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REHABILITATION ACT OF 1972

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

/SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE HANDICAPPED,
United States Congre OF THE AT

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COMMITTEE ON

LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE.
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

H.R. 8395

TO AMEND THE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION ACT TO
EXTEND AND REVISE THE AUTHORIZATION OF GRANTS
TO STATES FOR VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERV-
ICES, TO AUTHORIZE GRANTS FOR REHABILITATION
SERVICES TO THOSE WITH SEVERE DISABILITIES, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE

HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey, Chairman

JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia
CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island
EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts
GAYLORD NELSON, Wisconsin
WALTER F. MONDALE, Minnesota
THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri
ALAN CRANSTON, California
HAROLD E. HUGHES, Iowa

ADLAI E. STEVENSON III, Illinois

JACOB K. JAVITS, New York
PETER H. DOMINICK, Colorado
RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, Pennsylvania
BOB PACKWOOD, Oregon
ROBERT TAFT, JR., Ohio

J. GLENN BEALL, JR., Maryland
ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont

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Garrahy, Hon. Joseph, Lieutenant Governor, State of Rhode Island______ 1022

Russell, Harold, Chairman of the President's Committee for the Employ-

ment of the Handicapped, accompanied by Bernard Posner, Deputy Ad-

ministrative Assistant..

Carney, Edward C., executive director, Council of Organizations serving

the deaf, accompanied by John T. Crandall, special assistant for legisla-

tion; Joy York, administrative secretary-interpreter; George Fellendorf,

executive director, Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf;

and Willis Mann, assistant to the executive secretary, National Asso-

ciation for the Deaf..

Hotchkiss, Ralf, director, Center for Concerned Engineering, accompanied

by Diane Lattin, researcher-

Hightower, Mae, director, Delaware Curative Workshop, representing the

American Occupational Therapy Association, accompanied by Mary K.

Bailey, chief, Occupational Therapy Department, Johns Hopkins Hos-

pital; Claudia Allen, assistant chief, psychiatry, Occupational Therapy

Department, Johns Hopkins; and Leo C. Fanning, executive director,

American Occupational Therapy Association-----

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 Na-

tional Center; Dr. Robert J. Smithdas, director, community education;

and Sanford Gold, assistant director, community education, National
Center for Deaf-Blind Youth and Adults___.

Roberts, Charles, executive vice president, International Association of

Rehabilitation Facilities, accompanied by Joseph Fleming, counsel, and

Robert Hall, president----

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Stanton, Barney F., chairman, Legislation Committee, National Associa

tion of the Physically Handicapped, Inc., accompanied by Vicki Cox Page Stanton, Ruth Loyster, and Robert F. Conklin.

Stevenson, Hon. Adlai, III, of Illinois, chairman, Senate Subcommittee

on Migratory Labor___

Chiles, Hon. Lawton, a U.S. Senator from the State of Florida---
Bible, Hon. Alan, a U.S. Senator from the State of Nevada.
Pearson, Hon. James B., a U.S. Senator from the State of Kansas....
Dole, Hon. Robert, a U.S. Senator from the State of Kansas._.

STATEMENTS

American Optometric Association, on H.R. 8395 and related bills, June 1, 1972

Betts, Dr. Henry, director, Chicago Institute of Rehabilitation_.

Prepared statement__

Bible, Hon. Alan, a U.S. Senator from the State of Nevada__.
Carney, Edward C., executive director, Council of Organizations Serving
the Deaf, accompanied by John T. Crandall, special assistant for legis-
lation; Joy York, administrative secretary-interpreter; George Fellen-
dorf, executive director, Alexander Graham Bell Association for the
Deaf; and Willis Mann, assistant to the executive secretary, National
Association for the Deaf.

Prepared statement of Edward C. Carney--
Prepared statement of George W. Fellendorf..
Prepared statement of Willis J. Mann__.

Chiles, Hon. Lawton, a U.S. Senator from the State of Florida_
Dole, Hon. Robert, a U.S. Senator from the State of Kansas..

Fellendorf, George W., executive director, Graham Bell Association for
the Deaf, Inc., Washington, D.C-----

Garrahy, Hon. Joseph, Lieutenant Governor, State of Rhode Island..
Prepared statement_-_.

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Harmon, John C., Jr., general counsel and director of special services,
Goodwill Industries__

Hightower, Mae, director, Delaware Curative Workshop, representing
the American Occupational Therapy Association, accompanied by Mary
K. Bailey, chief, Occupational Therapy Department, Johns Hopkins
Hospital; Claudia Allen, assistant chief, psychiatry, Occupational
Therapy Department, Johns Hopkins; and Leo C. Fanning, executive
director, American Occupational Therapy Association____
Prepared statement__.

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Hotchkiss, Ralf, director, Center for Concerned Engineering, accompanied by Diane Lattin, researcher_.

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Prepared statement---

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Kemp, John, member, board of directors, National Easter Seal Association, accompanied by Jane Shover, executive director, National Easter Seal Association__

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Prepared statement_.

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McKinney, Hon. Stewart B., a Representative in Congress from the Fourth
District of the State of Connecticut____

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Mann, Willis J., assistant to the executive secretary, National Association of the Deaf, June 6, 1972_____

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National Therapeutic Recreation Society, Arlington, Va--.
Pearson, Hon. James B., a U.S. Senator from the State of Kansas_
Roberts, Charles, executive vice president, International Association of
Rehabilitation Facilities, accompanied by Joseph Fleming, counsel, and
Robert Hall, president..

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Prepared statement_

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Russell, Harold, Chairman of the President's Committee for the Employment of the Handicapped, accompanied by Bernard Posner, Deputy Administrative Assistant__

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Prepared statement_-_

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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__.

Prepared statement (with attachments)
Supplemental statement_._.

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__

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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.

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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 Psychology__ Comparison of costs before rehabilitation, during rehabilitation, and after rehabilitation, exhibits A1-A5---.

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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_

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

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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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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