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FrontMatter -- Reviewers -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- Boxes, Figures, and Tables -- Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Definition and Monitoring of Disability -- 3 Disability Trends -- 4 Health Care Transitions for Young People -- 5 Secondary Conditions and Aging with Disability -- 6 The Environmental Context of Disability: The Case of Health Care Facilities -- 7 Assistive and Mainstream Technologies for People with Disabilities -- 8 Access to Health Insurance and the Role of Risk-Adjusted Payments to Health Plans -- 9 Coverage of Assistive Technologies and Personal Assistive Services -- 10 Organization and Support of Disability Research -- References -- APPENDIXES -- A Study Activities -- B Table of Contents for Workshop on Disability in America: A New Look (2006) -- C Risk Adjustment of Insurance Premiums in the United States and Implications for People with Disabilities -- D The Americans with Disabilities Act in a Health Care Context -- E The Employment Discrimination Provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act: Implementation and Impact -- F Access to Telecommunications Technology by Americans with Disabilities: Key Laws and Policies -- G Transportation Patterns and Problems of People with Disabilities -- H Committee on Disability in America Biographical Sketches -- Index.

FrontMatter -- Reviewers -- Preface -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Evolving Concepts of Disability -- 3 Individuals with Disabilities -- 4 SSA's Disability Programs -- 5 The Listing of Impairments-Overview -- 6 The Listing of Impairments-Issues -- 7 Findings and Recommendations -- APPENDIXES -- A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- B Committee Charge -- C Interim Report, December 2005 -- D Appendix Tables.

Front Matter -- Reviewers -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Veterans with Disabilities in the 21st Century -- 3 Impairment, Disability, and Quality of Life -- 4 The Rating Schedule -- 5 The Medical Examination and Disability Rating Process -- 6 Medical Criteria for Ancillary Benefits -- 7 Individual Unemployability -- 8 Other Diagnostic Classification Systems and Rating Schedules -- 9 Service Connection on Aggravation and Secondary Bases -- 10 Conclusion: Into the 21st Century -- Appendixes -- Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members, Consultants, and Staff -- Appendix B: Committee Charge -- Appendix C: The Relationship Between Impairments and Earnings Losses in Multicondition Studies -- Appendix D: The Role of Medical Personnel in Selected Disability Benefit Programs -- Appendix E: Diagram: Assessing Impairment and Functional Disability.

Front Matter -- Reviewers -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- General Summary -- Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Brief History of Presumptive Disability Decisions for Veterans -- 3 The Presumptive Disability Decision-Making Process -- 4 Legislative Background on Presumptions -- 5 Case Studies Summary Chapter -- 6 Establishing an Evidence-Based Framework -- 7 Scientific Evidence for Causation in the Population -- 8 Synthesizing the Evidence for Causation -- 9 Applying Population-Based Results to Individuals: From Observational Studies to Personal Compensation -- 10 Health and Exposure Data Infrastructure to Improve the Scientific Basis of Presumptions -- 11 Governmental Classification and Secrecy -- 12 The Way Forward -- 13 Recommendations -- Appendixes -- Appendix A: Statement of the Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission to the Institute of Medicine's Committee on the Presumptive Disability Decision-Making Process, May 31, 2006 -- Appendix B: Committee on Evaluation of the Presumptive Disability Decision-Making Process for Veterans Open Session Meeting Agendas -- Appendix C: Glossary -- Appendixes D-M (originally on enclosed CD) -- Title Page -- Appendix D: Historical Background -- Appendix E: Arguments Favoring and Opposing Presumptions -- Appendix F: Tables: Summary of Presumptive Disability Decision-Making Legislative History -- Appendix G: VA's White Paper on the Presumptive Disability Decision-Making Process -- Appendix H: IOM's Statements of Task and Conclusions for Agent Orange and Gulf War Reports -- Appendix I: Case Studies -- Appendix J: Causation and Statistical Causal Methods -- Appendix K: Sources of Health and Exposure Data for Veterans -- Appendix L: Additional Classification and Secrecy Information.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- One: Introduction -- Two: Intuitionist Theory and Interpersonal Comparisons -- Three: Disability and Welfare -- Four: Utilitarianism and Distributionto the Disabled -- Five: Egalitarianism and Distributionto the Disabled -- Six: Rawls -- Seven: Dworkin -- Eight: Ackerman -- Nine: Welfarism Weighted or Unweighted? -- Ten: Intuition about Aggregation -- Eleven: Distribution of Life -- Twelve: Conclusion: Philosophy and Policy -- Notes -- Index.

DISABILITY IN AMERICA -- Copyright -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- TOWARD A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO DISABILITY PREVENTION -- A Model of Disability -- Risk Factors -- Quality of Life -- The Disabling Process -- Developmental Disabilities -- Injury-Related Disabilities -- Disabilities Associated with Chronic Disease and Aging -- Secondary Conditions Associated with Disability -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- Organization and Coordination -- Leadership of the National Disability Prevention Program -- Advisory Committee -- Interagency Coordination and Periodic Review -- Surveillance -- Conceptual Framework -- A National Disability Surveillance System -- Research -- Coordinated Research Program -- Longitudinal Studies -- Relationship of Socioeconomic Status -- Interventions -- Access to Care and Preventive Services -- Accessible, Affordable Quality Care -- Access to Vocational Services -- Professional and Public Education -- Education of Professionals -- Education of Persons with Disabilities and Their Families, Personal Attendants, and Advocates -- 1 Introduction -- DISABILITY: DEFINITION AND CONCEPT -- PUBLIC HEALTH AND DISABILITY PREVENTION -- A Life Course Perspective -- SCOPE AND ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT -- 2 Magnitude and Dimensions of Disability in the United States -- DATA SOURCES -- The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) -- The ICD Survey of Disabled Americans -- Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) -- National Long-Term Care Surveys (NLTCS) -- Supplement on Aging (SOA) and Longitudinal Study of Aging (LSOA) -- PREVALENCE OF DISABILITY -- NHIS Activity Limitation Data -- Other Perspectives -- TRENDS IN THE PREVALENCE OF DISABILITY -- CONDITIONS LEADING TO DISABILITY -- LIFE TABLE PERSPECTIVE -- ECONOMIC COST OF DISABILITY -- CONCLUSION -- 3 A Model for Disability and Disability Prevention.