The Crippled and the Disabled : : Rehabilitation of the Physically Handicapped in the United States / / Henry H. Kessler.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Kessler, Henry H.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1935]; ©1935
• Year of Publication: 1935
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (342 p.)

Examines specific and general legislation for the disabled community with specific focus on the industrially disabled, the war disabled, and the chronically disabled.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Tables -- Part I. General Considerations -- I. Introduction -- II. Social Attitude Toward the Disabled -- III. The Problem of the Disabled -- Part II. The Child Cripple -- IV. General Considerations Concerning the Child Cripple -- V. How Are the Needs of the Crippled Child Met? -- VI. Foreign Legislation for Crippled Children -- Part III. The Industrially Disabled -- VII. General Considerations Concerning the Industrially Disabled -- VIII. How The Needs of the Industrially Disabled are Met -- IX. Legislative Measures for the Industrially Disabled -- X. Foreign Legislation for the Industrially Disabled -- Part IV. The War-Disabled -- XI. General Considerations Concerning the War-Disabled -- XII. How the Needs of the War-Disabled Were Met -- XIII. Legislative Measures for the War-Disabled: Pensions -- XIV. Medical and Hospital Care for the War-Disabled -- XV. Vocational Training for the War-Disabled -- XVI. Employment Schemes for the War-Disabled -- Part V. The Chronically Disabled -- XVII. General Considerations Concerning the Chronically Disabled -- XVIII. The Needs of the Chronically Disabled -- XIX. How Are the Needs of the Chronically Disabled Met? -- Part VI. Those Disabled by Defects of Special Senses -- XX. Blind, Deaf, Deaf-Mutes -- XXI. Needs of the Blind -- XXII. Those With Low Vision, Hearing or Speech Defects -- Part VII. Summary -- XXIII. Summary -- Appendices -- I. Compensation Provisions for Second Major Injuries in Those States not Having Second-Injury Funds -- II. Summary of Vocational Rehabilitation Legislation by States -- III. Legislation for the Blind -- Bibliography -- Index