Breast Health for Women with Disabilities

Library Resources

The following resources are available through the WIND Resource Library. This list includes materials on general disability awareness, health care access for people with disabilities, women with disabilities, breast health, and aging. The Library contains a variety of resources focusing on people with is disabilities and is one of the most extensive collections in the state on this topic.

All of the materials in this list are available for loan from the Library for free to any Wyomingite. To borrow an item, please contact the WIND Resource Library at: 307-766-2935 or via e-mail at: windlib@uwyo.edu.

Aging I : meeting basic needs. Topeka, Kan: Monaco and Associates, Inc, [1992].

American Association on Mental Retardation. A guide to consent. Wash. D.C.: American Association on Mental Retardation, [1998].

Breast health and beyond for women with disabilities: a provider’s guide to the examination and screening of women with disabilities. San Francisco: Breast Health Access for Women with Disabilities (BHAWD), [2004].

Donaghey, Veronia, et al. Getting on with cancer. London: Gaskell and St George’s Hospital Medical School, [2000].

Emerson, Eric. Clinical psychology and people with intellectual disabilities. Chichester ; New York: John Wiley & Sons, [1998].

Hamilton, Karen and McDevitt, Lauren N. Recreation: great way to be active: a guide to getting started. Chapel Hill, N.C.: North Carolina Office on Disability & Health, [2000].

The health promotion resource guide : promoting the health and wellness of people with disabilities. Chapel Hill, N.C: North Carolina Office on Disability and Health, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, [2003].

Heller, Tamar. Health of women with intellectual disabilities. Malden, Mass: Blackwell Science, [2002].

Hollins, Sheila, Bernal, Jane, and Gregory, Matthew. Going to the doctor. London: St George’s Mental Health Library, [1996].

Hollins, Sheila and Perez, Wendy. Looking after my breasts. London: Royal College of Psychiatrists, [2000].

Janicki, Matthew P. Pysical health of adults with intellectual disabilities. Malden, Mass: Blackwell Pub, [2002].

Mace, Ronald L. Removing barriers to health care: a guide for health professionals. Chapel Hill, N.C.: North Carolina State University, [1998].

Masuda, Shirley. Women with disabilities : we know what we need to be healthy! Vancouver, Canada: BC Centre of Excellence for Women's Health, [1999].

McCormick, Sally. Removing barriers : tips and strategies to promote accessible communication. [Chapel Hill, N.C.]: North Carolina Office on Disability and Health, [1999].

McGillan, Lynn and Kraft-Fine, Cyndy. Not just surviving. Boston, Mass.: Fanlight Productions, [1999].

My body, my responsibility: a health education video for deaf women. Rochester, N.Y.: University of Rochester, [2003].

Nehring, Wendy. A history of nursing in the field of mental retardation and developmental disabilities. Wash. D.C.: American Association on Mental Retardation, [1999].

North Carolina Office on Disability and Health. Removing barriers to health clubs and fitness facilities: a guide for accommodating all members, including people with disabilities and older adults. Chapel Hill, N.C.: North Carolina Office and Disability and Health, [2001].

Olkin, Rhoda. What psychotherapists should know about disability. New York, N.Y: Guilford Press, [1999].

Orchid: health and wellness for women with disabilities. Chapel Hill, N.C.: North Carolina Office and Disability and Health, [2001].

The Pathways series: breast care: strategies for making preventive breast care accessible for women with disabilities. Pamona: Calif.: Center for Disability Issues and Health Professions, [2002].

Putnam, Jeanne Kane. My body is not who I am: a candid perspective on living with (dis)abilities. Sherborn, Mass.: Aquarius Productions, [1995].

Riddell, Lenore and Kornelsen, Jude. We're women, too : identifying barriers to gynecologic and breast health care of women with disabilities. Vancouver, Canada: British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health, [2003].

Rimmer, James H. Achieving a beneficial fitness : a program and a philosophy in mental retardation. Wash. D.C: American Association on Mental Retardation, [2000].

Strategies for change : report of the Women with Disabilities Health Care Summit, Woodbridge Hilton Hotel, Iselin, new Jersey, June 16, 2001. Trenton, N.J: New Jersey Developmental Disabilities Council, [2002].

Taylor, Maria Olivia. The gyn exam handbook : an illustrated guide to the gynecologic examination for women with special needs. Santa Barbara, Calif: James Stanfield Comp., Inc, [1991].

Terrill, Cathy Ficker. Consent handbook for self-advocates and support staff. Wash. D.C.: American Association on Mental Retardation, [1999].

Thompson, Karla. Depression and disability : a practical guide. [Chapel Hill, N.C.]: N.C. Office on Disability and Health, [2000].

Walsh, Patricia Noonan and LeRoy, Barbara. Women with disabilities aging well : a global view. Baltimore, M.D: Paul H. Brookes, [2004].

Welner, Sandra L. Our own best advocates : breast health for women with disabilities. Wash. D.C: Video/Action Production, [1999].

Welner, Sandra L. Our own best advocates = Nuestras mas fuertes partidarias: senos saludable para mujeres discapacitadas. Spanish ed. Wash. D.C: Video/Action Productions, [1999].

Welner, Sandra. A provider's guide for the care of women with physical disabilities & chronic medical conditions. Chapel Hill, N.C: North Carolina Office on Disability & Health, [1999].

Welner, Sandra L. and Haseltine, Florence. Welner's guide to the care of women with disabilities. Philadelphia, Pa: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2003].

When people with developmental disabilities age. New York: Developmental Disabilities Planning Council, [1990].

World Health Organization and Breitenbach, Nancy. Health ageing - adults with intellectual disabilities : summative report. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization, [2000].