Living with Cerebral Palsy

A Study of School Leavers Suffering from Cerebral Palsy in Eastern Scotland

1st Edition - January 1, 1964
Authors: T. T. S. Ingram, Stella Jameson, Jane Errington
Language: English
eBook ISBN:
9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 2 1 4 6 - 5

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Living with Cerebral Palsy correlates studies made in early life in patients with cerebral palsy with the status and social adjustment of the same individuals when they become adult. This book discusses the problem of fitting handicapped patients for life in the community after leaving school. Organized into eight chapters, this book begins with an overview of the fate of patients suffering from cerebral palsy once they outgrow childhood and come to seek employment or vocation in adult life. This text then examines the classification of cerebral palsy. Other chapters consider the likelihood of the handicapped being able to work in open employment or sheltered conditions, or of being unemployable. This book discusses as well information about personal relationships and social life of patients. The final chapter deals with the prevalence of cerebral palsy and the types of cerebral palsy encountered in a given community. This book is a valuable resource for teachers, social workers, therapists, psychologists, and physicians.

ForewordChapter 1 Introduction Edinburgh Dundee Small TownsChapter 2 Classification and Methods of Study Severity of Cerebral Palsy Classification of Employment Methods of StudyChapter 3 The Survey Samples The Patients Studied Deaths of Patients Suffering from Cerebral Palsy Untraced PatientsChapter 4 Social Life and Personal Relationships Differences in Social Life Between the Towns Family Relationships Relationships with the Opposite Sex Hobbies and Occupations MoneyChapter 5 Employment Edinburgh Patients in Open Employment Patients in Niche Employment Patients in Sheltered Workshops Patients in Sheltered Training Patients Unemployed at Time of Survey Dundee Patients in Open Employment Patients in Niche Employment Patients in Sheltered Workshops Patients in Sheltered Training Patients Unemployed at Time of Survey Patients Who had Never Worked Patients in Institutions Small Towns Patients in Open Employment Patients in Niche Employment Patients Unemployed at Time of Survey Patients Who had Never Worked Patients in Institutions General Remarks Attitude of Patients, Parents and Employers to Employment Problems Methods of Obtaining Employment Comparison of the Work Obtained by PatientsChapter 6 Difficulties in Finding Work Employment by Sex Employment by Diagnosis and Severity of Physical Handicap Employment by Intelligence Employment and Epilepsy Employment and Speech Defects Appearance of Patients and Employment Environmental Factors and EmploymentChapter 7 The Habilitation of Patients Rhuemore Out-Patient Clinic Patients Referred to the Employment Department The Need for Training Placing in Open or Sheltered Employment Provision of Work for the DisabledChapter 8 Cerebral Palsy as a National Problem Estimate of the Prevalence in Scotland Expected Distribution of Patients by Diagnosis and Severity of Physical Handicap Implications for the CommunityAcknowledgements