Extracts from a Report on “Approaches to Independent Living”

Rehabilitation of the Rheumatoid Arthritic Patient, by Edward W. Lowman, M.D., and Howard A. Rusk, M.D.

Self-Help Devices, by the above authors.

The Arthritis Self-Help Device Office is under the direct supervision of Dr. Edward W. Lowman. Inquiries concerning devices, publications and requests, to be on the mailing list for Device News should be addressed to The Arthritis Self-Help Device Office (attention, Miss Rose Elfinbein, Co-ordinator), Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 400 East 34th Street, New York 16, New York.

Hand Splints and Their Attachments, compiled by Richard R. Young, Rancho los Amigos Hospital, 7601 East Imperial Highway, Downey, California.

The Functional Home for Easier Living, obtainable from Miss Zimmerman, Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 400. East 34th Street, New York 16, New York.

American Standard Specifications for Making Buildings, and Facilities Accessible to and Useable by the Physically Handicapped, obtainable from American Standards Association Incorporated, 10 East 40th Street, New York 16, New York.

Work Simplification for Handicapped Mothers, Child Care Equipment for Physically Handicapped Mothers, You can do Family Laundry with Hand Limitations, and all information for handicapped mothers, write to Elizabeth Eckhardt May, The School of Home Economics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut.

For information about Clothing for Disabled People, write to Helen Cookman, Executive Director, Clothing Research and Development Foundation Inc., 48 East 66th Street, New York 21, New York.

For Clothes Specially Designed for Handicapped Children, write to The Greenhouse, 6 East 32nd Street, New York 16, New York.