PUBLICATIONS
View our Publications page.
OnLINE JOURNALS
The ABC Library has a small collection of Journals available OnLine.
Some are password protected. Please ask Library Staff for assistance.
Brain Impairment
Brain Injury (up to 2006)
Disability and Rehabilitation
Only accessible from the ABC Library -
(Password required)
Printed issues (2003–2007) available. Contact ABC Library Staff.
Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive
Technology (2006-2008)
Only accessible from the ABC Library -
(Password required)
Rehabilitation Medicine
(1998-2006)
Rehabilitation Medicine
(2007 to present)
Only accessible from the ABC Library -
(Password required)
Rehabilitation
Research & Development (2008 vol 45, #1 & #2)
Printed Issues (1999) available. Contact ABC Library Staff.
SPINAL CORD INJURY
An online interactive course where you can learn more about your spinal cord injury
and have some fun along the way.
 Brain & Nervous System
Alternative & Complementary Medicine
"Noah" provides access to high quality full-text consumer health information in English and
Spanish that is accurate, timely, relevant and unbiased.
 Spinal Injuries Association (UK)
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DISCUSSION GROUPS
 Links to a
variety of discussion forums about issues of particular concern to
people with spinal cord injuries. Things like care, cure, computers, equipment,
food, life, pain, relationships & sexuality.
TRAVEL & ACCOMODATION
 Options within New Zealand and Australia.
 Options within New Zealand.
 Options within New Zealand, Australia and
beyond
Travel to Melbourne Useful link for Melbourne travellers
RECREATION
Kiwiable
A programme run by Christchurch City Council to promote sport, recreation, and
leisure opportunities for people with disabilities.
 is a modern, dynamic
organisation that provides facilities and services for the physically disabled people
of Canterbury. Based around sport and recreation, Parafed Canterbury offers the
very best for it's members and is often seen as New Zealand's leading disability
organisation concerning sport and recreation.
Based in the Burwood Hospital grounds Parafed Canterbury offers a variety of
programmes and services, ranging from a specialised gymnasium to accident
prevention programmes in Canterbury schools.
 Disabled SnowSports New Zealand
Most people with disabilities can learn to ski or snowboard and DSNZ has a range of
adaptive equipment
which enables people with a variety of disabilities to ski and snowboard. Most local branches have organised ski and snowboard trips during the season. Alternatively instruction and use of equipment can be accessed
directly through local ski areas. Larger ski areas in New Zealand have adaptive equipment and qualified adaptive instructors to help individuals get onto the snow.
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SEXUALITY
Provides information on sex and sexual health issues for a range of disabilities.
E - ZINES
All three look at issues relating to disabilities, providing articles, information,
humour, news and views from a wide variety of the disabled community.
SERVICES for PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Paraquad (Paraplegic and Quadriplegic Association, Australia), provides
a wide range of services for disabled consumers. They are specialists
in the area of disability and have extensive experience in spinal cord
injury, polio as well as other physical disabilities.
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HEALTH INFORMATION
 Everybody is a New Zealand health information site that aims to
provide useful and accurate consumer health information for New Zealanders.
 is the creation of women in wheelchairs who were having
difficulty finding answers to their health, fashion, and other questions. Their mission is to bring together current and accurate information on issues of interest
to women. The site includes a dedicated link to an interactive forum specifically for disabled women which allows participants to ask questions and share information with nurses, knowledgeable people in fields of special interest, and other disabled women.
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