The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) within the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) uses research, policy analysis, and the development and...

This book looks at the state of housing for people with disabilities with the intent to provide recommendations that can improve housing opportunit...

This book explores the ability of persons with disabilities to live independently in affordable, accessible housing. This became a prominent issue ...

Research studies have examined the relationship between working memory, cognitive skills, and academic abilities. However, while some studies and s...

Since the enactment of P.L. 94-142, the predecessor legislation to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), in 1975, the federal gov...

Intellectual disability is characterised by deficits in cognitive and adaptive abilities that initially manifest before 18 years of age. The preval...

This book is an in-depth look at 12 incredible people with LD and dyslexia whose lives are characterised by major accomplishments and contributions...

No single method has proven effective in differentiating between English learner students who have difficulty acquiring language skills and those w...

The legislation, No Child Left Behind, mandates that students with intellectual disabilities have access to core curriculum courses. This book inve...

This book introduces several programs and guidelines that would help to provide housing, employment, and other services to adults with psychiatric ...

For Americans with disabilities, no less than for all other citizens, the opportunity to earn a living and be self-supporting is a universally held...

Over the past decade, several studies have shed light on how the Ambient Assistive Technology (AAT) may increase the life expectancy of older adult...

This book presents a study of the perspectives and experiences of 36 disabled young adults, some of their parents, teachers and friends, on coming ...

Pain is a common issue among the elderly. Common causes of pain in this population include angina, arthritis, bone and joint disorders, neuropathie...

This book examines the issue of pain in individuals with intellectual disabilities by introducing the topic as well as suggesting a model for pain ...

Physical disabilities are impairments which limit an individual's physical function. This book reviews risk factors and the affect physical disabil...

This book examines the conventional approaches to numerous problems that affect people who are blind (such as education, Braille literacy, economic...

I am seen by many as a danger. As having failed to understand the new rules, the new paradigm of successful motherhood. A memoir and an examination...

Students with disabilities face several longstanding challenges accessing services that may assist them as they transition from high school into po...

Quadriplegia is a consequence of cervical spinal cord injury resulting in the significant loss of physiological function; both sensory and motor. O...

We all long for a life of purpose and fulfillment. Striving for high quality of life for us and those we care for is a powerful motivator. Many bus...

In recent years, there has been a blossoming use of advanced technologies across a wide range of applications in the general area of health care an...

Virtual rehabilitation has been the focus of considerable research for many years, but the recent upsurge in consumer-ready virtual reality hardwar...

An explosive book that exposes the abuses of institutionalization."How many brothers and sisters do you have?" It was one of the first questions ki...

Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) is a social insurance program that provides benefits to insured workers under the full retirement age w...

The authors of this book discuss the latest developments in special education research. The chapters included examine the three main components of ...

Policymakers and program operators have long worked to understand how state and federal programs can best serve low-income families in which one pa...

For three months Yvonne Blomer travelled by bike with her husband Rupert Gadd through Southeast Asia. A type one diabetic since childhood, she also...

Six months shy of retirement and on a family vacation in Mexico, Jim Linnell steps off the porch of a rented guest house and breaks his neck. He is...

This book examines the importance of social media and other information technologies in connecting people to job opportunities. Not surprisingly, d...

The digitalization of society is spreading around the world and technology has become part of many people's daily lives. It acts as a means of comm...

This volume presents a survey of technological innovations that enhance both the learning processes and the living conditions of individuals who li...

Physical inactivity has been recognised as one of the common modifiable risk factors for non-communicable diseases such as heart disease, stroke, c...

The chapters in this book focus on three central themes: Current Challenges in Survey Development for People with Disabilities; Strategies to Promo...

The Transition to Retirement (TTR) program aims to help older people with long-term disability gradually build an active and socially inclusive ret...