Children who have severe speech and physical impairments often have difficulty acquiring literacy skills. One critical area of literacy instruction involves promoting word identification though the development of decoding strategies that can be implemented by students independently. This study investigated teaching four students who have cerebral…

Despite the fairly extensive literature on the developmental benefits of youth's participation in organised, out-of-school activities, little is known about the participation of school-aged children with physical disabilities in formal recreation and leisure activities, both in comparison with their participation in informal activities and with…

Five myths regarding physical disability are examined. First, the myth that people with physical disabilities tend to be more maladjusted than the ordinary person is analyzed, and it is concluded that the common association between maladjustment and physical disability is grossly oversimplified. Second, the myth portraying people with disabilities…

SEVENTY-SEVEN CHILDREN, AGED 4 YEARS TO 12 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AND EXEMPLIFYING ALL LEVELS OF UPPER EXTREMITY AMPUTATION (PROSTHETIC TYPE) FROM WRIST-DISARTICULATION TO SHOULDER-DISARTICULATION, WORE THE APRL-SIERRA CHILD SIZE MODEL NUMBER 1 HAND FOR APPROXIMATELY 4 MONTHS. CHILD AND PARENTS MADE FOUR CLINIC VISITS FOR INITIAL SCREENING, FITTING, 2…

This bibliography was compiled to enable physical educators to gain greater insight into the mainstreaming process. Each citation specifically pertains to mainstreaming and has been verified by thorough examination. (MT)

This directory included information on various library agencies including (1) Network Libraries and Machine-Lending Agencies, (2) Affiliated Library Consortium, and (3) Other Library Resources at the National Level. (Author)

A global study of 127 hospitalized physically disabled patients of George Morris Piersol Rehabilitation Center, University of Pennsylvania and the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service of the Veterans Administration Hospital, Philadelphia, concludes that length of hospital stay bore no consistent relationship to patients' overall degree of…

A race was sponsored to raise money for a local mobility clinic and increase awareness of osteogenesis imperfects, a bone disease. The race idea required planning for publicity, organization, and finally, efforts to carry out the idea on the day of the race. (CL)

The authors identifying the major parts of a wheelchair and offer suggestions for maintenance. (SW)

The authors explain orthotic and prosthetic devices, and present a 10-step procedure to assist parents in helping their child adjust to an orthosis or prosthesis. (SB)

The author provides a profile of a successful elementary teacher who has multiple sclerosis. (IRT)

Current research suggests that constant delay is an effective means of teaching students through near-errorless learning. The current study examined how procedures used in previous research may be modified so that constant delay can be implemented with students who have physical disabilities that prevent them from engaging in fluent academic…

When a child first receives a diagnosis and a treatment plan that includes recommendations for bracing, the prospect of intensive orthotic intervention can be daunting for the parent. Braces traditionally represent a prominent visual cue that the child has trouble walking. The classic brace seems awkward and hard to get into and out of. It is…

The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of a self-talk intervention program on performance of wheelchair basketball drills. Twenty-two (N = 22) wheelchair basketball athletes from two different clubs of the same league participated in the study. The duration of the intervention was 12 weeks and its aim was the improvement of two…

This study examined the factorial structure of the "World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire--Brief Version" in a community sample of Canadians with spinal cord injuries. A confirmatory factor analysis provides evidence that the instrument is a multidimensional measure of quality of life. Additionally, the questionnaire is…