includes references and index

Introduction / Mary Ann McColl and Jerome E. Bickenbach -- Defining disability / M.W. de Kleijn-de Vrankrijker, Y.F. Heerkens and C.D. van Ravensberg -- Classification of disability / Scott Campbell Brown -- Disability in the developing world / Malcolm Peat -- Balance and movement / Catherine Frazee -- Cognition and Learning / Melanie Panitch and Peter Park -- Communication / Penny Parnes -- Home management / Mary Law -- Behavioral and interpersonal relationships / Karen L. Shue and Ann Flores -- Locomotion / Mary Tremblay -- Personal care / Mary Ann McColl -- Consequences for personal independence / Kenneth A. Gerhart -- Consequences for occupation / Patrick Fougeyrollas -- Consequences for work, education and recreation / Terry Krupa -- Consequences for economic self-sufficiency / Jerome E. Bickenbach -- Consequences for close relationships / Carolyn M. Baum and David B. Gray -- Consequences for community participation / Adele Furrie -- Therapeutic relationships with people with disabilities / Mary Ann McColl and Jerome E. Bickenbach