Books, booklets & multimedia

What is a disability? A guide for children

	Price: £3.50 22 pages A5 Full colour illustrations	BAAF, September 2004 ISBN 978-1-903699-57-7

What does disabled mean? It means that someone is not able to do everything as well as other people can. But no one can do everything - everyone is disabled in some way.

This guide for children explains what disabilities are, and what it can mean for children who might have them. It tells the stories of some children who are disabled and explains what they can and can't do. Many children who can't do one thing, because they may have a disability, are very good at doing something else and simple questions will encourage the reader to think about what having a disability may mean.

Simply written and colourfully illustrated, this guide makes the point that whatever a child can or can't do, and however a child looks or acts, each child is special. Children with disabilities are just more special in a different way.

The examples of famous people who have achieved despite their disability will offer encouragement and inspiration and the booklet also contains a list of common disabilities with simple definitions.

The guide follows the same clear, colourful format as our other booklets for children and young people (Adoption: what it is and what it means, Fostering: what it is and what it means, What happens in court and What is contact?).