Several studies state that there might be a difference in the physical development and the motor performance of the mentally non-handicapped children and those with intellectual and development disabilities. The aim of our research was to compare the two groups from these aspects. The study included the assessment of the physical development and motor performance of altogether 225 primary schoo...

Selective non-treatment decisions involving severely handicapped neonates have recently come under renewed judicial and legislative scrutiny. In this Article, the Author examines the legal, ethical and social considerations attendant to the non-treatment decision. In Part II of this Article the Author discusses the predominant ethical viewpoints relating to this issue and proposes a new moral s...

Related factors of low back pain (LBP) among school personnel were investigated. We designed a cross-sectional study employing questionnaires, which included a Japanese version of the Job Content Questionnaire. Subjects consisted of 3306 male and 3184 female school personnel in all public schools and kindergartens operated by Nagoya City, Japan. Prevalence of LBP in each work category was compa...

A microanalysis was conducted of the behaviors of examiners and handicapped children during videotaped testing sessions in which handicapped students performed better with familiar than with unfamiliar examiners. The children spoke significantly more often and longer when tested by familiar examiners. Familiar examiners (a) exercised more frequent and longer intervals of silence than unfamiliar...

Aim: To assess the oral health status of handicapped children attending various special schools. Objective: To assess oral hygiene practice, dental caries and treatment needs, gingival and periodontal treatment needs malocclusion status. Materials and Methods: The study group consisted of 263 subjects out of which 155 were males and 108 females. Results: 67% of subjects used tooth brush to clea...

A rchitects, engineers, and urban planners who work on transportation-related issues are quite familiar with regulations concerning accessibility for handicapped citizens. Concurrent with the development of those regulations has been the refinement of instruction for handicapped citizens on techniques for safe and efficient travel. For blind persons, those techniques are taught by orientation a...

Due to the shift of the age structure in today’s industrial populations, the demands of the handicapped and the elderly are more and more being recognized by politics, industry, and science. The recent development in research areas such as computer science, robotics, Artificial Intelligence, or sensor technology allows to significantly broaden the range of possible applications that support han...

We tested the following groups for visual pursuit abilities: 54 mentally retarded, 46 cerebral-palsied, and 131 learning-disabled children, 3 to 10 years of age. The resulting five behavioral scores, six directions, and total scores were analyzed for age trends. Comparisons were made between the handicapped groups and between the handicapped and normative samples. The scores were also correlate...

Prescription of assistive devices for motor-handicapped individuals requires assessment of their motor capabilities. When patients' motor deficits are particularly severe, wide individual differences in the location and type of abnormalities complicate the assessment process. The precision of assessment has been greatly increased in recent years by the use of quantitative, computer-aided motion...