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Table of Contents

Preface

Introductory Comments

General Questions About FOP

Genetics of FOP

How FOP Affects the Body

Care and Treatment

Activities

Feelings About FOP

Helpful Addresses

Family Resources

Ideas for Independence

Medical Articles

Acknowledgments and Contributions

Ideas for Independence

As FOP progressively restricts the ability to walk, a person who has FOP may find roller-walkers, canes, crutches, or wheelchairs to be helpful. Many people with FOP find that it is easier to get around in an electric wheelchair or a motorized scooter. Please visit the IFOPA's newly designed database called "Overcoming Obstacles" which provides a variety of ideas to aid mobility and includes addresses where you can obtain more information about special mobility devices for people who have FOP.