Enabling America

Author : Committee on Assessing Rehabilitation Science and Engineering,Edward N., Jr. Brandt

Paperback

Published : Wednesday 24 December 1997

ISBN : 9780309162500

Price : €65.52

Description

The most recent high-profile advocate for Americans with disabilities, actor Christopher Reeve, has highlighted for the public the economic and social costs of disability and the importance of rehabilitation. Enabling America is a major analysis of the field of rehabilitation science and engineering. The book explains how to achieve recognition for this evolving field of study, how to set priorities, and how to improve the organization and administration of the numerous federal research programs in this area. The committee introduces the "enabling-disability process" model, which enhances the concepts of disability and rehabilitation, and reviews what is known and what research priorities are emerging in the areas of:Pathology and impairment, including differences between children and adults. Functional limitations?in a person's ability to eat or walk, for example. Disability as the interaction between a person's pathologies, impairments, and functional limitations and the surrounding physical and social environments. This landmark volume will be of special interest to anyone involved in rehabilitation science and engineering: federal policymakers, rehabilitation practitioners and administrators, researchers, and advocates for persons with disabilities. Table of ContentsFRONT MATTEREXECUTIVE SUMMARY1 INTRODUCTION2 MAGNITUDE AND COST OF DISABILITY IN AMERICA3 MODELS OF DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION4 PATHOLOGY AND IMPAIRMENT RESEARCH5 FUNCTIONAL LIMITATIONS RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION SCIENCE ANDENGINEERING6 DISABILITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT7 RESEARCH ON THE ORGANIZATION, FINANCING, AND DELIVERY OF HEALTHSERVICES8 TRANSLATING RESEARCH INTO PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS9 EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN REHABILITATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING10 ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF FEDERAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS11 OVERARCHING RECOMMENDATIONS AND PRIORITIESREFERENCESA Data Collection and AnalysisB Summary of Information Sources on Disability and RehabilitationResearchC TaxonomyD Committee and Staff BiographiesINDEX

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