[Excerpt] The issue of people with disabilities entering and working in the veterinary profession is necessarily an international one rather than a localized concern restricted to a few of the so-called developed countries. The reasons for this will be explored later in this article; at this stage, it is appropriate to give an outline of the work currently taking place in the United Kingdom—one...

Those of us who had attended the memorable first meeting immediately after the war, greeted each other as friends. had become a focus of interest and effort not only concerning the welfare of child victims of the war, but its principles could affect all our mental health work for children. Delegates from the 15 countries represented gave reports on activities in their countries which showed the...

The approach towards the issues of depression and mental health problems of mentally disabled persons is discussed in the paper. The author discussed the various susceptibilities, resistances and typical mental health disturbances of mentally disabled persons as well as their diagnostic criteria and methods of measuring them. A longer part of the paper concerns the approach towards depressive d...

Young disabled persons, those under age 35, were the most seriously handicapped of all recipients of aid to the permanently and totally disabled in mid-1951. Many suflered from mental deficiency and other disabilities of congenital or birth origin. Relatively nzore of them than of the older recipients were confined to their homes and required services from other persons in daily activities and ...

BACKGROUND Whilst broadly agreed in the literature that disability and poverty are closely interlinked, the empirical basis for this knowledge is relatively weak. OBJECTIVES To describe and discuss the current state of knowledge and to suggest the need for further generation of knowledge on disability and poverty. METHOD Two recent attempts at statistically analysing the situation for disab...

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This study investigated the reliability of a historical interview with 20 respondents with physical disabilities. An existing interview, the Occupational Role History, was modified and a companion rating scale was developed. Analysis of the test-retest and interrater reliabilities suggest that a stable clinical judgment can be formed from data gathered in a historical interview.

The following factors influencing vocational success or failure were selected and studied f()r their predictive value in a Rehabilitation Centre, age, family background, eEJ.lCationatlevel, work history and work level, motivation, mental ability and physical disability. Graded numerical scores from 1 to 3 were assigned to these factors according to Lane et aLl A cut-off score was tested and fou...

UNDER the Chairmanship of Mr. Kenneth Robinson, M.P., a whole session of the Fifth British National Conference on Social Welfare?held in London at the beginning of January 1964?was devoted to consideration of "Community Care". The groups selected as needing such care were "The Mentally Disordered"; "The Physically Handicapped"; "The Delinquent"; and "Children out of their own homes". (Preparato...