Human Services for Handicapped Persons

摘要

The 43 documents listed in this Project SHARE bibliography are representative of the literature concerning human services for physically and mentally handicapped persons. The documents examine innovative community services for handicapped children and adults, issues of special interest to human services planners, and methods of removing barriers to physically disabled individuals. Compliance with regulations regarding hiring handicapped workers and admitting qualified handicapped students to colleges and universities are also covered. In addition, community - based group homes for mentally handicapped adults receive attention, with emphasis on the issues of neighborhood attitudes, plans to combat zoning laws restricting the homes, efforts to gain community acceptance of handicapped residents, and cost comparisons of group homes with other types of community residential services. A 4 - year longitudinal study of mentally retarded adults as they adjusted to living in a community group home after being deinstitutionalized is also featured. The documents include books, journal articles, training manuals, and technical reports, most published between 1978 and 1981. For each document, bibliographic information, price, source, and an abstract are provided.