One Handed In A Two Handed World

Tommye-Karen Mayer survived a stroke at the age of 23 and has been managing single-handedly in a two-handed world for three decades. After a period of wondering whether she would ever again live independently, she began developing a system for how to accomplish a wide range of everyday activities of daily living one-handedly -- dressing, eating, cooking, doing household chores, traveling, and much more. One-Handed in a Two-Handed Worldis known as the "bible" for occupational therapists and other healthcare and rehabilitation professionals who work with patients who are temporarily or permanently one-handed. This is the only book of practical advice for managing activities of daily living one-handedly. It may be used by individuals who have experienced strokes or traumatic brain injury, had shoulder surgery, were born without an arm or hand, need to rest an arm for repetitive strain injuries, or have lost the use of an arm or hand as the result of injury. It is a practical guide to a wide variety of useful devices and technology, and provides step-by-step instructions on how to accomplish each task discussed. Numerous figures show useful tools to make the tasks easier.

ONE-HANDED IN A TWO-HANDED WORLD your guide to managing single-handedly, by TOMMYE-K. MAYER--because one-handedness happens to anyone a dozen different ways. There's REPETITIVE STRESS INJURY (RSI), CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME (CTS), FRACTURED or DISLOCATED shoulders, arms, wrists, fingers, thumbs..., TENNIS ELBOW, HEAD INJURY, STROKE, & AMPUTATION. Because of a car, work, skiing, biking or motorcycle accident. Or, what about tennis elbow, just playing around, falls, or freak household accidents. Odds are that at sometime, you too will be single-handed. If it's already happened to you. If you're already in this boat, THIS IS THE BOOK YOU NEED! When you're ONE-HANDED IN A TWO-HANDED WORLD, how do you dress? Tie your shoes, a necktie, a scarf? How do you manage your phone, the keyboard, (the keyboard!), & paperwork simultaneously--How do you work? How do you reach for a sip of coffee while reading a book, without loosing you place? Or read a newspaper single-handedly. For that matter, how do you relax over a hand of cards? Not to worry. When the strains of living longer & harder leave you "one-handed in this two-handed world," you need only to refer to TOMMYE-K. MAYER's complete guide to managing single-handedly. 225 pp., first edition, Illus.

There's no way a little thing like losing his hand will keep Norm from trying out for baseball.

Chapter headings include: personal care, dressing, eating, dining out, cooking, cleaning up, household chores, office work, traveling, household repairs, leisure activities, sports (baseball, bowling, fishing, golf, running, skiing, swimming, table tennis, volleyball), and sexuality.

A little boy brings his older brother, born with one hand, for show-and-tell. The students ask him all sorts of questions about how he does things with one hand and realize that he can do anything they can do, he just does it differently. Along the way, they notice that we're all different in one way or another, leading to the realization that not only are differences a similarity we all share, but, they are what make us unique - AND AWESOME!

Through fascinating case studies of notables from ancient to modern times, Ed Wright explains the secret of lefty success.

Being a left-handed child in a world geared to the right-handed majority can be challenging, and it can be very difficult for a right-handed parent to give early guidance in even the simplest everyday activities when approached from the wrong position. In Your Left-handed Child, leading expert in left-handedness Lauren Milsom describes simple but effective strategies to help the very young through to teenagers overcome the many hurdles they might encounter at school and home. Learn how to help your left-handed child with: - Handwriting - Getting dressed - Using cutlery - Using woodworking tools - Playing guitar and many other useful skills. Thanks to the invaluable advice in this book, your left-handed child will be confident and capable, and left-handedness need never become an issue.

For a left-handed child in a right-friendly world, tasks that should come easily can seem confusing and frustrating. Parents of the more than 400,000 lefties born annually in the United States have had no resource that deals seriously with the learning difficulties their children face -- until now. Loving Lefties is the first ever guide to address all the issues pertinent to left-handedness: the biology, the physiology, and the psychological and practical effects of being a left-handed child. An essential aid for parents, teachers, and professionals, it covers the history and mythology of the left-handed brain, and offers sound advice on: • recognizing left-handedness in a child • making your child's home and school lefty-friendly • giving your child appropriate direction and encouragement • identifying the advantages of being left-handed • helping your child learn the skills his right-handed parents, instructors, and siblings consider basic. Filled with resource lists, guidelines, quick tips, answers to frequently asked questions, case studies, and anecdotes, Loving Lefties is the essential guide for raising a happy, healthy southpaw.

Brain researchers have in recent years have discovered the vast, untapped potential of the brain's little-used, right hemisphere. Art therapist Lucia Capacchione discovered that our nondominant hand is a direct channel to that potential. Her research and fieldwork with people using their "other hand" provides the raw material for this classic, first published in 1988. In workshops and private sessions, Lucia has worked with thousands of people, employing these techniques to help them become more creative, expressive, and intuitive in their day-to-day lives and also experience improved health and greater fulfillment in their relationships. Lucia will show you how to: Channel the deep inner wisdom of your True Self Change negative attitudes about yourself Unlock creativity Uncover hidden artistic abilities Heal your relationships Through various drawing and writing exercises, Lucia Capacchione hopes you will discover the power that lies hidden in your other hand. The techniques will help you explore and understand your thoughts and feelings on a completely different level and reconnect with a sense of playfulness you may have left behind in childhood.