BACKGROUND Dysphagia and feeding intolerance are common in neurologically handicapped children. The aim is to determine the etiologies of feeding intolerance in neurologically handicapped children who are intolerant of tube feedings. METHODS Eighteen neurologically handicapped children, followed in the Tube Feeding Clinic at the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin who were intolerant of gastrost...

Sterilization of mentally handicapped individuals occurs today despite little consensus in the medical community as to when sterilization is appropriate (Zurawin & Paransky, 2003). In addition, each state has different laws regarding sterilization of the mentally handicapped. Thus, nurses and nurse practitioners must navigate the complex social issues and legal uncertainties related to steriliz...

Congenitally missing teeth are frequently presented to the dentist. Interdisciplinary approach may be needed for the proper treatment plan. The available treatment modalities to replace congenitally missing teeth include prosthodontic fixed and removable prostheses, resin bonded retainers, orthodontic movement of maxillary canine to the lateral incisor site and single tooth implants. Implants a...

We are well aware that 1981 has been declared as International year for the handicapped. All those countries including India, who are signatories to this resolution owe a special responsibility towards providing some fundamental facilities for the vast numbers and varieties of the handicapped. Though India has, since ancient times, extended humanitarian consideration to the handicapped, yet for...

The passage of Public Law 94-142, to alleviate the educational isolation of handicapped children, has resulted in some integration of handicapped children into community activities. Unfortunately, this integration is usually characterized by groups of handicapped people enjoying an activity together rather than with nonhandicapped persons. Developing activities that can realistically effect int...

In a cross sectional study the mental health of parents of physically and mentally handicapped preschool children was compared with that of parents of healthy preschool children. The social networks of the parents with handicapped children were also studied to determine factors that might influence psychiatric morbidity. The mothers of the handicapped children showed significantly more psychiat...

AUTHOR Lazar, Alfred L.; And Others TITLE Attitudes of Handicapped and Non-Handicapped University Students on Three Attitude Scales. INSTITUTION California State Univ., Long Beach. Dept. of Educational Psychology. SPONS AGENCY Bureau of Education for the Handicapped (DHEW/OE), Washington, D.C. PUB DATE 76 GRANT GOO-74-02794 NOTE 22p.; Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the California E...

We examined haptic perception of the horizontal in visually impaired people. Blind people (late blind and congenitally blind), persons with very low vision, and blindfolded sighted individuals felt raised-line drawings of jars at four angles. They had to demonstrate their understanding that water remains horizontal, despite jar tilt, by selecting the correct raised-line drawing given four choic...

Congenitally blind individuals are generally less accurate at mentally manipulating objects than sighted people. However, they often score higher on tests of short- and long-term verbal memory, and it has been suggested that an enhanced propositional representation compensates for inefficiencies in analogue visuospatial representation. Here, congenitally blind, blindfolded, and sighted particip...