Adults with physical disabilities living in the community generally live within severe constraints in terms of available health and social services. Independence Care System (ICS) is a Medicaid-based disability care coordination organization in New York City that allows many New Yorkers with physical disabilities to live independently. This article summarizes our program, our experience, our im...

Prevalence of health behaviors among adults with disabilities may vary by disability measure. We used data from the 2011-2015 National Health Interview Survey to estimate prevalence of physical inactivity by disability status using 2 measures of disability: Basic Actions Difficulty questions (BADQ) and a standard 6-question measure (6Q). Disability prevalence (BADQ, 31.1%; 6Q, 17.5%) and inacti...

24 The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of an eight-week surfing intervention 25 for 16 children with disabilities. The assessment procedure consisted of pre and post physical 26 fitness measures to determine the benefits of this intervention. Our results showed an overall 27 improvement in upper body strength (right: P = 0.024, left: P = 0.022), core strength (P = 0.002) 2...

Issues confronting people with disabilities do not result solely from physical or mental impairment, but from the fit between impairments and practically every feature of the social, economic, physical, and political environment. Changes in housing, transportation, and employment policies would augment the quality of daily living for those with disabilities today and in the future. With the ent...

Epidemiological evidence suggests that poor physical health and depression are highly co-morbid. To date, however, no study has considered whether depression in parents caring for children with developmental disabilities is partly driven by poor physical health. Using data from the Growing Up in Ireland national cohort study (2006 to date), 627 parents of children with developmental disabilitie...

All children need access to good quality eye care, and this must include children with disabilities. Childhood disability is very common. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that there are at least 93 million children with disabilities worldwide, which equates to one in twenty children. 1 Childhood disability is particularly common in low-and middle-income countries. Children with dis...

NIDRR Funded Projects ............................. page 2 NARIC Citations ......................................... page 2 ERIC Citations ............................................ page 4 PubMed Citations ........................................ page 5 Search Terms .............................................. page 8 In this edition of reSearch we explore invisible disabilities. Just as ind...

Several studies have indicated that adolescents with disabilities are more dissatisfied with their quality-of-life and have more complaints regarding their health in comparison to their nondisabled peers. Objective: In this study the authors investigated the self-ratings of health and its relationship to life satisfaction in students with disabilities. In addition, similarities and differences ...

Most students diagnosed with disabilities in Thai special education schools received assistive technologies, but this did not guarantee the greatest benefits. The purpose of this study was to survey the provision, use and needs of assistive technologies, as well as the perspectives of key informants regarding a model of providing them in special education schools. The participants were selected...