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Anthropologists contend that throughout man's history mental illness has been part of all cultures, and, universally, peoples had taxonomies that classified such maladies. Primitive peoples were better able to treat culturally-defined mental illnesses and could, consequently, accommodate behaviors which in Western cultures would require…

Describes a special curriculum devised to teach cooking to a physically disabled high school student, a program which also served as physical therapy. Key ingredients included individualization, kitchen accessibility, and peer tutoring. (SK)

Some students exhibit behavioral disorders because of physical problems and not instructional problems. Because physical problems among school-age children often go undetected, teachers working in programs for the behaviorally disordered must be prepared to identify and handle any physical problems which interfere with the instruction of their…

Effects of relocation on 50 severely/profoundly mentally retarded and physically disabled children transferred from two facilities into a third one were examined. Relocation resulted in short term decrements in positive behavior and in deterioration in health for all Ss. High staff disruption produced a short term increase in abnormal behavior.…

Beaumont College in Lancaster, England offers 2 year courses with emphasis on social learning and personal development (including career and leisure skills) for students 16 to 19 years old with physical disabilities and specific learning difficulties. (CL)

Investigated respondents' (N=162) feelings about and willingness to volunteer to help a dying cancer patient versus a patient with cancer in remission or one portrayed as having a broken leg. Respondents exhibited less positive affect toward the cancer patient than toward patients in the other conditions. (Author)