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Nicholson, L.; Cooper, S.-A. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2013
Background: Research suggests that social exclusion is a problem both for people with intellectual disabilities (ID) and for people living in rural areas. This may give rise to a double disadvantage for people with ID living in rural areas. Conversely, aspects of rural life such as community spirit and social support may protect against social…
Descriptors: Social Isolation, Mental Retardation, Rural Areas, Disadvantaged
Campbell, Rex R.; And Others – 1980
Five types of counties (College-Professional, Urban, Recreational-Retirement, Extractive, and Most Rural) were identified among 83 counties in the Ozark-Ouchita Uplands in order to determine educational and health impacts resulting from the "population turnaround" of the late 1960's and early 1970's. Variables were computed from…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Change, Community Health Services, Community Resources