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Abstracts from the Journal of Rehabilitation Vol. 66, No. 3 July/August/September 2000 Activity Status, Life Satisfaction and Perceived Productivity for Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities David S. Salkever Johns Hopkins School of Public Health ABSTRACT: This study analyzed national survey data on young adults with developmental disabilities to describe relationships between activity status and respondents' life satisfaction and self-perceived productivity. Results showed significantly lower life satisfaction ratings for persons who were idle or who only reported housework as an activity compared to respondents engaged in paid employment, schooling, and/or volunteer work. Evidence of positive effects for schooling and volunteer work suggests that efforts to provide training and volunteer placements may be a valuable adjunct to employment-related services in transition programs. Life Satisfaction Among Persons with Spinal Cord Injuries Brent W. Chase Thomas A. Cornille R. William English Florida State University ABSTRACT: This exploratory study examined the extent that the life satisfaction of persons with traumatic spinal cord injuries is linked to perceived control, verbal communication skills, satisfaction with personal assistance, marital status and handicap. A convenience sample of 158 individuals with such injuries responded to a self report questionnaire. Eighty-nine percent of the respondents chose to use a World Wide Web based form. Although bivariate analyses revealed life satisfaction was significantly related to perceived control, communication skills, satisfaction with personal assistance, marital status, and handicap; perceived control and marital status were the strongest predictors of life satisfaction. The implications of these findings for policy makers, health care providers, and families dealing with rehabilitation are explored. Culture, Gender, Self-Efficacy, and Life Satisfaction: A Comparison Between Americans and Chinese People with Spinal Cord Injuries Nan Zhang Hampton Amy Marshall University of Massachusetts-Boston ABSTRACT: The purposes of this study were three fold. First, it examined value differences between Americans and Chinese people with spinal cord injuries (SCI). Second, it assessed the impact of culture and gender on life satisfaction. Third, it explored patterns of correlates of life satisfaction in the two groups. The results indicated that Americans and Chinese people with SCI differed significantly in the values of family integrity and separation from ingroups. Although Americans were more satisfied with their lives than the Chinese, culture-related values did not appear to influence life satisfaction. Also, gender was not consistently related to life satisfaction in the two groups. In addition, Americans differed from the Chinese in the patterns of the correlates of life satisfaction. For the Americans, there were four variables (perceived health status, self-efficacy, self-reliance, and marital status) that significantly correlated with life satisfaction. However, for the Chinese, only self-efficacy and perceived health status were related to life satisfaction. Implications of these findings for rehabilitation practitioners and future studies are discussed. Public Sector Transportation for People with Disabilities: A Satisfaction Survey Carol R. Denson University of Delaware ABSTRACT: The Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) requires providers of fixed-route public transit services to also offer a 'comparable' level of paratransit service for eligible consumers with disabilities who are unable to access the fixed-route system. In this study, one comparable paratransit service is rated for satisfaction by consumers with disabilities (N=482). Particularly troubling were the levels of satisfaction with regard to age and mobility. Younger consumers and those with greater mobility limitations appear to be the least satisfied. These findings should be of particular interest to rehabilitation specialists as reliable transportation modes are essential to employment and community living for people with disabilities. Requesting Classroom Accommodations: Self-Advocacy and Conflict Resolution Training for College Students with Disabilities Charles Palmer Mississippi State University Richard T. Roessler University of Arkansas ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of an eight-hour training program in self-advocacy and conflict resolution skills designed to help college students with disabilities request classroom accommodations. Conducted in two and four-year postsecondary settings, the study involved 50 students with disabilities certified by their institutions as needing classroom accommodations. Results supported the multivariate hypotheses that the treatment group would exceed the control group in (a) acquired levels of self-advocacy and conflict resolution behaviors, (b) general knowledge of rights and responsibilities for academic accommodations, (c) levels of accommodation requesting and conflict resolution self-efficacy, and (d) levels of social competence. Factors Associated with Assistive Technology Discontinuance Among Individuals with Disabilities Marti L. Riemer-Reiss Montana State University-Billings Robbyn R. Wacker University of Northern Colorado ABSTRACT: Numerous individuals with disabilities are dissatisfied with their assistive technology and discontinue its use (Phillips & Zhao, 1993). Abandonment rates of assistive technology range from eight percent to 75 percent (Tewey, Barnicle, & Perr, 1994). Factors associated with continuance/discontinuance of assistive technology among individuals who received assistive technology through Colorado agencies (funded under the Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act) were investigated. The sample consisted of 115 individuals with disabilities who were provided with funding for 136 assistive technology devices. Independent variables (relative advantage, support, consumer involvement, trialability, changes in consumers, re-invention and compatibility) were examined to determine if they were associated with assistive technology device continuance/discontinuance. Analysis of the results suggests that relative advantage and consumer involvement have a significant influence in predicting discontinuance. A Validation of a Brief Instrument to Measure Independence of Persons with Head Injury Vincent K. Adkins Kennedy-Krieger Institute and The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine John Youngbauer North Los Angeles County Regional Center R. Mark Mathews University of Kansas ABSTRACT: The level of supervision required for persons with head injury is important because family members and insurance companies have ranked level of supervision as one of the most important outcomes of rehabilitation. The purpose of this preliminary investigation was to identify a brief assessment instrument - the Brief Functional Independence Inventory (BFII) - for placement/treatment decisions to be made by social service agencies. Although the low-end of 50 nonrandomized participants represents a limitation in this investigation, the high correlation with a known measure of independence and need for supervision, the Supervision Rating Scale (SRS) -- .79 -- and its high alpha -- .74 - suggests that the BFII is reliable and valid. Recommendations are made to validate this instrument on a larger sample to control for errors such as time and motivation of persons in such an experiment. Assistive Listening Devices and Systems: Amplification Technology for Consumers with Hearing Loss Alice E. Holmes John P. Saxon University of Florida Holly S. Kaplan University of Georgia ABSTRACT: Persons with hearing loss can obtain great benefit from hearing aids but there are many situations that traditional amplification devices will provide insufficient help to ensure optimal communication. Assistive listening technology has been developed to aid persons with hearing loss in many of these difficult communication environments such as listening in noise or from a distance. This article reviews assistive listening technologies and recommends ways rehabilitation counselors may interface with audiologists to provide appropriate devices to their clients. Order this issue! 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