Disability Research and Policy: Current Perspectives

✍ Scribed by Richard J. Morris

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 355
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book is based on research and scholarship produced by the Meyerson Disability Research Project (MDRP) at the University of Arizona. Its chapters are divided into two major sections: 1) Disability Research Areas and 2) Disability Policy Areas. The first section addresses some relatively new areas of research and scholarship with adults and children, such as the use of technology (e.g., videoconferencing and computer technology) in service delivery, whereas the second section critically examines various public policy and legal areas that impact the daily lives of many persons having a disability.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
List of Contributors......Page 12
I Introduction......Page 14
1 Introduction and Overview......Page 16
II Disability Research Areas......Page 28
2 Physically Disabled Offenders in Prison......Page 30
3 The Use of Existing Videoconferencing Technology to Deliver Video Remote Interpreting Services for Deaf Vocational Rehabilitation Clients......Page 52
4 The Use of Computer Technology for People Having a Disability......Page 82
5 Philosophical Congruence in Health Care......Page 98
6 Pictorial Illustrations, Visual Imagery, and Motor Activity: Their Instructional Implications for Native American Children With Learning Disabilities......Page 116
7 Cognitive and Behavioral Effects of Children’s Exposure to Pesticides: Critical Issues and Research Trends......Page 138
8 Disability and Juvenile Delinquency......Page 154
9 Fears and Related Anxieties in Children Having a Disability: A Synthesis of Research Findings From 1937 to 2004......Page 176
10 School Bullying and Victimization of Children With Disabilities......Page 200
III Disability Policy Areas......Page 216
11 Mental Retardation and the Death Penalty: Current Issues for Attorneys and Psychologists......Page 218
12 ADHD and the Law: Students’ Rights, Schools’ Responsibilities, and Educational Issues......Page 234
13 Access to E-Texts for Disabled Students: A Practical Reality or Just a Myth......Page 250
14 Making the Case for Meaningful Reasonable Accommodations for Employees With Physical Disabilities: A Legal Analysis of Part-Time and Flexible Work Schedules Under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)......Page 278
15 The Adequacy and Enforcement of Emergency Evacuation Laws in the Workplace for People With Disabilities......Page 314
Author Index......Page 336
Subject Index......Page 348