Planning Buildings for Handicapped Children, by Ivan Nellist, A.R.I.B.A. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C Thomas, 1970, 120 pp., $12.75

The author is a British architect who clearly feels for handicapped children and has given deep thought to his subject. The book deals primarily with mentally handicapped children with a brief chapter on the additional problems of those who also have physical handicaps. In general he describes what is necessary for older children including those in wheelchairs, with little very specific reference to those who, because they are younger or more severely handicapped, are not at all mobile. The parts on play areas, observation and recording facilities will be particularly valuable.