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Workshop on Disability in America:

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Marilyn J. Field, Alan M. Jette and Linda Martin, Editors, Based on a Workshop of the Committee on Disability in America: A New Look
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Front Matter i-xvi  
Introduction 1-3 (skim)
Summary of Workshop Presentations and Discussions 4-38 (skim)
Appendix A Workshop Agenda and Participants 39-49 (skim)
Appendix B Conceptual Models of Disability: Past, Present, and Future--Gale Whiteneck 50-66 (skim)
Appendix C Defining and Classifying Disability in Children--Rune J. Simeonsson 67-87 (skim)
Appendix D How Does the Environment Influence Disability? Examining the Evidence--Julie J. Keysor 88-100 (skim)
Appendix E Late-Life Disability Trends: An Overview of Current Evidence--Vicki A. Freedman 101-112 (skim)
Appendix F Chronic Disease and Trends in Severe Disability in Working-Age Populations--Jay Bhattacharya, Kavita Choudhry, and Darius Lakdawalla 113-142 (skim)
Appendix G Trends in Disability in Early Life--Ruth E. K. Stein 143-156 (skim)
Appendix H Aspects of Disability Across the Life Span: Risk Factors for Disability in Late Life--Jack M. Guralnik 157-165 (skim)
Appendix I Health Care Transition of Adolescents and Young Adults with Disabilities and Special Health Care Needs: New Perspectives--John Reiss and Robert Gibson 166-184 (skim)
Appendix J Secondary Conditions and Disability--Margaret A. Turk 185-193 (skim)
Appendix K A User s Perspective on Midlife (Ages 18 to 65) Aging with Disability--June Isaacson Kailes 194-204 (skim)
Appendix L Impact of Exercise on Targeted Secondary Conditions--James H. Rimmer and Swati S. Shenoy 205-221 (skim)
Appendix M Secondary Conditions with Spinal Cord Injury--William A. Bauman 222-233 (skim)
Appendix N Depression as a Secondary Condition in People with Disabilities-Bryan Kemp 234-250 (skim)
Appendix O Promoting Health and Preventing Secondary Conditions Among Adults with Developmental Disabilities--Tom Seekins, Meg Traci, Donna Bainbridge, Kathy Humphries, Nancy Cunningham, Rod Brod, and James Sherman 251-264 (skim)
Appendix P Biographical Sketches of Workshop Committee and Workshop Presenters 265-276 (skim)

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