Substance use histories were obtained from 103 persons (16 to 63 years of age) with recent spinal cord injuries (SCI). Lifetime exposure to and current use of substances with abuse potential were substantially greater in this sample compared to a like-age national sample. Exposure to and recent use of substances with abuse potential was…

A report is given of an analysis of costs and benefits of scoliosis screening tests given to children in the 9th and 10th grades. For comparison, an analysis is included on the effectiveness of tests in grades 5 through 8. Information was collected on the number of children in the State of Washington who underwent either brace treatment or…

A classroom business venture (CBV), one component of the Human Resources School's career development program for physically disabled fifth, sixth, and seventh graders, is described. A CBV is defined as a simulated business situation where students, with teacher guidance, plan and organize the operation toward the eventual goal of distribution of…

Describes how Columbia University in New York City was prepared to cope with the handicapped student in a wheelchair. Discusses building accessibility, entrances, ramps, stairs, doors, walks, intersections, parking, bus service, rest rooms, and elevators. (Author/EA)

Illinois law that pertains to public building accessibility for the physically handicapped is being enforced in Illinois through the initiation and development of 22 Project Break-Thru groups at the local level. (EA)

Reported are results of a survey of 27 day centers of The Spastics Society in England and Wales. (GW)

This document describes and evaluates the Evaluation and Placement Program initially funded in 1971 under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. In the 1973-74 year a unit operated in each of the five N.Y. city boroughs. The present study surveyed the centers to determine the number of children processed, the speed of the…

Measured attitudes of disabled individuals toward the staff who gave them rehabilitation services. Attitudes of two groups at a rehabilitation hospital were evaluated: (a) clients from a vocational rehabilitation workshop and (b) clients from a community college satellite program. Found clients in the community college program perceived staff as…

Reported is the unique surgical and rehabilitative treatment recently provided to a totally blind, bilateral hand amputee (20-years-old) at the Hines (Illinois) Veterans Administration Hospital. (LH)

Although there is a shortage of jobs for the severely impaired, there is a manpower shortage in the field of micrographics. The Texas Institute for Rehabilitation and Research Micrographics Training Program attempts to solve both of these problems by training and placing in competitive employment individuals with severe physical disabilities.…

Project Volunteer Power was a Manpower Administration pilot program in three cities (Birmingham, Minneapolis, and Malden, Massachusetts) using volunteer women's organizations on a planned basis to develop employment opportunities for the physically handicapped, the mentally retarded, and the mentally restored. (Author/BP)

Attempted to determine whether an apparently physically disabled counselor, compared with an able-bodied counselor, would be perceived as exhibiting higher levels of four therapeutic ingredients. Results suggested the disabled counselor was rated significantly higher on all therapeutic variables compared with the same counselor when viewed as…