Table of Contents: Workshop on Disability in America, a New Look :

Corporate Authors:	Workshop on Disability in America, a New Look Washington, D.C.), Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Disability in America: a New Look.
Other Authors:	Jette, Alan M., Martin, Linda G.,
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2006.
Subjects:	People with disabilities > United States People with disabilities > Health and hygiene > United States Disabilities > Age factors > United States Health promotion > United States Disabled Persons. Age Factors. Chronic Disease > epidemiology. Comorbidity. Disabled Persons > classification. SOCIAL SCIENCE > People with Disabilities. Disabilities > Age factors. Health promotion. People with disabilities. People with disabilities > Health and hygiene. United States.
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Table of Contents:

Summary of workshop presentations and discussions
Models and concepts of disability
Trends in disability
Disability across the age spectrum
Secondary health conditions: Part I
Secondary health conditions: Part II.
Appendixes
Workshop agenda and participants
Conceptual models of disability: past, present, and future
Defining and classifying disability in children
How does the environment influence disability?
Examining the evidence
Late-life disability trends: an overview of current evidence
Chronic disease and trends in severe disability in working-age populations
Trends in disability in early life
Aspect of disability across the life span: risk factors for disability in late life
Health care transition of adolescents and young adults with disabilities and special health care needs: new perspectives
Secondary conditions and disability
A user's perspective on midlife (ages 18 to 65) aging with disability
Impact of exercise on targeted secondary conditions
Secondary conditions with spinal cord injury
Depression as a secondary condition in people with disabilities
Promoting health and preventing secondary conditions among adults with developmental disabilities
Biographical sketches of workshop committee and workshop presenters.