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Under the leadership of former First Lady Rosalynn Carter the
Carter Center's Mental Health Program works to promote awareness about mental health issues.
It is true that strong interests motivate learning, but past assessment approaches reveal serious weaknesses in eliciting unique personal desires. Typical among the interests listed for people are: animals, coffee drinking, music, movies, etc. These are bland at best, and certainly universal likes among human beings. The Discovery process, however, illuminates interests, accompanying tasks, and skills that have specific application in businesses.
Noah Rahman has moderate Cerebral Palsy affecting his communication, cognition and upper and lower body movement. When he turned two, his language, cognitive abilitity and fine motor skills were diagnosed by a developmental specialist as being at least 12 months behind. Then Noah got an iPad.
Four months later, his language and cognition were on par with his age level. His fine motor skills had made significant leaps.
When we think about ways the iPad has changed the world, our minds usually shoot to publishing, entertainment, or mobile communication.
For the community of people living with disabilities, the iPad may have broken even more ground. The iOS device is not only cool, but provides education, therapy and, of course, entertainment.
PROJECT ABSTRACT. Individuals with disabilities are an important, overlooked part of the labor pool. The disturbing rate of unemployment among individuals with disabilities is 14.5%, compared to 9.1% for individuals without disabilities.
Much of the advocacy and professional writing in the psychiatric rehabilitation field over the last decade has been devoted to exploding the myth of hopelessness and irreversible decline attendant to the diagnosis of schizophrenia in people.
Inclusive Employment for People with Disabilities
Edited by Paul Wehman, Ph.D., Katherine J. Inge, Ph.D., W. Grant Revell, Jr., & Valerie A. Brooke