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Cooper, N., Ed. – 1980
This document is a report on a 12-day symposium on work for the disabled--vocational rehabilitation and employment creation--which was held in Poland and Sweden in 1979. The symposium was organized jointly by the government of Poland and Sweden in close cooperation with the International Labour Office (ILO), Geneva. The report is divided into five…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Adults, Disabilities, Government Role
National Association for Retarded Citizens, Arlington, TX. – 1984
The position statement of the Association for Retarded Citizens (ARC) addresses issues in the design and delivery of programs for persons with mental retardation. An introductory section presents basic principles and philosophies underlying services, including integration, human rights, equal rights, normalization, and the developmental model.…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Civil Rights, Delivery Systems, Employment
Turnbull, Ann P.; Turnbull, H. Rutherford, III – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 1990
In response to Horner and others (EC 232 976), this paper contrasts the constricted life of their adult son (who has mental retardation, autism, and emotional problems) when he lived in a group home and worked at a sheltered workshop where aversive techniques were used, with his present life with nondisabled housemates and competitive employment.…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Case Studies, Emotional Disturbances
Download full textArkansas Univ., Hot Springs. Arkansas Rehabilitation Research and Training Center. – 1986
A national conference on autism, attended by agency staff, organization staff, advocates, and parents of children and adults with autism, consisted of paper presentations, site visits, and small group reports and recommendations. This volume of proceedings includes papers with the following authors and titles: (1) "An Overview of the…
Descriptors: Adults, Autism, College Faculty, Counselor Training
Peer reviewedChapman, James W.; Pitceathly, Amanda S. – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1985
A research review and a study of residential and sheltered workshop care staff (N=20) attitudes toward sexuality, marriage, and parenthood of mentally retarded persons indicated staff ambivalence and conservatism. Teaching techniques for use by care staff and counselors in sex education programs for mentally retarded persons are presented. (CB)
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Child Rearing, Employee Attitudes, Family Life Education
Peer reviewedGuldager, Lars; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1983
Community residences for small groups of people and day activity programs designed to increase functional levels for severely multiply handicapped persons with visual problems, are proposed as the only viable, humane alternative to institutionalization. Sources of funding for these goup home and day activity programs, which cost the same as…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Blindness, Community Programs, Daily Living Skills
Hippolitus, Paul, Ed.; And Others – 1979
This document provides a "blueprint for action," based on the findings of Pathways to Employment II, a national meeting designed to identify local, state, and national strategies for improving the opportunities available to disabled youth for education, training, and employment. Following a statement of the problem, and a summary of the…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Agency Cooperation, Attitudes, Credit (Finance)
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