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Americans with Disabilities: Ready for the Global Workforce

Publications / May 22, 2006 / Articles, Employment and Disability

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

Publications / January 1, 2006 / Families, Research Reports/Briefs

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

Publications / January 1, 2006 / Families, Journals

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

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

Publications / January 1, 2006 / Families, Journals

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

Geriatrics

Publications / January 1, 2006 / Health Promotion

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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Aging and Disability

Publications / January 1, 2006 / Policy/Service

Aging and Disability (2006). Heller, T. & Marks, B. In G. Albrecht (Ed.), Encyclopedia on Disability, Volume 1, (pp. 67-78). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. ISBN: 9780761925651 COST: $945.00Order directly from SAGE Publicationshttp://www.sagepub.com/booksOr Call: 1-800-818-7243

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

Publications / January 1, 2006 / Health Promotion, Journals

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.

Evaluating an Interpersonal Model of Depression Among Adults with Down Syndrome

Publications / January 1, 2006 / Health Promotion, Journals

Evaluating an Interpersonal Model of Depression Among Adults with Down Syndrome (2006) Ailey. S.H., A.M., Heller, T. & Smith, E.V. Research and Theory for Nursing Practice. 20, 229-246.

Mother-Child Relationship Quality Among Adolescents and Adults with Autism

Publications / January 1, 2006 / Families, Journals

Mother-Child Relationship Quality Among Adolescents and Adults with Autism (2006). Orsmond, G.I., Greenberg, J.S., Seltzer, M.M., & Krauss, M.W. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 111(2), 121-137.

Health Outcomes of Midlife and Older Latina and Black American Mothers of Children With Developmental Disabilities

Publications / January 1, 2006 / Families, Journals

Health Outcomes of Midlife and Older Latina and Black American Mothers of Children With Developmental Disabilities (2006). MagaÐa, S. & Smith, M. J. Mental Retardation, 44(3), 224-234. http://www.scopus.com/record/display.url?eid=2-s2.0-33746171747&origin=inward&txGid=9FFF4580C525FA46837496098E5A3169.y7ESLndDIsN8cE7qwvy6w%3a1

Americans with Disabilities: Ready for the Global Workforce

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

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

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

Geriatrics

Aging and Disability

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

Evaluating an Interpersonal Model of Depression Among Adults with Down Syndrome

Mother-Child Relationship Quality Among Adolescents and Adults with Autism

Health Outcomes of Midlife and Older Latina and Black American Mothers of Children With Developmental Disabilities

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