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Salmon, Peter J., administrative vice president of the Industrial Home for the Blind, and director of the National Center for Deaf-Blind Youth and Adults, accompanied by Harry J. Spar, associate director of the National Center; Dr. Robert J. Smithdas, director, community education; and Sanford Gold, assistant director, community education, National Center for Deaf-Blind Youth and Adults_.

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Schweikert, Harry A., Jr., National Paraplegia Foundation and Paralyzed
Veterans of America_-

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Shapp, Milton, Governor, State of Pennsylvania, June 14, 1972-
Snelson, Roy, chief, Prosthetics Amputee Center, Rancho Los Amigos
Hospital, Downey, Calif

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Prepared statement_-_.

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Stanton, Barney F., chairman, Legislation Committee, National Association
of the Physically Handicapped, Inc., accompanied by Vicki Cox Stanton,
Ruth Loyster, and Robert F. Conklin..
Prepared statement (with attachments) –

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Stevenson, Hon. Adlai, III, of Illinois, chairman, Senate Subcommittee on
Migratory Labor___.

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Taylor, Frank, member of the National Board of Goodwill Industries of
America, Inc., June 1, 1972__

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Wiggins, Jack G., Ph. D., member, Executive Committee, Council for the Advancement of the Psychological Professions and Sciences, accompanied by J. F. Donahue, executive director_

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Prepared statement..

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Young, John S., M.D., project director, Southwest Regional System for the
Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury..

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Prepared statement__

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Articles, publications, etc. :

Addendum A-Regulations for out-of-hospital dialysis units_
Advisory council minutes..

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Analysis of figures and Justification for increases_

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"Changes in Patient Income Concomitant With Psychotherapy," by Bernard F. Riess from the Journal of Consulting PsychologyComparison of costs before rehabilitation, during rehabilitation, and after rehabilitation, exhibits A1-A5___

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Counseling with Deaf People, by Allen E. Sussman and Larry G. Stewart, Deafness Research and Training Center, New York University School of Education, 1971...

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Deafness: One Physician's View, by Louis Z. Cooper, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics, director, the Rubella Project, New York University Medical Center-Bellevue Hospital, New York, N.Y___ Definition, by Ruth E. Loyster-

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Examples where lack of information helps compound problems---
"Fostering Independence in Deaf People," by Larry G. Stewart, Na-
tional Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester Institute of Tech-
nology, Rochester, N.Y.

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Homebound parapalegics--

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Lack of coordination of information disseminated by Federal and State agencies, examples of-

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"Medical Aspects of Deafness," Louis Z. Cooper, associate professor of Pediatrics, director, the Rubella Project, New York University Medical Center-Bellevue Hospital, New York, N.Y.:

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Articles, publications, etc.-Continued

"NAT-CENT NEWS," a quarterly review of the National Center for
Deaf-Blind Youth and Adults, New Hyde Park, N.Y., April 1972----
National Easter Seal Society for Crippled Children and Adults--
"Personal Counseling," by Richard K. Johnson, Rehabilitation Center,
University of Arizona, Tucson---.
"Postsecondary programs for deaf students in 1972, from the American
Annals of the Deaf, June 1972, by E. Ross Stuckless, Ph. D.-.
"Prevention, Diagnosis, and Habilitation of Deafness, a Critical Look,"
by Hilde S. Schlesinger, M.D., project director, Mental Health Serv-
ices for the Deaf, Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute, San
Francisco, Calif.

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Statutory committee on placement.

"Prevention of Deafness," by Robert J. Ruben, M.D., professor and
chairman, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Albert Einstein
College of Medicine, Bronx, N.Y____
"Recommendations and Plans for Meeting the Needs of Low (Under)
Achieving Deaf People," by the task force committee, appointed by
Arkansas Rehabilitation Research and Training Center_.
"Services for the Child Who Is Hard of Hearing," from the HEW
pamphlet, Children's Bureau, HEW publication No. 402-1963, re-
printed 1967____

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"The Severely Handicapped," prepared by the National Rehabilitation Association, June 1, 1972___

"The Hearing Family of a Deaf Child," by Dr. Rosslyn Gaines Suchman, Institute of Human Development, University of California, Berkeley, Calif..

