This document provides listings of general and special associations involved in national, regional, state, and local sports and athletic programs for impaired, disabled, and handicapped participants. An indexed bibliography of articles, books, and other publications dealing with theory and practice of sports and athletic programs for special…

A creative drama program for eight secondary school aged severely physically handicapped students is described. The 20-session program is explained to have focused on effective communication through such drama activities as sensory exploration tasks, poetry, pantomime and improvisation. Space and time limitations of the program are cited. (CL)

Describes the problems of selection in the Division of the Blind and Physically Handicapped and its attempts to find solutions. (Author)

Paraplegics, hospitalized tuberculosis patients, and nonhospitalized normal people were compared to ascertain the relationship between body image and self-concept. There were no significant differences between paraplegics and nonhospitalized normal people. Between the hospitalized tuberculosis patients and the other two groups, however, the…

A P/A research award was given to a HUD-sponsored study that forms the basis for a revised national standard for barrier-free design. (Author/MLF)

Guidelines for park development for the physically disabled and mentally handicapped are presented, along with suggestions for obtaining further information. (MJB)

Discussed is the development of an educational card game which provided increased spelling, writing, arithmetic and psychomotor opportunities for a 12-year-old boy with cerebral palsy. (CL)

A health education unit that provides students with the ability to recognize some of the facts and myths associated with physical and mental handicaps is described. (RC)

Highlights important legislation and architectural standards that have reflected and fostered changes in the public's attitude toward accessibility for the mobility impaired. Describes a project by students at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University to assess accessibility of public or commercial buildings in Blacksburg, Virginia. (JOW)

An overview of osteoporosis, its types, causes, diagnosis, and treatment is presented. Risk factors and bone mass measurement are also discussed. This article serves as an introduction to a symposium on osteoporosis containing five other articles in this issue. (MT)

This study examined perceptions of school nurses about their roles as teachers of sex education for children with physical disabilities. Responses to a stimulus story about a female adolescent sent to the school nurse for assistance and instruction on menarche were compared based on variations in the story. (Author/MT)

Basic physical management strategies are described for teachers of orthopedically handicapped students. The importance of positioning is emphasized and basic considerations in transferring students from their wheelchairs are discussed. (CL)

In a study involving 25 physically handicapped and 44 nonhandicapped preschoolers, two aspects --persistence and curiosity-- of mastery motivation were assessed with structured tasks. Free play was also observed to assess motivation in an unstructured setting, and mothers' perceptions of motivation levels were assessed. Results indicated that a…

Investigates possible differences in measured self-concept between preadolescent physically disabled children attending either a special school for the physically disabled or a regular school. Comparisons were also made with a group of nondisabled controls, and self-concept of participants' siblings was also studied. (RH)

Four physicaly handicapped children with mental ages between three and three-and-a-half years progressed through a sound training program teaching word generation with and without an auditory model. Treatment procedures progressed from production of single phonemes to multisound levels. Results suggested that some prereading nonvocal physically…