Work Problems and Accommodations Reported by Persons Who Are Postpolio or Have a Spinal Cord Injury

Assistive Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 137-157

  McNeal, Donald R ^a   Somerville, Nancy J ^a   Wilson, Dorothy J ^a  

^a RANCHO LOS AMIGOS NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes about accommodations; Functional decline; Job accommodation; Work problems

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

FUNCTIONAL DECLINE; JOB ACCOMMODATION;

HANDICAPPED PERSONS;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLIOMYELITIS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WORK; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; ATTITUDE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT, SUPPORTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0033506017     PISSN: 10400435     EISSN: 19493614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10400435.1999.10131998     Document Type: Article

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