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Summary | |
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Introduction | |
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Disability and Related Societal Trends | |
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Origin of Study Tasks and Overview of Report | |
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Developments Since Publication of the 1991 and 1997 IOM Reports | |
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Choosing the Future of Disability in America | |
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The Future of Disability in a Public Health Context | |
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The Policy Environment of Disability | |
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Definition and Monitoring of Disability | |
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Toward a Common Conceptual Framework | |
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Adopting and Improving the ICF | |
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A National Disability Monitoring System | |
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Recommendations | |
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Disability Trends | |
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Current Estimates of Disability and Related Conditions | |
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Monitoring Trends in Disability | |
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Trends in Early Life | |
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Trends in Disability in Middle Life | |
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Trends in Disability in Late Life | |
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Projecting the Future of Disability in America | |
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Health Care Transitions for Young People | |
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Transitions to Adult Care in a Life Span Perspective | |
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A Critical Transition: From Child to Adult | |
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Individual and Family Factors Affecting Health Care Transitions | |
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Adolescent Transitions, Public Policy, and Other Environmental Factors | |
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Health Care Services and Systems | |
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Directions for Research | |
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Education of Pediatricians and Adult Care Physicians | |
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Recommendations | |
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Secondary Conditions and Aging with Disability | |
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A Life Span Perspective on Secondary Conditions and Aging with a Disability | |
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Selective Review of the Literature | |
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Directions for Research and Education | |
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Recommendations | |
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The Environmental Context of Disability: The Case of Health Care Facilities | |
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Research on the Role of the Environment in Disability | |
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Accessible Health Care Facilities | |
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Recommendations | |
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Assistive and Mainstream Technologies for People with Disabilities | |
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Types of Technologies Used or Encountered by People with Disabilities | |
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Key Policies That Promote Assistive Technology and Universal Design of Mainstream Technologies | |
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Extent of Assistive Technology Use | |
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Outcomes of Assistive Technology Use | |
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Enhancing Accessibility Through Universal Design of Mainstream Technologies: Promises and Problems | |
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Challenges to Development and Effective Provision and Use of Assistive Technologies | |
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Recommendations | |
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Access to Health Insurance and the Role of Risk-Adjusted Payments to Health Plans | |
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Health Insurance Coverage for People with Disabilities | |
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Health Insurance Markets and Their Limits for People with Disabilities | |
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Disability and Risk Adjustment of Payments to Health Plans | |
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Recommendations | |
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Coverage of Assistive Technologies and Personal Assistive Services | |
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Types of Limitations on Coverage | |
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Coverage of Assistive Technologies | |
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Coverage of Personal Assistance Services | |
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Access to Assistive Technologies and Services Through Noninsurance Programs | |
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Rising Costs and the Challenge of Expanding Coverage of Assistive Services and Technologies | |
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Recommendations | |
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Organization and Support of Disability Research | |
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Federal Disability Research Programs | |
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Challenges of Organizing and Coordinating Disability Research | |
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Recommendations | |
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Final Thoughts | |
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References | |
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Appendixes | |
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Study Activities | |
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Table of Contents for Workshop on Disability in America: A New Look (2006) | |
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Risk Adjustment of Insurance Premiums in the United States and Implications for People with Disabilities | |
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The Americans with Disabilities Act in a Health Care Context | |
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The Employment Discrimination Provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act: Implementation and Impact | |
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Access to Telecommunications Technology by Americans with Disabilities: Key Laws and Policies | |
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Transportation Patterns and Problems of People with Disabilities | |
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Committee on Disability in America Biographical Sketches | |
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Index | |