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Barnhill, Gena P. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2007
This article explores the current research literature on adult outcomes of individuals with Asperger syndrome (AS). Specific areas addressed are the characteristics associated with adulthood AS, including employment issues, comorbid mental and physical health conditions, neurological issues, possible problems with the legal system, mortality…
Descriptors: Physical Health, Mortality Rate, Health Conditions, Asperger Syndrome
Waldman, H. Barry; Perlman, Steven P.; Kucine, Allan J. – Exceptional Parent, 2008
The 2000 Census reported that more than 7 million black residents five years and older (almost 24 percent of black persons, compared to 19 percent of the total population) had one or more disabilities. Black and Native American residents share the highest overall estimated disability rate. Based upon the data from the 2000 Census among black…
Descriptors: African American Children, Learning Problems, Health Conditions, Disabilities
Ratner, Rochelle – Teachers and Writers Magazine, 1979
Relates the experiences of participants in four poetry workshop sessions at a convalescent rehabilitation center. Provides examples of the poetry written during the sessions. (RL)
Descriptors: Adults, Creative Expression, Health, Health Conditions
Carnegie Quarterly, 1987
This issue of the "Carnegie Quarterly" describes three projects that are being conducted by the African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF). The projects are the following: (1) building community participation in health care at Lake Kenyatta; (2) the role of community education in disease control among the Turkana people at…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Education, Developing Nations, Diseases