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Dr. Marks directs research programs to empower people with disabilities through health promotion, health advocacy, and primary health care.

Americans with Disabilities: Ready for the Global Workforce

Americans with Disabilities: Ready for the Global Workforce U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao announced that “Americans with Disabilities: Ready for the Global Workforce” will be the official theme for October’s National Disability Employment Awareness Month, which is celebrated nationwide. “The 2006 theme — “Americans with Disabilities: Ready for the Global Workforce” — highlights

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Involvement of Adult Siblings of People with Developmental Disabilities in Future Planning

Involvement of Adult Siblings of People with Developmental Disabilities in Future Planning (2006). Kramer, J. & Heller, T.Little is known about the role adult siblings play in planning for the future care of their sibling with a developmental disability. This research brief presents the results of a sibling survey to find out the extent siblings

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Hispanic caregivers of adults with mental retardation: The importance of family functioning

Hispanic caregivers of adults with mental retardation: The importance of family functioning. Magaña, S., Schwartz, S., Rubert, M., & Szapocznik, J. (2006). American Journal on Mental Retardation, 111, 250-262.http://www.aaiddjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1352/0895-8017%282006%29111%5B250%3AHCOAWM%5D2.0.CO%3B2

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Psychological distress and well-being of Latina and non-Latina white mothers of youth and adults with an autism spectrum disorder: Cultural attitudes towards co-residence status

Psychological distress and well-being of Latina and non-Latina white mothers of youth and adults with an autism spectrum disorder: Cultural attitudes towards co-residence status. Magaña, S., & Smith, M.J. (2006). American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 76(3), 346-357.http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1037/0002-9432.76.3.346/abstract

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Geriatrics

Geriatrics (2006). Pekala Service, K., Tyler, Jr., C.V., & Janicki, M.P. , pp. 575-589. This chapter is in the book Medical Care for Children and Adults with Developmental Disabilities (2nd Ed.) edited by I. Leslie Rubin, M.D. and Allen Crocker, M.D. It describes the age-related health and psychosocial issues of older adults with I/DD. Topics

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Examining Barriers and Supports to Community Living and Participation After a Stroke from a Participatory Action Research Approach

Examining Barriers and Supports to Community Living and Participation After a Stroke from a Participatory Action Research Approach (2006) Hammel, J., Jones, R., Gossett, A. & Morgan, E. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation. 13(3), 43-58.

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