SIR I am a member of Prospect. We came into being to support Dr Leonard Arthur. We are all parents who have, or have had severely handicapped children and think our children ought to have been allowed to sleep on in peace instead of being kept alive by all the medical techniques. We have sent a Limitation ofTreatment Bill to all MPs. Most support it but no one yet has offered to undertake it as...

Seksuele verhoudings is net so belangrik vir die gestremde as vir die normale mens. In gesinsbeplanning vir die gestremde is raadgewing een van die belangrikste aspekte. Vir die bepaling van die geskikte gesinsbeplanningsmetode vir die gestremde pasiënt moet die verpleegkundige kennis dra van die genetiese faktore wat met die gestremdheid verband hou, die aard van die gestremdheid, die kliënt s...

Introduction My interest is in handicapped children. However, the specific focus of this paper concerns itself with the preparation of regular classroom teachers, supervisors, administrators, and other educational personnel to meet the needs of the handicapped in these regular or model programs. After three-quarters of a century represented by enormous difficulties and rather modest accom­ plis...

Investigated was the effect of age, sex, experience, locus of control, self image, and grade level taught on the attitudes of 139 regular and special class teachers toward handicapped individuals. Ss completed the Attitude Toward Handicapped Individuals (ATHI) Scale, an abbreviated 11-item Rotter Internal-External Locus of Control Scale, and the Self-Esteem Scale. Twenty-two predictor variables...