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Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA): Books and OTA Book Review List

This guide provides links to some of our key occupational therapy resources as well as a selection of occupational therapy news. Please explore the tabs at the top of this guide and don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

OTA 170 Book Review Booklist

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Such a Pretty Girl : A Story of Struggle, Empowerment, and Disability Pride

Nadina LaSpina

Ebook with unlimited concurrent users

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Raising Henry: A Memoir of Motherhood, Disability, and Discovery

Rachel Adams

Ebook with unlimited concurrent users

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Learning to Live with Huntington's Disease: One Family's Story

Danny Dourado, Phil Dourado, Wendy Dant, Bromley Sulaiman, Chantel Sulaiman, and Sandy Sulaiman

Ebook with unlimited concurrent users

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With One Hand Tied behind My Brain : A Memoir of Life after Stroke

Avrel Seale

Ebook with unlimited concurrent users.

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Unfitting Stories : Narrative Approaches to Disease, Disability, and Trauma

Valerie Raoul

Connie Canam

Angela D. Henderson

Carla Paterson

Ebook with unlimited concurrent users

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Husbands Should Not Break : A Memoir about the Pursuit of Happiness after Spinal Cord Injury

Shane Clifton and Elly Clifton

Ebook with unlimited concurrent users

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My Degeneration : A Journey Through Parkinson’s

Peter Dunlap-Shohl

Ebook with unlimited concurrent users. 

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Hello Darkness : My Doctor said, “Son You will be Blind Tomorrow.”

Sanford D. Greenberg

S (Sensory Space) HV 1792 .G68 H4556 2022

North Campus

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Strangers Assume My Girlfriend is My Nurse

Shane Burcaw

S (sensory space) RC 935 .A8 B874 2019

North Campus

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You Can't Fall Off the Floor: Walking Out of Paralysis

by: Ralph W. Smith

Call Number :F 264 .W82 F56 2009

Reserves - North Campus

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The diving bell and the butterfly: a memoir of life in death

by: Jean-Dominque Bauby

Call Number: RC 388.5 .B39513 1996

General Collection - North Campus

"Don't Worry He..." Book Cover

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

by: John Callahan

Call Number: RC 406 .Q33 C35 2018

General Collection - North Campus

"Where is the Mango Princess" Book Cover

Where is the Mango Princess?

by: Cathy Crimmins

Call Number: RC 387.5 .F67 C75 2001

North Campus

"The Spirit Catches You and..." Book Cover

The Spirit Catches You And You Fall Down

by: Anne Fadiman

Call Number: RA 418.5 .T73 F33 2012

General Collection - North Campus

Call Number: RA 418.5 .T73 F33 1998

General Collection - NCRC Campus

 

Featured Physical OTA Books

Clinical and Professional Reasoning in Occupational Therapy

RM 735 .C595 2025

North Campus

Occupational therapy manual for the evaluation of range of motion and muscle strength book cover

RC 925.7 .L38 2025

North Campus

Pedretti's occupational therapy: practice skills for physical dysfunction book cover

RM 735 .P34 2025

North Campus

Developing clinical competence : a workbook for the OTA Book Cover

RM 735.42 .M677 2022

North Campus

Psychopathology and function 6th edition

RC 454 .B5765 2022

North Campus

Developing clinical competence : a workbook for the OTA Second Edition

RM 735.42 .M677 2022

North Campus

 Complementary health approaches for occupational therapists Book cover

RM 735.3 .F46 2021

North Campus

Occupational therapy in mental health : a vision for participation Second Edition

RC 487 .O252 2019

North Campus

Kinesiology for Occupational Therapy: Third Edition

QP 303 .R93 2019

North Campus

Cover image of "Mindful crafts as therapy: engaging more than hands"

RM 735.3 .E84 2017

North Campus

Print Bibliography_May 2025

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