The COVID-19 pandemic unexpectedly changed almost all aspects of people's everyday lives. This included new challenges in the education of Native American students with disabilities who live in rural and remote areas of the United States. Native American students with disabilities living on reservations are served by local schools, tribally…

It has been assumed that, due to limited Internet access, electronic media is an ineffective means for information dissemination to Native Americans with disabilities. In this investigation, we surveyed a sample of 467 households of Native Americans with disabilities living on Great Plains reservations regarding access to electronic resources. Of…

A survey of incidence of secondary disabilities, completed by 75 disabled Native American adults on 3 Montana reservations, indicated fair to poor ratings for overall health and independence, high incidence/severity for problems of mobility and access, and problems with behavioral components, such as pain, fatigue, and depression. (SV)

The Southern Ute and Ute Mountain tribes have developed a joint vocational rehabilitation program that incorporates cultural values and traditions and uses traditional healers and elders as job coaches. Eleven reasons explain why the new program is succeeding where the previous state program did not. (SV)

Examines features of independent living philosophy with regard to compatibility with Native American cultures, including definition or conceptualization of disability; self-advocacy; systems advocacy; peer counseling; and consumer control and involvement. Discusses an actualizing process as one method of resolving cultural conflicts and…

Examination of 69 case files from the Navajo Vocational Rehabilitation Project revealed that successful outcomes were strongly associated with clients having access to a telephone, living closer to the project office, desiring to be employed, having normal psychological status, and using English as the primary language. (SV)