"The Deaf Man and Employment," by Arthur G. Norris, Vitro Laboratories, Silver Spring, Md____

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"Underemployment," by Abraham Stahler, Deputy Director, Office of Evaluation, Office of the Associate Manpower Administrator, Manpower Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, D.C

Communications to:

Burns, Michael, staff assistant to Senator Alan Cranston, Subcommit-
tee on the Handicapped, from :

Fellendorf, George W., executive director, Alexander Graham Bell
Association for the Deaf, Inc., Washington, D.C., June 16, 1972
(with enclosure).

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Roberts, Charles L., executive vice president, International Association of Rehabilitation Facilities, June 23, 1972_-_Cranston, Hon. Alan, a U.S. Senator from the State of California, from:

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Won Pat, Antonio B., representative, Territory of Guam, May 22,
1972 (with enclosure) --

Schweikert, Harry A., Jr., acting executive vice president, on be-
half of the National Paraplegic Foundation and the Paralyzed
Veterans of America, June 8, 1972__

Lowman, Edward W., M.D., clinical director, New York University
Medical Center, New York, N.Y., May 26, 1972.
Marland, S. P.. Jr., U.S. Commissioner of Education, Department
of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education, Wash-
ington, D.C., August 1, 1972___.

Hobbs, Mrs. Patricia, executive director, Hope for Retarded Chil-
dren and Adults, Inc., San Jose, Calif., June 15, 1972____
Kopp, Harriet Green, chairman, National Advisory Committee on
Education of the Deaf, professor, speech pathology, audiology
and education of the deaf, July 14, 1972___

Harmon, John C., Jr., general counsel, Goodwill Industries of
America, Inc., Washington, D.C., June 19, 1972-

Carney, Edward C., executive director, Council of Organizations
Serving the Deaf, June 19, 1972 (with enclosures).
Coleman, Thomas J., executive director, and Edgar E. Porter, asso-
ciate director, National Association of Hearing and Speech
Agencies, May 19, 1972__

Biemiller, Andrew J., director, Department of Legislation, Ameri-
can Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organiza-
tions, June 5, 1972____

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Communications to-Continued

Gellman, Mrs. Rhoda, National Easter Seal Society for Crippled Chil-
dren and Adults, Chicago, Ill., from Bryon B. Hamilton, M.D., Ph. D.,
director of research, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago,
Ill., June 27, 1972 (with enclosure) –

Lawless, George E., professional staff member, Subcommittee on the
Handicapped, Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, from Jack
Donahue, executive director, Council for the Advancement of the
Psychological Professions and Sciences, June 6, 1972 (with enclo-
sure)
Magnuson, Hon. Warren G., a U.S. Senator from the State of Washing-
ton, from Daniel J. Evans, Governor, State of Washington, Olympia,
May 11, 1972_.

McClellan, Hon. John L., a U.S. Senator from the State of Arkansas,
from Dale Bumpers, Governor, State of Arkansas, Little Rock, Ark.,
May 18 and 2, 1972____

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Randolph, Hon. Jennings, a U.S. Senator from the State of West Vir-
ginia, from:

Hughes, Hon. Harold E., a U.S. Senator from the State of Iowa,
May 19, 1972 (with enclosure).

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McClellan, Hon. John L., a U.S. Senator from the State of Ar-
kansas, May 25, 1972.

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Magnuson, Warren G., a U.S. Senator from the State of Washing-
ton, May 22, 1972 (with enclosure).......

