Workshop on Disability in America: A New Look - Summary and Background Papers

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Table of Contents

Front Matter R1-R16

Introduction 1-3

Summary of Workshop Presentations and Discussions 4-38

Appendix A Workshop Agenda and Participants 39-49

Appendix B Conceptual Models of Disability: Past, Present, and Future--Gale Whiteneck 50-66

Appendix C Defining and Classifying Disability in Children--Rune J. Simeonsson 67-87

Appendix D How Does the Environment Influence Disability? Examining the Evidence--Julie J. Keysor 88-100

Appendix E Late-Life Disability Trends: An Overview of Current Evidence--Vicki A. Freedman 101-112

Appendix F Chronic Disease and Trends in Severe Disability in Working-Age Populations--Jay Bhattacharya, Kavita Choudhry, and Darius Lakdawalla 113-142

Appendix G Trends in Disability in Early Life--Ruth E. K. Stein 143-156

Appendix H Aspects of Disability Across the Life Span: Risk Factors for Disability in Late Life--Jack M. Guralnik 157-165

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

Appendix J Secondary Conditions and Disability--Margaret A. Turk 185-193

Appendix K A User’s Perspective on Midlife (Ages 18 to 65) Aging with Disability--June Isaacson Kailes 194-204

Appendix L Impact of Exercise on Targeted Secondary Conditions--James H. Rimmer and Swati S. Shenoy 205-221

Appendix M Secondary Conditions with Spinal Cord Injury--William A. Bauman 222-233

Appendix N Depression as a Secondary Condition in People with Disabilities-Bryan Kemp 234-250

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

Appendix P Biographical Sketches of Workshop Committee and Workshop Presenters 265-276