Changes to existing structures and specific design features for new structures are discussed as a means of making buildings usable by the physically handicapped. The author stresses the need for consideration of approaches, entrances and exits, and equipment and facilities which will allow the disabled to enter, leave and work within all types of…

A study by American Telephone and Telegraph investigated the use of standard Bell equipment in meeting the needs of the disabled for telephone service. Results revealed that all disabled persons who are able to communicate orally can initiate and terminate a call and carry on a conversation when the correct types of equipment are found, especially…

Described is an adaptive comprehensive physical education (PE) program (funded by Title III in 1968) for 48 severly physically handicapped senior high school students in Rochester, New York. Program aims are given to be providing a diversified program of developmental activities in a friendly environment to increase the physical, social, and…

This paper reports on a longitudinal Model Cities Project at Baltimore, the objective of which was to determine the effectiveness of the process of rehabilitation of handicapped persons residing in the Model Cities area when vocational rehabilitation (VR) counselors assisted by rehabilitation aides were located within such area. The research…

The study examined the extent to which family membership disability affects the magnitude of internal family interaction. Metropolitan (M), and nonmetropolitan (NM), and family structural type were controlled. Data were obtained from black families living in a Southeast Texas county (M), the county seat, and two small open-country villages in an…

Through an analytic technique this monograph studies the economic impact of the ratio of benefits to costs of the vocational rehabilitation process. The primary purpose of the research was to compare the relative value of the rehabilitation for the culturally disadvantaged to that of the medically disabled by benefit-cost analysis. The results of…

The report presents a profile of poverty groups, based on characteristics of household heads, which could be useful in formulating and evaluating assistance programs for the poor. Rural households in the Coastal Plain of northeastern South Carolina were grouped into 5 mutually exclusive categories determined by the age, disability, and sex of the…

Written by a cerebral palsied man with severe speech and physical handicaps, the fictional account reveals the poverty, attitudes, cultural mores, and problems of a large working class family in Dublin. The narrator of the autobiographically-based novel is cerebral palsied although the handicap is only treated incidentally throughout the book. The…

Four papers give attention to the physically handicapped child. The development of young cerebral palsied children according to Piaget's sensorimotor theory is discussed by F. Annette Tessier. The nature of crippled and other health impaired populations and provisions for their education are summarized by Joan R. Ward, based upon information…

A special project which provided technical consultation and training for counselors specializing in rehabilitation of the severely disabled is described. A systems approach, utilizing mechanical assistive devices and other mechanical aids and adaptive techniques, enabled many of these clients to become more self-reliant and independent. Included…

Suggestions are made for administrators responsible for the establishment and supervision of programs and services for children who are homebound or hospitalized and for teachers of such children. The section for the administrator considers program objectives, program merits, responsibilities and supervision, pupil eligibility, referrals,…

The volume contains experimental instructional materials designed for teacher and handicapped student use with two man-machine communications systems, Cybertype and Cyber-Go-Round, developed as educational aids for the severely handicapped. Cybertype is a writing machine with various possible configurations of portable keyboards with a reduced…

Residents of the United States, its territories and possessions, and American citizens temporarily living abroad who are unable to read or use ordinary print because of physical limitations are eligible for free library service provided by the Library of Congress and a system of cooperating regional libraries. The Library of Congress Division for…

Reported is a survey of types of handicaps served by special programs for physically handicapped, homebound, and hospitalized children in Florida. The information represents 215 full time and hourly teachers. Types of handicaps served are listed, ranked, and number of cases given. Cerebral palsy is reported to be the most common type of handicap…

A survey of all hospitals accredited by the American Hospital Association was made to ascertain how the physically handicapped performed at jobs in medical laboratories. Detailed questionnaires were sent to laboratory directors, and the results were processed by computer to determine whether correlations exist between the number of disabled…