Readers' Advisory Services for Persons with Disabilities

Accessibility to broadcasting services for persons with disabilities

Accessibility to broadcasting services for persons with disabilities

Beneficiary Centered Care in Services to Persons With Developmental Disabilities

This article provides an overview of the findings from the Evaluation of Medicaid's Community Supported Living Arrangements (CSLA) Program. Results suggest that CSLA provided a useful model of beneficiary centered care for persons with developmental disabilities. The implications of the findings of this evaluation for current management of Medicaid programs are discussed.

Accessibility to health services by persons with disabilities.

OBJECTIVE To analyze the difficulties in accessibility to health services experienced by persons with disabilities. METHODOLOGICAL PROCEDURES A qualitative study was performed with individuals who reported having a certain type of disability (paralysis or amputation of limbs; low vision, unilateral or total blindness; low hearing, unilateral or total deafness). A total of 25 individuals (14 w...

Sheltered employment for persons with disabilities

S employment is expanding in many countries with various types of institutions offering an increasing number of positions to persons with disabilities who wish to work. The structures involved are also showing a growing desire for recognition as full participants in the economy and as employing higher professional standards. In fact, many providers of sheltered employment are now using manageme...