Predictors of Employment Intention for Mentally Disabled Persons

Designing Software for Mentally Disabled Persons

Different types of software applications for mentally disabled persons are presented here, with their advantages and drawbacks. The specification of an authoring system is emphasized in this paper, as work is currently in progress to develop such a system in our university.

Tort Responsibility of Mentally Disabled Persons

The Disabled Persons (Employment) Act, 1944; some medical implications.

Social ecology of supervised communal facilities for mentally disabled adults: III. Predictors of social choice.

This paper is the third in a series in which the social behavior of mentally disabled clients in community facilities was examined. In this report, social choice for various cognitive and physical characteristics and for exposure to others was investigated in five settings. Preferences were inferred from observed affiliation, self reports, and staff judgments. Clients tended to prefer peers who...

Social ecology of supervised communal facilities for mentally disabled adults: II. Predictors of affiliation.

The behavior of 304 mentally disabled adults was observed in five settings (one residence, four sheltered workshops) during periods when they were free to affiliate with peers. Regression analyses using settings, personal traits (age, sex, IQ, and diagnosis), and mediating variables (e.g., physical attractiveness, desire for affiliation, and length of institutionalization) were conducted to pre...