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Compact, 1971
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Mental Retardation, Multiple Disabilities, Physical Disabilities
Cunningham, Peter J.; Mueller, Curt D. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1991
Analysis of data for 3,266 individuals from the 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey found that residents of state institutions were more severely retarded and more often multiple disabled than were residents of other types of residential facilities. Relatively more persons with severe impairments resided in state facilities in states where…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation, Multiple Disabilities, Placement
Download full textRUMFORD, JOHN C. – 1964
THE NUMBER OF MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS REHABILITATED THROUGH STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AGENCIES INCREASED EACH YEAR FROM 1958 TO 1963. MENTALLY HANDICAPPED REHABILITANTS WERE YOUNGER THAN THOSE WITH OTHER DISABILITIES. THERE WERE MORE MALE THAN FEMALE, AND MORE WHITE THAN NEGRO MENTALLY HANDICAPPED REHABILITANTS, ALTHOUGH THE PROPORTION…
Descriptors: Employment Statistics, Mental Retardation, Multiple Disabilities, Rehabilitation
Peer reviewedCrews, J. E.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1987
Survey results from 48 state agencies for the blind provide statistical data on independent living programs for the elderly and multiply impaired blind. Conclusions are presented regarding the growth of the older blind population and the consequent policy issues, independent living service components, and need for additional resources. (JDD)
Descriptors: Blindness, Financial Support, Incidence, Multiple Disabilities
Lebeis, Roger F.; Lebeis, Sandra – Bureau Memorandum, 1976
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Hearing Impairments, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedJournal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1985
Five articles focus on school-to-work transition issues from the perspectives of administrators, consultants, and parents of visually handicapped and multiply impaired/blind students. Programs described include community-based training, state-sponsored vocational training, one-day training seminars, and a job readiness clinic. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Blindness, Community Programs, Education Work Relationship, Employment
Minnesota Governor's Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities, St. Paul. – 1989
A survey was conducted of 101 day training and habilitation services in Minnesota serving adults with developmental disabilities. The survey gathered information on age of clients, level of functioning, additional disabilities, place of residence, length of placement, vocational activities, integration, supervision, length of time at the same job…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Developmental Disabilities, Employment
Children's Bureau (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1966
STATISTICS OF 1964 AND EARLIER FROM 49 STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, GUAM, PUERTO RICO, AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS ARE COMPILED IN THIS REPORT OF DATA ON HANDICAPPED CHILDREN PROVIDED PHYSICIANS' SERVICES UNDER TITLE FIVE, PART TWO, OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT. PART ONE PRESENTS NATIONAL SUMMARY TABLES AND BREAKDOWNS BY STATE AND REGION. IN PART TWO…
Descriptors: Children, Community Programs, Exceptional Child Services, Federal Programs
New York State Temporary Commission to Study and Investigate the Problems of the Deaf, Albany. – 1971
The fourth annual report on problems of the deaf concentrates in the area of the mentally retarded deaf. Proposed legislation for 1971 is first presented for hearing aids, audiologists and speech pathologists, pre-nursery school education, and a permanent state commission for the deaf. A survey and proposal for the retarded deaf are described as…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Certification, Exceptional Child Services, Hearing Aids
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. Div. of Special Education. – 1969
Discussed in the handbook are the definitions and standards of eligibility for the special education program, the organization of the program (resource teachers, itinerant, multisystem, and multiply handicapped programs), and the problems if no special teacher is available. Information is given on special materials: registration of the legally…
Descriptors: Administration, Braille, Educational Programs, Exceptional Child Education
Moore, Jean, Ed.; Engleman, Vance, Ed. – 1974
Presented are proceedings from a conference aimed at clarifying issues regarding education for the severely multiply handicapped, outlining goals, and producing 1-year timelines for Idaho, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, and the nation-at-large. Reported are the goals and implementation strategies (such as designing and implementing statewide programs to…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Delivery Systems, Educational Needs, Educational Opportunities
Funderburg, Ruth Seth; Forney, Paula – 1988
The Georgia Parent Infant Network for Educational Services (PINES) is a home intervention program currently serving over 300 hearing impaired, visually impaired, and multihandicapped sensory impaired (MHSI) preschoolers. The infant-toddler evaluation component is described, with sections on screening and diagnosis, parent education concerning…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Evaluation Methods, Hearing Impairments, Home Programs
Demchak, MaryAnn; Elquist, Marty – 2002
Vision problems occur at higher rates in the deaf and hearing impaired population than in the general population. When an individual has a hearing impairment, vision becomes more significant in the instructional and learning process, as well as in social and communicative exchanges. Regular comprehensive visual screening of hearing impaired…
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Elementary Education, Hearing Impairments, Multiple Disabilities
Peer reviewedMartin, Meredith A. – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1991
The Training Resource Unit is a New South Wales (Australia) community services initiative that provides services such as direct client training, career training, and consultation to individuals with severe intellectual disability and severe challenging behaviors. The service is provided in the person's place of residence, workplace, or school…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Consultation Programs, Foreign Countries, Intervention
Minnesota Governor's Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities, St. Paul. – 1988
This paper reports the results of analyzing financial, program, and client data collected from Minnesota's Developmental Achievement Centers (DACs) for 1986. A total of 4,883 adults were receiving services, with the largest group being severely mentally retarded. Persons with additional disabilities numbered 1,263, with severe behavior problems,…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Delivery Systems, Developmental Disabilities
