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EDUCATIONAL BULLETIN

THE REHABILITATION OF THE
DISABLED CIVILIAN

Published by

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

JOHN FRED WILLIAMS
Superintendent of Public Instruction

ISSUED MONTHLY

Entered as second-class matter March 21. 1933, at the post office at
Frankfort, Kentucky, under the Act of August 24, 1912.

Vol. XV October, 1947 No. 8

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FOREWORD

This bulletin presents in a wry general way the reliavhilitatim;
and training: of civilians. The need for such svrvico is great. This
Division has expanded its service whoruhy it (1211] provido beneﬁts to
practically all employablo persons that have substantial handicaps
which represent a hindrance toward mnploynwut. The material hrrr
presented was prepared under thr supervision of \V. l’licknian
Daldree, Director of Division of Vocational Rehahilitatiou.

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PREFACE

During the past two decades there has been more educational,
welfare, and social, legislation enacted in America than any coni—

parahle period in the history of the world. The education, training
and rehabilitation. of civilians, although of recent times, has become
a recognized and permanent obligation, of our great country. \thn
any country assumes an ohligation to provide for its less fortunate,
the handicapped, it not only means a more proxperous country, but
a country that can. continually add to its educational and cultural
heritage. The handicapped only ask for a chance to be adjusted and
trained to earn a livelihood in the American way,

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Who is handicapped? ............................................................................................ 411
How many persons handicapped? .................................................. i .................. 411
What is Vocational Rehabilitation? ............................................................... 412
Who is eligible? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 412
What is being done for handicapped in Kentucky? .................................... 413
Does Rehabilitation pay? ______________________________________________________________________________ 41445
Pictures and descriptions of clients .......................................................... 41646
Summary ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 426

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REHABILITATION AND TRAINING OF THE CIVILIAN

Who is Handicap 1) ad?

Few persons in this country are physically perfect. Most every-
one has some. slight defect that affects his normal manner of living
and working. lt may be a minor defect such as ﬂat feet or color
blindness, or it may be a major and more serious defect. It may be
obvious and understandable, such as a crippled hand or a missing
eye or leg; or it may be hidden such as epilepsy, heart trouble or
diabetes. It could be a borderline case or transitory defect such as
an allergy or migraine headache, but soon passes away.

The average person may have one or more of these defects and
never be classiﬁed as a disabled person. To most people it means a
very serious or obvious disability. No one has yet devised a deﬁnition
of the handicapped that could be universally accepted. Most disabled
people are only partially handicapped.

ln industry any deviation from normal may be considered a
physical disability it' it:
1. Requires a person to modify or change his occupation
2. Makes it more difﬁcult to get a job
3. Required special consideration to avoid situations that may
aggravate the disability or jeopardize the health or endanger the
safety of his fellow workers.
If a defect creates certain work limitations, it becomes a physical
disability industrially.

How Many Persons are Handicapped ;’

More persons require selective placement than is generally
realized if they are to work with maximum efficiency and health and
with the greatest safety to themselves and others. According to the
Baruch Committee on Physical Medicine, it is estimated that there
are 23,000,000 persons in the U. S. who are handicapped because of
disease, injury, maladjustment or disabilities incurred in former
wars. ‘

Since this program is primarily concerned with the civilian dis-
ablEd, such information is only indirectly connected with the dis-
cussion at hand.

It has been conservatively estimated that there are now between
15 and 20 thousand disabled people in Kentucky. A great number of

these can be served with proﬁt by the Vocational Rehabilitation pro-
gram.

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In spite of satiety regulations, safety education, and safety cant
paigns, there are 70,000 persons who suite]: some permanent disabliin

injury in industry each year. In an average year about 85,000 person.

are permanently injured in tratiic accidents and about 130,000 in home
accidents.

in. some of these cases a person can be employed in a job without
any adjustment or t'ainingr. Many others require a great deal at
assistance from the Vocational Rehabilitation program betoi-i
employment.

What is 'lv’oeatimml Ifc/mbiii/ui‘ion.’

Rehabilitation has been deﬁned to be “The restoration of the
handicapped to the fullest physical. mental, social, vocational and
economic usefulness of which, they are capable”.

Rehabilitation in recent years has become rather popularized
\Ve speak of rehabilitating Europe, rehabilitating various institution.»
or agencies that directly or indirectly affect the welfare of main.
people, but this .is not. however, to be confused with the vocational
and restoration phase of such a program which reclaims an impaired
human creature, restores and relu‘tlnlitates him into pi'odiletive
employment.

it must be, continually remembered that Vocational Rehabilitation
to justify itself? must make people employable or more ac

After completing business training he began keeping books for
private businesses in Evansville, l’ndiana, and also worked as cashier
at a restaurant in Evansville, At the time his ease was closed he was
making $35.00 per week and meals. Since that time he has gone into
the restaurant business with a friend and he stated at, time this pie—
ture was made he was making $185.00 a, month and his meals. “’6 are
proud of Hood Crowell.

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SUMMARY

Rehabilitating the physically hamlieapped involves medicine,
surgery, educatiml, welfare, and all, other desirable beneﬁts provided
in a civilized society. A chance to earn a living should not be denied
any person because of a physical handicap he may unfortunately
possess if he is properly prepared and vocationally adjusted to work.

It becomes increasingly urgent that more and more service be
provided this group of less fortunate citizens in order for them to
take their rightful place and make their contribution to the generation
in which they live. \Ve must continue to provide vocational oppor-
tunities for this group of people in order that we may have a well
balanced educational and social order.