Studies morbidity and disability rates of nonmarried, married, and formerly married people using age-adjusted data from federal health surveys in 1960 and 1970. In the noninstitutional population, divorced and separated people have the worst health status. Widowed people rank second, followed by single people; married people appear healthiest.…

The school nurse plays a significant role in the education of the handicapped as a result of Public Law 94-142. (MM)

Presents suggestions for severity of disability criteria and closure criteria for severely disabled clients being served by an independent living rehabilitation center. Suggestions are founded on experience from a three-year-old project. Measurements of physical, psychosocial, and environmental factors for inclusion in the two sets of criteria are…

The article presents a personal profile of the many adjustment problems facing a physically handicapped seventh-grader who had spent the previous six years in a special school and was now being mainstreamed into a regular junior high, and how it affected his family. (DLS)

Current "right to life" literature is reviewed, and controversial issues are highlighted with regard to physically deformed infants. (Author)

Twenty 7-10 year old children with spina bifida cystica and hydrocephalus and 20 normals matched for age, sex and IQ were compared on a 12-trial target task, first used by Connolly, Brown & Bassett (1968). Findings are discussed in relation to neurological abnormalities in the spina bifida group. (Editor/RK)

For availability see EC 091 173. Described are communication aids and equipment for the physically or severely handicapped individual with non-verbal problems, including devices in the following categories: communication boards, electronic boards, a slide system, and typewriters. (IM)

Aspects of sexuality for persons with paraplegia, quadraplegia, or spina bifida are discussed, with emphasis on the achievement of sexual satisfaction for these persons and their partners. (IM)

Reported are several cases of athetoid cerebral palsied children successfully learning to use the left foot to operate an electronically controlled typewriter. (IM)

Gives examples of how various Department of Labor programs provide aid to the employable handicapped. (LAS)

Discusses the challenge of employers to provide reasonable accomodation and of educators to increase vocational education opportunities for employment among disabled persons. (LAS)

Explores reasons so few handicapped men and women have been helped through the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA). Discusses methods of combating the problem and describes experiments being conducted to improve future employment services to the handicapped. (LAS)

A study of seven trainees of a college-based computer training program for persons with physical disabilities investigated changes in self-concept when the trainees became tutors to others with physical disabilities. Results found that total self-concept of some tutors increased; however, some tutors' self-concept dropped after the training. (CR)

Several interrelated issues pertaining to the measurement of spinal curvature are discussed, including the inherent limitations of the kyphotic index, the most widely used indicator in the evaluation of kyphosis. The paper suggests use of the Flexicurve to quantify spinal posture, suggests modifications to the Flexicurve, and presents results on…

A study of 7 pupils aged 7-15 with physical disabilities found that school assistants could both facilitate and hinder student participation. Results suggest the need for awareness of priorities students place on social participation to ensure that effective and flexible support is available to students with disabilities. (Contains 42 references.)…