Books
It's Not Carpal Tunnel Syndrome!: RSI Theory and Therapy for Computer Professionals
- Suparna Damany
This guide offers computer users who suffer from repetitive strain injury an effective program for self-care. It explains the symptoms, prevention, and treatment of RSIs and also addresses the often-overlooked root causes of RSIs. This holistic program treats the entire upper body with ergonomics, exercise, and hands-on therapy, increasing the likelihood that surgery and drugs may be avoided.
Synopsis
This guide offers computer users who suffer from repetitive strain injury an effective program for self-care. It explains the symptoms, prevention, and treatment of RSIs and also addresses the often-overlooked root causes of RSIs. This holistic program treats the entire upper body with ergonomics, exercise, and hands-on therapy, increasing the likelihood that surgery and drugs may be avoided.
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The Mind/Body Prescription
- John Sarno
Contending that most pain is psychosomatic, the author reveals how the emotions act on the brain to produce physical ailments and offers a therapeutic program focusing on reducing negative feelings.
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Coping Successfully with RSI (Overcoming Common Problems)
- Maggie Black
An introduction to Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI), which is muscle pain connected to any kind of repeated physical activity, becoming more common amongst computer users. As with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome the problems evade straightforward medical diagnosis or treatment, and have psychological as well as physical implications. This book tackles all the problems associated with RSI. There are two essential elements: advice about posture, positioning and ergonomic aids as well as pain management techniques which aim to limit the damage already suffered and to foster a more positive approach to the problem.
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The Complete Guide to Good Posture at Work: Self-help Manual for Sufferers of Back and Neck Pain, RSI and Other Related Conditions (Positive Health)
– Andrew Wilson
An exploration of the effects of poor posture and repetitive strain on our health with particular reference to work practices. The guide illustrates how simple changes to our working environment can help us become more physically efficient and alleviate health problems.
Healing Back Pain
- John Sarno
Healing Back Pain promises permanent elimination of back pain without drugs, surgery or exercise. It should have been titled Understanding TMS Pain, because it discusses one particular cause of back pain---Tension Myositis Syndrome (TMS)--and isn't really a program for self-treatment, with only five pages of action plan (and many more pages telling why conventional methods don't work). According to John E. Sarno, M.D., TMS is the major cause of pain in the back, neck, shoulders, buttocks and limbs--and it is caused not by structural abnormalities but by the mind's effort to repress emotions. He's not saying that your pain is all in your head; rather, that the battle going on in your mind results in a real physical disorder, which may affect muscles, nerves, tendons or ligaments. An injury may have triggered the disorder, but is not the cause of the amount or intensity of the resulting pain. According to Sarno, the mind tricks you into not facing repressed emotion by making you focus on pain in the body. When this realisation sinks in ("and it must sink in, for mere intellectual appreciation of the process is not enough"),the trick doesn't work any more and there's no need for the pain.(Healing BackPain should not be used for self-diagnosis. Always consult a physician for chronic or acute back pain). --Joan Price
Synopsis
An examination of recent treatments designed to relieve back pain without resort to exercise, medication or physical therapy
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Design for Inclusivity: A Practical Guide to Accessible, Innovative and User-centred Design (Design for Social Responsibility)
– Roger Coleman
Inclusive design not only ensures that products, services, interfaces and environments are easier to use for those with special needs or limitations, but in doing so also makes them better for everyone."Design for Inclusivity", written by a team that has pioneered inclusive design practice internationally, reviews the recent social trends and pressures that have pushed this subject to the fore, and assesses design responses to date in an international context. The authors make the business case for inclusive design and explain the formalisation of the approach in standards and legislation. The text includes case studies which describe transport, product development, IT, housing and service projects, as well as industry-university collaborative projects, and highlights lessons that have been learned.This is very much a practical book. It offers tools, techniques, guidelines and signposts for the reader to key resources, as well as including advice on research methods, and working with users and industry partners.
