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1. The mother-child relationship may constitute an obstacle to the effective rehabilitation of the disabled younger group. This relationship has to be seen as a dynamic one, involving the body image of the mother as well as that of the child. 2. A casework diagnostic decision regarding whom to attempt to refer—mother, child, or both—which includes psychiatric and psychological evaluation is frequently essential in assisting the social worker with this problem. 3. Following the patient's discharge, the need for continuing a casework contact after a lapse of a few months appears to be a decisive factor in some cases for eventual successful referral of the younger group. Proper handling of referrals, by the caseworker's understanding of the above factors, can mean success or failure in the rehabilitation of the young disabled person. It is equally important that physicians and other disciplines in the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation, as well as social workers, recognize and assist in paving the way for proper referrals.

"The association of particular kinds of behavior with particular varieties of physique is a frequently observed phenomenon of human nature. In American culture, for example, it requires no extensive investigation to reveal that characteristic differences in behavior are frequently associated with differences in sex, with differences in physical maturity, and with certain differences in race. In cases where grouped data do not reveal such associations, case studies frequently show the importance of the individual's physique as a factor in his personal adjustment. It is with certain aspects of this problem that we are concerned in this publication, namely, the relation between social behavior and personality and normal and pathological variations in physical size, strength, motor ability, sensory acuity, and health. The authors' motivation in preparing this publication has been to bring together what is known in this area and to point out problems for investigation"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved).

Jet aircraft will further enhance the medically safe and comfortable transportation of persons with disease. Experience in military medicine, substantiated by civilian commercial air travel experience, has already proved that transportation of sick or disabled persons in propeller-driven planes is essentially benign.

[This is a statement by Henry Viscardi, President of Abilities, Incorporated, of West Hempstead, New York, to the Senate Committee on Finance, on March 1, 1956. Mr. Viscardi here gives the reasons for his apprehension at the proposal to lower the age limit for eligibility for social security benefits for disabled persons. He supports his reasons with his experience at demonstrating the achievements attendant upon providing genuine employment opportunities in competitive industry for disabled people. His account of philosophy and method in rehabilitation and adjustment is of vital interest to all those concerned with problems of blindness. The statement, particularly the last portion consisting of dialogue at the hearing session, is only slightly revised and edited to lend itself more nearly to the usual style of publication in this journal. No part of the essential statement has been deleted.— Editor.]