- Preface
- Chapter 1 Concepts of rehabilitation
- Chapter 2 Epidemiology
- Chapter 3 The rehabilitation team
- Chapter 4 Organization of services
- Chapter 5 Assessment of disability
- Chapter 6 Spasticity
- Chapter 7 Continence
- Chapter 8 Sex and sexuality
- Chapter 9 Eating and swallowing disorders
- Chapter 10 Communication
- Chapter 11 Other physical problems
- Chapter 12 Technical aids and assistive technology
- Chapter 13 Behavioural disorders
- Chapter 14 Psychiatric problems and rehabilitation
- Chapter 15 Cognitive and intellectual function
- Chapter 16 Participation issues in rehabilitation
- Chapter 17 Multiple sclerosis
- Chapter 18 Stroke
- Chapter 19 Traumatic brain injury
- Chapter 20 Spinal cord injury
- Chapter 21 Parkinson’s disease and movement disorders
- Chapter 22 Motor neuron diseases
- Chapter 23 Disorders of the peripheral nerves
- Chapter 24 Epilepsy
- Chapter 25 Dementia
- Chapter 26 Musculoskeletal pain in common rheumatological conditions
- Chapter 27 Spinal pain and soft tissue rheumatism
- Chapter 28 Amputation
- Chapter 29 Ageing and disability
- Index
(p. 229) Participation issues in rehabilitation
- Chapter:
- (p. 229) Participation issues in rehabilitation
- Author(s):
Anthony B. Ward
, Michael P. Barnes
, Sandra C. Stark
, and Sarah Ryan
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780199550524.003.0016
Introduction 230
Finance and benefits 232
Education and further education 234
Employment 236
Vocational rehabilitation 238
Transition to adult life—the disabled school leaver 242
Participation issues are concerned with the factors that affect the lives of people with disabilities. Although often outside the control of health professionals—as they are based on societal attitudes and governmental legislative policy—the rehabilitation team needs to develop links with professionals in employment, social services, and housing departments. Although this chapter has a UK orientation, the same principles apply in other societies. The details may change, but it is important to address participation and how societal barriers can be broken down to allow people with disabilities to play their full part in society. This chapter highlights the areas to be covered, but also the areas where most of the barriers exist. Society’s attitude to people with disability is changing for the better, but there is a long way to go before disability discrimination ceases....
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- Preface
- Chapter 1 Concepts of rehabilitation
- Chapter 2 Epidemiology
- Chapter 3 The rehabilitation team
- Chapter 4 Organization of services
- Chapter 5 Assessment of disability
- Chapter 6 Spasticity
- Chapter 7 Continence
- Chapter 8 Sex and sexuality
- Chapter 9 Eating and swallowing disorders
- Chapter 10 Communication
- Chapter 11 Other physical problems
- Chapter 12 Technical aids and assistive technology
- Chapter 13 Behavioural disorders
- Chapter 14 Psychiatric problems and rehabilitation
- Chapter 15 Cognitive and intellectual function
- Chapter 16 Participation issues in rehabilitation
- Chapter 17 Multiple sclerosis
- Chapter 18 Stroke
- Chapter 19 Traumatic brain injury
- Chapter 20 Spinal cord injury
- Chapter 21 Parkinson’s disease and movement disorders
- Chapter 22 Motor neuron diseases
- Chapter 23 Disorders of the peripheral nerves
- Chapter 24 Epilepsy
- Chapter 25 Dementia
- Chapter 26 Musculoskeletal pain in common rheumatological conditions
- Chapter 27 Spinal pain and soft tissue rheumatism
- Chapter 28 Amputation
- Chapter 29 Ageing and disability
- Index