College students with physical disabilities were among the first students to receive disability supports in higher education in the United States, and the earliest journal articles in disability services focused almost exclusively on this cohort. As more students with a range of disability types have accessed higher education over the past 25…

A college in Britain, for 100 physically handicapped students has been operating for 2 years. (DB)

The article describes the integration of physically handicapped children into an English primary school. The school was chosen because of its location and physical attributes. The attitudes of staff members and nonhandicapped students toward the handicapped children have made the integration program a success. (PHR)

A followup survey of parents and teachers of 155 children born with spina bifida, who were mildly handicapped and attended ordinary schools in London, indicated that there were no major problems with the children's placements. (IM)

Conductive education is a system for educating motorically handicapped children (and adults) developed in Hungary during and since World War II by the late Andras Peto. How conductive education is being implemented in British schools in the Midlands and possible further developments are discussed. (RM)

The use of a teaching machine in working with physically handicapped retarded children is discussed. (CD)

The article discusses the use of an Electraid typewriter which enables the writer to type by remote control using whatever muscles most readily controlled. (PHR)

This overview of new products from library equipment manufacturers includes shelving and storage systems for print and non-print materials, reading aids for the visually impaired and physically handicapped, library materials repair and maintenance products, audiovisual equipment, microfilm readers, and microfilm duplicators. (JAB)

Reviewed is the 21-year history of the Spastics Society in Great Britain which provides education and care for severely handicapped cerebral palsied children through 60 of 140 local units. (DB)

Three short articles outline what can be, and is being done in one area to help disabled students to develop their full potential. (Editor/TA)

Argues that the disabled are kept out of the mainstream of education by the lack of representation on decision-making bodies. Describes an exemplary mainstreaming project at a school in Guildford, Surrey. (DM)

Reported are results of a survey of 27 day centers of The Spastics Society in England and Wales. (GW)

Symposium papers describe programs which use volunteers to provide rehabilitation technology services. George Winston describes Australia's Technical Aid to the Disabled (TAD), focusing on volunteer recruitment and selection, legal liability, volunteer insurance, advantages and limitations of the volunteer approach, and the TAD organization,…

The improved surgical management of children with spina bifida is among the reasons for a decreased number of severely physically and/or mentally affected children. Such improvements have resulted in more spina bifida children attending British ordinary schools and fewer attending special schools. (Author/DB)

Discusses the questions of who should make the decisions as to whether children born with severe disabilities should live or die and what criteria should be used to make such decisions. Describes the ethical positions of various medical and advocate groups in the U.S. and Great Britain and the factors to be considered in making these decisions.…