As 1974 began, the Social Security Administration started distributing supplemental security income (SSI) payment checks to aged, blind, and disabled poor persons throughout the Nation. Shortly before the first SSI checks were issued, the Bureau of the Census completed personal interviews with 17,551 individuals from which SSI's clientele would be drawn--aged and disabled welfare recipients and...

The adoption of the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is a historical momentum for disabled persons and their associates, as well as ODA workers in the development cooperation field all over the world. For the last two decades, persons with disabilities, their associates and professionals working in this field have promoted their human rights, equality, nondisc...

background entamoeba histolytica/entamoeba dispar and enterobius vermicularis are the major health problems in the developing countries especially in iran. the prevalence of infection is variable among different social groups in the world. objectives since elderly and mentally retarded are high risk group, the present survey was carried out in order to determine the prevalence of intestinal par...

The 1972 survey of the disabled and nondisabled provides comparative data on the two groups that can be used to assess the effects of disability on the family structure. Although the disabled were about as likely to have married as persons in the general population, the stability of their marriages was more limited. The extended families of disabled persons generally provided no greater support...

This DataView presents descriptive information on beneficiaries with disabilities in Medicare and Medicaid. Medicare data show that persons with disabilities have more functional limitations, poorer health status, lower incomes, and experience more barriers to health care than aged Medicare beneficiaries. Medicaid data reveal that significant growth in the Medicaid disabled population has led t...