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Ray, David B., Jr., legislative chairman, National Association of
Coordinators of State Programs for the Mentally Retarded, Inc.,
June 5, 1972 (with enclosure)

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Staats, Hon. Elmer B., Comptroller General of the United States, from
Senator Harrison A. Williams, Jr., May 3, 1972__.
Williams, Hon. Harrison A., Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of New
Jersey, from:

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Barnum, John W., General Counsel, Office of the Secretary of
Transportation, Washington, D.C., June 7, 1972-----
Keller, B. F., Deputy Comptroller General of the United States,
Washington, D.C.:

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May 15, 1972_

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May 25, 1972.

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Maxwell, David O., the General Counsel of Housing and Urban
Development, Washington, D.C., April 13, 1972__.

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Pierce, Samuel R., Jr., General Counsel of the Treasury, Washing-
ton, D.C., May 23, 1972__.

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Rommel, Wilfred H., Assistant Director for Legislative Reference,
Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and
Budget, Washington, D.C., May 31, 1971..

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Schubert, Richard F., Solicitor, U.S. Department of Labor, Office
of the Solicitor, Washington, D.C., April 10, 1972__

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Questions and answers:

Questions submitted by Senator Cranston to George W. Fellendorf,
executive director, Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf,
Inc., Washington, D.C., with responses---

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Questions submitted by the Subcommittee on the Handicapped to Edward C. Carney, executive director of the Council of Organizations Serving the Deaf, with responses-

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Selected charts:

Functional survival of related kidney..
Functional survival of unrelated kidneys_.
Selected tables:

Addendum B-Projected figures under Garrahy plan as attested by
Dr. Schreiner, chairman, ŊKF, and under present plan__-
Addendum C-Projection-Rhode Island Commission on Renal Dis-

ease

Governors' committees on employment of the handicapped executive
secretaries and supporting staff.

Table 1.-Instructional emphasis, certificates awarded, and number
of full-time deaf students in each of 22 operational programs‒‒‒‒‒‒
Table 2.-Indication of some of the special services offered deaf stu-
Idents by each of the 22 operational programs..

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Table 15-Appointment of all handicapped persons, by agency, calendar years 1970 and 1971 (excluding all agencies under 2,500)---- 1044

REHABILITATION ACT OF 1972

FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1972

U.S. SENATE,

SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE HANDICAPPED OF THE
COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE,

Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to recess, at 9:05 a.m., in room 4232, New Senate Office Building, Senator Alan Cranston, presiding pro tempore.

Present: Senators Cranston and Stevenson.

Committee staff members present: George E. Lawless, professional staff member; Robert R. Humphreys, special counsel; Jonathan R. Steinberg, counsel; and Roy H. Millenson, minority professional staff member.

Senator CRANSTON. The hearing will please come to order.

This morning we are resuming the hearings on H.R. 8395 and related amendments to the Rehabilitation Act.

Our first witness this morning is the Honorable Stewart B. McKinney, Congressman from Connecticut.

Congressman, we welcome you.

STATEMENT OF HON. STEWART B. MCKINNEY, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE FOURTH DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT

Mr. MCKINNEY. Mr. Chairman, I would like to preface my remarks by thanking you and the committee for inviting me to testify. I simply cannot overemphasize from my years of involvement with the handicapped the importance of your task in dealing with the problems of the handicapped and also to express the gratitude of many Americans for the progressive steps which you have taken in the past to alleviate their problems.

I am here to discuss H.R. 8395, the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1972, and the effects it will have on one specific area of great concern to me, the spinal cord injured.

In this legislation, we define the "severely handicapped" as one whose injury is so serious that he can no longer function in his community and that "vocational rehabilitation" will make a "substantial contribution" in restoring the individual's chances for a new life.

Like all definitions, there is a very wide area of discretion here regarding who qualifies under this assistance. I find it ironic that the very system which is called upon to make this decision is itself "severely handicapped" that is, unable to function in the behalf of one particular segment of the community, and that if we don't recognize this state of affairs, then all we do here is lost.

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