Workshop on Disability in America
Subtitle: A New Look - Summary and Background Papers
Contributors: Marilyn J. Field (Editor); Alan M. Jette (Editor); Linda Martin (Editor)
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: February 28, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780309100908
Subjects: Disability: social aspects; Social Science; Politics / Current Events; Sociology; USA; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; Social Work; Age factors; Congresses; Disabilities; Health and hygiene; People with disabilities; United States
Description: Of workshop presentations and discussions -- Models and concepts of disability -- Trends in disability -- Disability across the age spectrum -- Secondary health conditions : part I -- Secondary health conditions : part II -- References -- App. A. Workshop agenda and participants -- App. B. Conceptual models of disability : past, present, and future -- App. C. Defining and classifying disability in children -- App. D. How does the environment influence disability? : examining the evidence -- App. E. Late-life disability trends : an overview of current evidence -- App. F. Chronic disease and trends in severe disability in working-age populations -- App. G. Trends in disability in early life -- App. H. Aspect of disability across the life span : risk factors for disability in late life -- App. I. Health care transition of adolescents and young adults with disabilities and special health care needs : new perspectives -- App. J. Secondary conditions and disability -- App. K. A user's perspective on midlife (ages 18 to 65) aging with disability -- App. L. Impact of exercise on targeted secondary conditions -- App. M. Secondary conditions with spinal cord injury -- App. N. Depression as a secondary condition in people with disabilities -- App. O. Promoting health and preventing secondary conditions among adults with developmental disabilities -- App. P. Biographical sketches of workshop committee and workshop presenters.