60 Hot to Touch Accessible Web Design Tips - the Tips No Web Developer Can Live Without!
– Jim Byrne
60 easy to understand, practical tips that can be put to good use when developing your next website. The book covers a wide range of topics, from how to add accessible multimedia to how to ensure the correct character encoding. It is full of examples and links to valuable resources -- and written in an accessible style ensuring that it will be of use to web developers at every level. Jim Byrne was a pioneer in the area of web accessibility. He created one of the worlds first web accessibility consultancies in 1996 and was the founder of the Worldwide Guild of Accessible Web Designers.
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Web Accessibility for People with Disabilities (R & D Developer Series)
– Mike Paciello
Comply with all legal mandates and standards; master HTML enhancements for accessibility; employ the best accessibility tools; and make your Web site accessible to everyone! Make your Web site accessible to everyone! This definitive resource provides everything you need to understand the laws, the needs of the disabled, and the processes of site evaluation and implementation. It includes development tools and utilities, techniques for adjusting HTML tags, scripts and other code to improve accessibility.
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Adaptive Technology for the Internet: Making Electronic Resources Accessible
– Barbara T Mates
This work demonstrates how to make electronic information resources available to people with disabilities. The authors offer advice on technologies including screen readers, Braille screens, voice recognition systems, hearing assistance devices and HTML coding for accessibility. In addition to product descriptions, they cover the infrastructure issues like funding and staff training. A listing of adaptive technology programmes in libraries around America is provided.
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Living in the State of Stuck: How Assistive Technology Impacts the Lives of People with Disabilities
– Marcia J Scherer
Assistive technology is radically changing the lives of people with disabilities. Dr. Marcia Scherer's Living In The State Of Stuck sets the background for this radical transformation and discusses the implications of assistive technology for the lives of those born disabled, or who become disabled later in life. A severe disability no longer need prevent a person from attaining the same educational, personal, and career goals as other adults. Living In The State Of Stuck details assistive devices that enhance the quality of their lives, mobility, speech, and ability to work. But while these devices may enhance independence, the author explains how friends and relatives can better understand the personal issues and needs that arise from living with a disability and "needing" these devices. Living In The State Of Stuck is a unique, well-researched account that will help anyone (disabled or not) deal with the physical and emotional aspects of adjusting to a life with assistive technology.
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Dyslexia: How to Survive and Succeed at Work
– Sylvia Moody
Dyslexic people face many problems in the workplace: difficulties with reading and writing, memory, organisation and time management, and a recent TUC report on dyslexia in the workplace estimates that 3 million people are affected. "Dyslexia: A Workplace Guide" is written by a leading expert in the field for people of all backgrounds and abilities and will help readers to master complex organisational skills, deal with a large workload and cope with the demands of deadlines. It also shows how to improve confidence, deal with stress, and build on the creative talent that many dyslexics possess. "Dyslexia: A Workplace Guide": explains what dyslexic and dyspraxic difficulties are; describes how they affect workplace efficiency; offers strategies to manage dyslexic difficulties and reduce their adverse effect on work efficiency; and, provides information about ways in which employers can help dyslexic employees.
The Gift of Dyslexia: Why Some of the Brightest People Can't Read and How They Can Learn
– Eldon M Braun
First published in 1995, and written from personal experience, the author offers unique insights into the learning problems and stigmas faced by dyslexics and gives his own tried and tested techniques for overcoming and correcting it demonstrating that sufferers have special talents of perception and imagination.
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Making Dyslexia Work for You: A Self-help Guide
- Vicki Goodwin
Written for dyslexic adults or anyone who thinks they might be dyslexic, this bold and imaginative book is deliberately concise and easy to dip into. It contains: toolboxes of ideas for reading, writing, organisation, etc. ; strategies developed with dyslexic people ; a guide to the nature of dyslexia Includes with the book is a CD-ROM that; provides the complete text as pdf files ; extends topics in the book ; provides printable documents ; gives links to relevant websites ; can be used with appropriate readback software. All you need to help you get to grips with your dyslexia!
