This guide is intended to assist people with physical disabilities who are wheelchair users and their families in the construction of a barrier-free home. Introductory information notes the importance of specific planning for individual needs and full participation by the homeowner as well as the architect and contractor. Briefly addressed are:…

Two brief fact sheets for people with disabilities provide information on: (1) modifying a trailer to make it accessible for persons with mobility impairments, especially those in wheelchairs, and (2) accessibility considerations for home buyers or home owners with mobility impairments. The first fact sheet identifies inherent problems in…

The proceedings from a 1983 conference on sports and recreation for students with physical disabilities are presented. The major part of the proceedings consists of state of the art analyses on five topics (sample subtopics in parentheses): (1) ability assessment (fitness norms, energy cost of walking, wheelchair kinesiology, psychology of…

A research study was conducted to investigate a control and display system for use with communication aids by physically disabled persons. A modification of a row/column scanning system was investigated to increase speed and accuracy of access to the communication system by six children with athetoid cerebral palsy. Four systems were compared:…

The Auto-Com, a communication device developed by a multidisciplinary team of educators, therapists and engineering students, has made it possible for a 16-year-old severely handicapped boy with cerebral palsy to communicate quickly and efficiently through printed symbols. (Author/CL)

Followed up was the employment status of 229 physically disabled persons served by a community workshop program. (DB)

The purpose of this study was to provide descriptive and comparative data on the views of vocational rehabilitation counselors toward the Judeo-Christian Work Ethic. While counselors endorsed the work ethic both for themselves and for disabled persons, they viewed it somewhat differently for themselves than for disabled persons. (Author/EK)

The focus of the homemaking program at the Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine is twofold--to retrain disabled homemakers in basic skills and to replan the patients' homes to fit their new physical needs. (Author/BP)

The mother of Michelle, a 7-year-old physically handicapped girl, recounts her daughter's problems and ultimate success in adjusting to a new school. (LH)

The brochure offers guidelines on the everyday care and handling of infants with low muscle tone, in order that positioning, carrying, and other daily activities can be done in ways that will enhance the development of the child and prevent abnormal postures and patterns of movement. Proper positioning in the prone, supine, side lying, and sitting…

The document presents uniform standards for facility accessibility by physically handicapped persons for Federal and federally funded facilities. The standards are to be applied during the design, construction, and alteration of buildings and facilities to the extent required by the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968, as amended. Technical…

Three studies were conducted to examine variables that facilitate or hamper interaction between disabled and able-bodied college students. In study 1, 100 able-bodied Ss completed two adjective checklists identifying socially desirable and undesirable characteristics; a second group of 94 abled-bodied Ss were tested using another set of traits.…