Monthly Archives: December 2006

I’m Deaf and It’s Okay

Written by Lorraine Aseltine and others
Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman & Co., 1986
A frustrated deaf boy who feels alone, afraid, mad, and sad until Brian, 17 and wearing hearing aids, visits his classroom. - Vera Losh, Reviewer

Someone Special, Just Like You

Tricia Brown, text, and Fran Ortiz, photography
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1982
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then this book tells volumes about special children. - Vera Losh, Reviewer

Don’t Feel Sorry for Paul

Written by Bernard Wolf
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1974
Spanish edition: No sientan lástima por Paul, trans. Ximena Lois (Philadelphia: Libros Lippincott en Espanõl, 1977).
Paul has adjusted to artificial limbs. - Vera Losh, Reviewer

Letter Power

Lobbying for our denomination and carrying our concerns to and from Washington, the Public Life and Social Policy Ministries in the Justice and Witness is compiling a list of constituents willing to participate in letter writing whenever an issue related to disabilities comes to their attention. If interested, contact the Justice and Peace Network at […]

Qualities Children Teach Us - Janet Rieck

Janet Rieck is a vision consultant from Albion, Nebraska
Youngsters with vision impairment are simply youngsters whose perspective is a little different. To a child blind from birth, color has no meaning. Knowing that salt is heavier than pepper may be far more critical.
In a world friendlier to persons with good vision, my students work […]

The Bible

Giant Print NRSV Bibles.
Visit www.amazon.com or barnesandnoble.com or download, enlarge to readable size, and print lectionary-based scripture from http:///divinity.lib.vanderbilt.edu/lectionary

The Reverend David C. Johnston Book Bequest

The Rev. David C. Johnston (NCPWD Chair, 1984–1988) Bequest. A broad spectrum of books about disabilities written in last two decades given to Lancaster Theological
Seminary library. Phone 717.290.8707 or 717.290.8742.
From UCC DM Newsletter Archive

Job-Hunting for the So-Called Handicapped or People Who Have Disabilities

Second edition
Authors: Richard Nelson Bolles and Dale Susan Brown
Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 2001.
For audio copy, contact Library of Congress Talking Books at

Resource Room

This site is in progress. It will be subcategorized eventually. We want few excellent resources in each category and subcategory. For now, main resource categories include but are not limited to clearing houses for disabilities related tools, computer and web-access related tools; accessibility; disability/ability-related organizations, periodicals. Most will have online access
Online Resources

Please share your […]

Dancing with Bipolar Bears

Written by James E. McReynolds
Published December, 2003
ISBN: 0-595-30610-1
Story of success in living with bipolar disorder, a mental illness.
Dr. McReynolds serves as minister of the First Christian Church in Weeping Water, Nebraska, and as a therapist for Valley Hope Treatment Services in Lincoln and Omaha.
Review at