Adult Dyslexia: A Guide for the Workplace
– Gary Fitzgibbon 
In the workplace, dyslexia can be the root cause of under-performance that manifests itself in ways other than those typically associated with child dyslexics. Adult Dyslexia gives practical advice about identifying and helping adult dyslexics in ways that are relevant to the workplace and suitable for adults, rather than being adaptations of methods used with children. Written by an experienced occupational psychologist Includes a practical question/answer section and screening tools Emphasises that dyslexics have strengths as well as weaknesses An invaluable tool for managers to help develop dyslexic employees.
Dyslexia in the Workplace (Dyslexia Series (Whurr))
– Diana Bartlett
This text is designed for both dyslexic adults and for professionals concerned with helping them, for example psychologists, tutors, therapists, researchers, disability advisors and welfare officers. It also offers advice to employers on how to help dyslexic staff. The book covers the nature of dyslexic difficulties and their effects, both practical and emotional. Dyspraxic difficulties are also discussed. Assessment tests are described and reviewed and research is summarized. Detailed advice is given on tackling the difficulties; topics covered include work organization and effective work methods, reading and writing for work purposes, memory skills, oral presentation and interation, and dealing with the emotions associated with dyslexia. Finally, guidance is given on the Disability Discrimination Act and sources of information and help are listed. Throughout the book, there are numerous case studies designed to capture the immediate experiences of dyslexic people at work.
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Corporate Social Responsibility: Doing the Most Good for Your Company and Your Cause
– Philip Kotler
Today, corporations are expected to give something back to their communities in the form of charitable projects. In Corporate Social Responsibility, Philip Kotler, one of the world's foremost voices on business and marketing, and coauthor Nancy Lee explain why charity is both good P.R. and good for business. They show business leaders how to choose social causes, design charity initiatives, gain employee support, and evaluate their efforts. They also provide all the best practices and cutting-edge ideas that leaders need to maximize their contributions to social causes and do the most good. With personal stories from twenty-five business leaders from socially responsible companies, this is the bible for today's good corporate citizen.
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The Manager's Guide to Preventing a Hostile Work Environment: How to Avoid Legal Threats by Protecting Your Workplace from Harassment Based on Sex, Race, Age, Disability or Sexual Orientation
– Wanda Dobrich
Lawsuits and settlements arising from discrimination and sexual harassment complaints are a huge financial drain on both business and government organizations. Below is a modest list of a few of the judgments and settlements in excess of 1 million dollars paid out for discrimination and hostile environment claims in recent years. Hostile Work Environments explains how discrimination and hostile behavior are often surface manifestations of more fundamental cultural and behavioral problems that managers can address with practical measures in their departments. The authors identify the "warning signs" that could lead to hostile work environment complaints that managers should look for in themselves and their employees. The book also gives dozens of practical suggestions for addressing workplace problems before they turn into a "hostile work environment" complaint, and gives guidelines for investigating and addressing a problem or complaint once it has surfaced. What most of these legal actions have in common is that an employee has accused the employer of creating a "hostile work environment" and is suing on this basis. Due in part to changes in federal law making it easier to sue organizations for punitive damages under "hostile work environment" lawsuits, the number of these lawsuits has dramatically increased in recent years. "Hostile Work Environments" is the first book that helps managers understand the problem and take positive steps to avoid hostile work environment complaints and legal problems. While many competing books have covered the individual factors that can cause a hostile work environment such as racial discrimination, sexual harassment, age and gender discrimination, this is the first guide for managers that brings them all together in a single "how-to" book on prevention.
Working With Deaf People: Accessibility and Accommodation in the Workplace
– Sue B Foster
Foster examines the historical barriers to full and equal participation within the workplace by deaf people. Interviews with hearing supervisors and with a panel of deaf workers are summarized in chapters which cover hiring, training and evaluating work performance; communication; relationships between deaf and hearing employees; evaluating the potential of deaf employees for promotion to managerial positions; and the roles and responsibilities of supervisors and employees. Her final chapter presents an ecological model for successful working relationships.
