Protecting persons with disabilities through changes in the Department of Rehabilitation Services' Bureau of Disability Adjudication Services : a report submitted to the members of the 83rd General Assembly /

"November 1, 1984."

Reports and recommendations of task forces appointed by the Illinois Governor's Committee on the International Year of Disabled Persons, 1981.

"August, 1982."

Rights of persons with disabilities : a consumer's guide /

"Contract no. 06-11-810-16."

The Illinois state plans, fiscal year ... for the construction of facilities for the mentally retarded (Title I-C) and community mental health centers (Title II) Public Law 88-164.

Title varies slightly.

Training manual for youth employment training for services to senior citizens and handicapped persons /

"October 20, 1981."

Vocational education for handicapped, limited English proficiency, and disadvantaged persons.

"January, 1981."

Making citizens of the mentally limited; a curriculum for the special class,

Bibliography at end of each chapter except the first two.

A guide for establishing special classes for the educable mentally handicapped /

Preface signed by Ray Graham and Dorothy M. Seigle.

1976 survey of institutionalized persons : methods and procedures /

"Issued June 1978"

A study to determine the literacy level of able-bodied persons receiving public assistance, submitted to Raymond M. Hilliard, Director.

Mode of access: Internet.

Exposure to pesticides, ill health and averting behaviour : costs and determining the relationship

Farmers' exposure to pesticides is high in developing countries. As a result many farmers suffer from ill-health, both short and long term. Deaths are not uncommon. This paper addresses this issue. Field survey data from Sri Lanka are used to estimate farmers' expenditure on defensive behavior (DE) and to determine factors that influence DE. The avertive behavior approach is used to estimate costs. Tobit regression analysis is used to determine factors that influence DE. Field survey data show that farmers' expenditures on DE are low. This is inversely related to high incidence of ill health among farmers using pesticides.

Terminally ill cancer patients’ wish to hasten death

This exploratory study investigated factors associated with the wish to hasten death among a sample of terminally ill cancer patients. Semi-structured interviews conducted on a total of 72 hospice and home palliative care patients were subjected to qualitative analysis using QSRNUDIST. The main themes to emerge suggested that patients with a high wish to hasten death had greater concerns with physical symptoms and psychologica l suffering, perceived themselves to be more of a burden to others, and experienced higher levels of demoralization, while also reporting less confidence in symptom control, fewer social supports, less satisfaction with life experiences and fewer religious beliefs when compared with patients who had a moderate or no wish to hasten death. The implications of these findings will be discussed.

Effect of inaccuracies in anthropometric data and linked-segment inverse dynamic modeling on kinetics of gait in persons with partial foot amputation

The accuracy of data derived from linked-segment models depends on how well the system has been represented. Previous investigations describing the gait of persons with partial foot amputation did not account for the unique anthropometry of the residuum or the inclusion of a prosthesis and footwear in the model and, as such, are likely to have underestimated the magnitude of the peak joint moments and powers. This investigation determined the effect of inaccuracies in the anthropometric input data on the kinetics of gait. Toward this end, a geometric model was developed and validated to estimate body segment parameters of various intact and partial feet. These data were then incorporated into customized linked-segment models, and the kinetic data were compared with that obtained from conventional models. Results indicate that accurate modeling increased the magnitude of the peak hip and knee joint moments and powers during terminal swing. Conventional inverse dynamic models are sufficiently accurate for research questions relating to stance phase. More accurate models that account for the anthropometry of the residuum, prosthesis, and footwear better reflect the work of the hip extensors and knee flexors to decelerate the limb during terminal swing phase.