The Forgotten Generation: The Status and Challenges of Adults with Mild Cognitive Limitations (Tymchuk, Lakin, & Luckasson)

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Community programs and social policy for adults with mild cognitive limitations.

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The Forgotten Generation
The Status and Challenges of Adults with Mild Cognitive Limitations
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y Alexander J. Tymchuk, Ph.D., K. Charlie Lakin, Ph.D., & Ruth Luckasson, J.D.

"An excellent guide." —Wisconsin Bookwatch

What happens when men and women with mild cognitive limitations — perhaps having received special education in school — are expected to manage in adulthood with few or no specialized supports? What happens when 'The Six-Hour Retarded Child' grows up?

Revisiting the important ground covered in the report published over 25 years ago by the President's Committee on Mental Retardation (PCMR), this much-needed new book examines what life is like for adults with mild cognitive limitations. The authors explore the challenges this population faces in every aspect of life, including housing, community living, citizenship, civil and legal rights, employment, health, family, and emotional well-being. You'll get insight into how critical service delivery is to the transition to adulthood and independence of individuals with mild mental retardation. You'll also get recommendations for supports (financial, medical, and emotional) so you can prevent individuals from falling through the cracks in community service systems. This text serves as a wake-up call for everyone who works with this too-often overlooked group.

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ISBN 1-55766-499-4
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416 pages / 6 x 9
2001 / $34.95
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Table of Contents

About the Editors
About the Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction

Background, Challenges, and Key Concepts in the Lives and Struggles of Adults with Mild Cognitive Limitations
1. The Hidden Majority of Individuls with Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
  Robert B. Edgerton
2. Life at the Margins: Intellectual, Demographic, Economic, and Social Circumstances of Adults with Mild Cognitive Limitations
  Alexander J. Tymchuk, K. Charlie Lakin, and Ruth Luckasson
3. Renegotiating the Social Contract: Rights, Responsibilities, and Risks for Individuals with Mild Cognitive Limitations
  Robert M. Gettings
4. Community and Culture: World Views and Natural Affiliations as the Basis of Understanding, Trust, Assistance, and Support
  William M. Kane, Magdalena M. Avila, and Everett M. Rogers
Income Security, Employment, and Career Development
1. Promoting Employment Opportunities for Individuals with Mild Cognitive Limitations: A Time for Reform
  John Kregel
2. Corporate-Initiated Workplace Supports
  Paul Wehman, Pamela Sherron Targett, Michael D. West, Helen Eltzeroth, J. Howard Green, and Valerie Brooke
3. Career Development: Helping Youth with Mild Cognitive Limitations Achieve Successful Careers
  Patricia Rogan, Richard G. Luecking, and Mary Held
Housing and Community Living
1. A Home of One's Own: The Role of Housing and Social Services Agencies
  Suellen Galbraith
2. Social and Community Participation: How to Enhance Supports for People with Mild Cognitive Limitations
  Valerie J. Bradley, John M. Agosta, and Madeleine Kimmich
3. Building Stronger Communities for All: Thoughts About Community Participation for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities
  Robert Bogdan and Steven J. Taylor
Health and Well-Being
1. Access to Health Services: Improving the Availability and Quality of Health Services for People with Mild Cognitive Limitations
  Deborah M. Spitalnik and Sheryl White-Scott
2. The Healthy People 2010 Process: Difficulties Related to Surveillance and Data Collection
  Vincent A. Campbell and Holly J. Fedeyko
Familial, Psychological, and Spiritual Well-Being
1. Family Life: Experiences of People with Mild Cognitive Limitations
  Alexander J. Tymchuk
2. People with a Dual Diagnosis: America's Powerless Population
  Steven Reiss
3. Spirituality and Self-Actualization: Recognizing Spiritual Needs and Strengths of Individuals with Cognitive Limitations
  William Gaventa and Roger K. Peters
Citizenship and Civil Rights
1. An Overview of the Emerging Disability Policy Framework: A Guidepost for Analyzing Public Policy
  Robert Silverstein
2. The Criminal Justice System and People with Mild Cognitive Limitations
  Ruth Luckasson
3. Enhancing Understanding, Opportunity, and Social Support through Community Programs and Social Policy
  Alexander J. Tymchuk, Ruth Luckasson, and K. Charlie Lakin
Index