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Coping with Physical Loss and Disability: A Workbook (New Horizons in Therapy)
– Rick Ritter
A New Approach to Coping This workbook provides more than 50 questions and exercises designed to empower those with physical loss and disability to better understand and accept their ongoing processes of loss and recovery. The exercises in Coping with Physical Loss and Disability were distilled from ten years of clinical social work experience with clients suffering from quadriplegia, paraplegia, amputation, cancer, severe burns, HIV/AIDs, and neuro-muscular disorders arising from accidents, injury, and disease. About the Author Rick Ritter, MSW, a disabled veteran and social worker, has worked with more than a hundred clients who have experienced physical loss and disability. This workbook is a distillation of the very best questions and exercises to draw the client towards re-taking control of their life. He has competed in international events for disabled athletes. Ritter was also a major contributor to got parts? An Insider's Guide to Managing Life Successfully with Dissociative Identity Disorder. He currently resides in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Series Info Coping with Physical Loss and Disability: A Workbook is the second book in the New Horizons in Therapy Series. This series is specifically designed to empower clients to work on their own in a therapeutic setting. As many therapists will state, it's often what the client does outside the session that can make the biggest difference in recovery. What People Are Saying This workbook is a very good stimulus for focusing on issues that are crucial for better coping with loss and disability. Just putting the questions with the blanks together is a great opportunity for self-reflection and might greatly help people raise their consciousness. As I believe the saying goes 'If you do not help yourself, then no one will be able to help you.'" -Beni R. Jakob, Ph.D, Israeli Arthritis Foundation (INBAR) "Ritter provides a valuable self-care plan for those suffering from the loss of physical capacity. He also shows readers how to find the mental, emotional and spiritual encouragement critical to the healing process." -Georgiann Baldino, Author and cancer support-group facilitator "Losing one's bodily integrity or functioning ('physical loss') provokes mourning and a distorted self-image. The horror and recoil that disabilities elicit in the healthy only compound the victim's sense of deprivation and worthlessness. Though slender, the workbook is indispensable to victims of physical loss, their nearest and dearest, medical staff, and psychotherapists or grief counselors." -Sam Vaknin, Ph.D., author of Malignant Self Love: Narcissism Revisited "Rick Ritter captures the depth of the emotional pain in the aftermath of physical loss and disability. This workbook format will surely provide a sense empowerment to those who feel helpless in these situations." -Rev. James W. Clifton, Ph.D., LCSW "I found the workbook useful in addressing the various aspects of the physical loss. The examples given by the author are very relevant and will help the sufferer relate to similar situations. I recommend the workbook to those who are trying to heal from past traumas or to those who are trying to help their near and dear heal." - S.V. Swamy, Holistic Healer and editor of Homeopathy For Everyone
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Beyond Disability: Towards an Enabling Society (Published in association with The Open University)
– Gerald Hales
This important text draws together a wealth of experience to present theoretical and practical insights into the way society intervenes in the lives of disabled people, and considers how resources could be used in ways that are more helpful and supportive. Stressing the social contexts within which disabilities become apparent, the contributors highlight two key points: disabled people have practical difficulties only in the area of life affected by their disability and in other respects are no different from anyone else; and they are handicapped not by the parameters of their disability but by the demands and attitudes of society. The contributors consider the position of people with specific types of disability, explore both sides of the 'care' and 'counselling' equation, and discuss training, legislation and aspects of management and attitudes among professionals. Beyond Disability has been developed as a Course Reader for the Open University course The Disabling Society (K255).
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Understanding Disability: From Theory to Practice
– M. Oliver
Mike Oliver's work has had an enormous influence on our understanding of disablement in society...The book should prove useful and enlightening to disabled and non-disabled people alike...written in the clear, concise and honest style characteristic of Mike Oliver's work...it makes a valuable contribution to the debates about our understanding of disability and the position of disabled people in society.' Gerry Zarb, Policy Studies;Understanding Disability develops some of the main themes and issues surrounding disability that have arisen in the last twenty years, offering both a personal journey of exploration and understanding and an attempt to take further our theoretical understanding of disability.
Disabling Barriers, Enabling Environments
– John Swain
There has been much development in disability studies in the past ten years and this new edition seeks to update existing chapters in order to introduce and expand important areas such as international issues, diversity among disabled people, sexuality and bioethics.