Future of Disability in America
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.