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Download full textFitzgerald, Maureen, Ed.; Armstrong, Jocelyn, Ed. – IEEIR Interchange, 1993
This newsletter issue is devoted to summaries of 12 papers on culture and disability issues in the Pacific. The summaries presented span Oceania and are based on papers representing Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia. Papers have the following titles and authors: "Nstasinge: The Sickness of a Small Boy from the Finisterre Range in Papua New…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences
Lalonde, Florence – SSTA Research in Brief, 1994
This review of the literature on disabilities considers: (1) their effect on individuals, families, and society; (2) their causes; and (3) their prevention. Individual subsections address such aspects as defining disabilities; causes of disabilities at various stages of the life cycle; emotional, social, legal, and practical aspects of effects of…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Costs, Course Content
Woods, Diane E., Ed. – IEEIR Interchange, 1991
Two articles explore possibilities for collaboration between American and Asian researchers addressing disabilities in a worldwide context. The first article, by Mike Miles, is titled "Using Action-Oriented Disability Studies in Pakistan." It focuses on how information can be disseminated in informal, nontraditional (non-Western) ways.…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Check Lists, Child Development, Community Programs
Lalonde, Florence – SSTA Research in Brief, 1994
This curriculum focuses on providing students in grades 7 through 9 with information on the prevention of disabilities. Introductory material describes the curriculum's development; its overall goals; and its four elements (awareness, knowledge, application of knowledge, and life-style and behavior patterns). The introduction also provides…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Curriculum, Definitions, Disabilities
Langhans, Joseph J., Ed. – Florida Language, Speech and Hearing Association Journal, 1994
This annual volume is an annual compilation of articles that address evaluation, treatment, efficacy, and credentialing, and a synopsis of programs that provide speech, language, hearing, and swallowing services. Featured articles include: (1) "Verification of Credentials and Privileging Review" (Kathryn W. Enchelmayer); (2) "The…
Descriptors: Adults, Aphasia, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Audiology
