of Wisconsin in Madison, focuses here on how religious congregations can break physical and attitudinal barriers to inclusion of worshipers with disabilities.

In language suitable to any faith, he emphasizes ways to create welcoming congregations and to support families of people with disabilities.

His advice is practical, with examples of successful efforts and detailed questionnaires to uncover barriers.

While the book also explor es religious education of people with cognitive disabilities, a great deal here applies to improving opportunities for those with physical disabilities to become part of faith communities.

Dignity for Life:

Five Things You Should Know Before Considering Long Term Care Insurance by LTC Financial Partners, 34 pages, 2007, $8.95. LTC Financial Partners, (866) 471-4072, www.ltcfp.com.

“Long term care” translates here as “helping people who develop disabilities or

chronic care needs.” It isn’t limited to the elderly.

Though the introduction says, “This is not an offer to sell long term care [ltc] insurance,” the book most assuredly promotes that product for most people. More significantly, it repeatedly advises readers to seek the advice of ltc specialists — the group of businesspeople-for-hire who comprise LTC Financial Partners.

Dignity does offer sound advice

of the look-before-
you-leap variety. The
editorial direction of the
book steers carefully to
a predetermined course,
however.
It’s suggested that
people buy ltc coverage
“to avoid the indignities
of Medicaid.” Women
are painted as a particu-
larly vulnerable population
because they typically live
longer than their spouses
and “can find themselves
struggling to survive with
depleted assets.”

Factual, yes, but readers will do well to read between the lines in gleaning helpful information.

A Wheelchair
Rider’s Guide:
San Francisco
Bay and the
Nearby Coast by

Bonnie Lewkowicz,

208 pages, 2006,

Coastal Conservancy

Publications, free download from www. coastalconservancy. ca.gov. Free from the San Francisco Convention and

Visitors Bureau, (415) 391-2000, www. sfcvb.org.

This revision by Access Northern California, a travel information and consultation service, was written by a wheelchair user. Not a city guide, this fourth edition describes more than 100 sites along the shoreline of the San Francisco Bay and nearby Pacific coast, from Point Reyes to Santa Cruz.

It covers accessible restrooms, parking, picnic tables, playgrounds and more, as well as the attractions to be enjoyed.

Mayo Clinic Healthy Traveler: Answers
on Staying Well When Away from Home,
32 pages, 2006, $5.95, Mayo Clinic, www.