The Redemption of the Disabled: A Study of Programmes of Rehabilitation for the Disabled of War and of Industry |
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... development of this movement in the United States to its present status . There is a plain demand for a record dealing with the whole subject in general terms and particularizing with respect to the accept- ance of ix PREFACE.
... development of this movement in the United States to its present status . There is a plain demand for a record dealing with the whole subject in general terms and particularizing with respect to the accept- ance of ix PREFACE.
Page x
... present work was undertaken . Much of the material was obtained from original sources opened to the Federal Board for Vocational Education in its studies on the subject of vocational rehabilitation of the disabled in Europe . Other data ...
... present work was undertaken . Much of the material was obtained from original sources opened to the Federal Board for Vocational Education in its studies on the subject of vocational rehabilitation of the disabled in Europe . Other data ...
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... Present informa- tion indicates that there are still to be returned from overseas approximately 90 more blind or nearly blind soldiers and sailors . The number of totally blind in the Army and Navy due to the Great War is approxi ...
... Present informa- tion indicates that there are still to be returned from overseas approximately 90 more blind or nearly blind soldiers and sailors . The number of totally blind in the Army and Navy due to the Great War is approxi ...
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... presents in the case of the disabled man no greater difficulties than are encountered in the vocational training of normal individuals . Cases of this sort constitute a very large proportion of our rehabilitation cases . Each man so ...
... presents in the case of the disabled man no greater difficulties than are encountered in the vocational training of normal individuals . Cases of this sort constitute a very large proportion of our rehabilitation cases . Each man so ...
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... present simple problems . The man who has lost a hand or arm , especially a right hand or arm , clearly presents a much more difficult problem . in restoration than many other types of disability . In some cases an artificial member can ...
... present simple problems . The man who has lost a hand or arm , especially a right hand or arm , clearly presents a much more difficult problem . in restoration than many other types of disability . In some cases an artificial member can ...
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Page 293 - Act and designate or .create a State Board, consisting of not less than three members, and having all necessary power to co-operate, as herein provided, with the Federal Board for Vocational Education in the administration of the provisions of this Act.
Page 296 - Education the sum of $200,000 annually for the purpose of making studies, investigations, and reports regarding the vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons and their placements in suitable or gainful occupations...
Page 198 - All moneys received as gifts or donations shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States, and shall constitute a permanent fund, to be called the " Special fund for vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons...
Page 295 - Education, and if the Federal Board finds the same to be in conformity with the provisions and purposes of this Act, the same shall be approved.
Page 293 - June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty, the sum of $900,000; for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-one, and annually thereafter, the sum of $1,000,000. Said sums shall be allotted to the States in the proportion which their population bears to the total population of the United States...
Page 294 - ... shall be applied, directly or indirectly, to the purchase, preservation, erection, or repair of any building or buildings or equipment, or for the purchase or rental of any lands; (5) that all...
Page 295 - That whenever any portion of the fund annually allotted to any State has not been expended for the purpose provided for in this Act, a sum equal to such portion shall be deducted by the Federal board from the next succeeding annual allotment from such fund to such State.
Page 293 - June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-three, nor less than $10,000 for any fiscal year thereafter, and there is hereby appropriated the following sums, or so much thereof as may be needed, which shall be used for the purpose of providing the minimum allotment to the States provided for in this section...
Page 293 - State shall, through the legislative authority thereof, appoint as custodian for said appropriations its State treasurer, who shall receive and provide for the proper custody and disbursements of all money paid to the State from said appropriations.
Page 295 - Education shall annually ascertain whether the several States are using, or are prepared to use, the money received by them in accordance with the provisions of this Act.