Core information:

WHAT IS A PHYSICAL DISABILITY?

WHAT CAUSES PHYSICAL DISABILITY? 

• Spinal injury 
• Cerebral Palsy  
• Spina Bifida  
• Multiple Sclerosis 
• Poliomyelitis 
• Other causes 

ACCESS ISSUES

Activities 

Resources