Session: Disability Potpourri
5019.0: Wednesday, November 19, 2003: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Disability Potpourri
This session provides a potpourri of emerging issues and research. This year it will include sexual assault against women with disabilities, violently acquired spinal cord injury, retrospective analysis of autism classification, data on labor market discrimination, social participation and environmental assessment relating to traumatic brain injury.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Moderator(s):JoAnn Thierry, MS, MSW
8:30 AMSexual assault against women with disabilities in Massachusetts
Monika Mitra, PhD, Phyllis Brawarsky, MPH, Nancy Wilber, EdD
8:45 AMCoping with violently acquired spinal cord injuries (VASCI): An inductive framework *
Thilo Kroll, PhD, Samuel Gordon, PhD, Phillip W. Beatty, MA, Kianda Bell, MA, Marcus Bell
9:00 AMA retropective analysis of autism classification
Marygrace E. Yale, PhD, Keith G. Scott, PhD, Peter Mundy, PhD
9:15 AMSources of labor market discrimination against persons with disabilities
Marjorie L. Baldwin, PhD
9:30 AMEnvironmental factors influencing outcomes after traumatic brain injury
Gale Whiteneck, PhD, Ken Gerhart, MA, Christopher P. Cusick, BA
9:45 AMFactors influencing the social participation of people with traumatic brain injury
Claire CD Dumont, MSc, Marie MG Gervais, PhD, Patrick PF Fougeyrollas, PhD, Richard RB Bertrand, PhD
Organized by:Disability Forum
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy

The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA