Pediatric rehabilitation specialists have key roles to play in preparing young people with complex communication needs (CCN) to participate in the adult health care system. As adults, individuals with CCN are responsible for describing their health needs, scheduling services, and self-advocating with health care specialists so they can access habilitation and rehabilitation services and technol...

There is an urgent need for comprehensive audiological services in South Africa to deal adequately with the problems of clinical, industrial and social medicine. The organisation built up in and around the Tygerberg Hospital is described, and may serve as a possible blueprint for what could be done in the rest of the country. In particular, the important role of the medical profession in the ha...

BACKGROUND Young people with disabilities, especially physical disabilities, report worse health than others. This may be because of the disability, lower levels of physical activity, and discrimination. For children with cerebral palsy, access to physiotherapy and physical activity is a crucial prerequisite for good health and function. To date, there is limited knowledge regarding potential g...

Claudia Lauer legt mit diesem Buch zur literarischen Intrige vier exemplarische Untersuchungen von prominenten Werken des 12. Jahrhunderts vor. Die 2017 in Tubingen als Habilitation angenommene Arbeit nimmt die diffizile Auslotung einer Zwischenposition vor: Wahrend das Phanomen der antiken Dramen und Epen klar umrissen auch Literatur Moderne viel beachtet wurde, macht deutlich, „wie sich im we...