Nothing About Us Without Us

This book is intended to help disabled persons in problem-solving and is described as an "idea book" rather than a publication that offers instructions concerning disabilities. It seeks to present a collaborative process of discovery by depicting partnerships between disabled persons and service providers or technicians. One of the book's goals is to demonstrate how effective such partnerships can be compared to assistive equipment which is prescribed or designed.

The book is divided into an Introduction and 6 Parts. Many of the rehabilitation workers and technicians responsible for the content of this book are themselves disabled. It is made up of stories from a community based rehabilitation programme run by disabled villagers in Mexico entitled "Program of Rehabilitation Organized by Disabled Youth of Western Mexico" (PROJIMO). After the main Introduction, there are brief descriptions of some of the members of the PROJIMO team who are in the stories.