Selective placement for the handicapped : information for the placement of disabled applicants in competitive employment / War Manpower Commission, United States Employment Service.

Date:
1945
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Credit: Selective placement for the handicapped : information for the placement of disabled applicants in competitive employment / War Manpower Commission, United States Employment Service. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    acteristics. Some may have head and facial defects only, others may have just arm and leg disabilities. Because of their facial contor- tions and speech difficulties, spastics have erroneously been considered mentally defective in the past. Only a relatively small number are so affected, however. Many are very bright and achieve a good deal through sheer will power. b. Reports It is usually unnecessary to secure a report from a medical source for an applicant with spastic paralysis from childhood, since he can be easily evaluated by the interviewer. c. Evaluation Depending on the part of the body affected, the interviewer will: (1) Observe gait as applicant ap- proaches desk. Observation plus questioning should reveal how much standing, walking, running, stooping, turning, crouching, kneeling, crawling, climbing, balancing, jumping, if any, he can do. His balance may be precarious depending on degree of disablement. High or cramped working places, exposure to mechanical hazards and moving objects may be ruled out. VIIl. A. Definition The White House Conference defined children of moron grade as “those chil- dren who (1) may learn to read and write to some extent under special instruction but who will profit little from ordinary academic instruction beyond the fourth or fifth grade; (2) who may learn to per- form relatively simple, unskilled, occupa- tional or industrial tasks with occasional oversight, and may be capable of earning under supervision, but who are incapable (2) Have applicant demonstrate ability to finger, handle, lift and carry objects by signing name, picking up and unbend- ing a given number of clips, lifting all the interviewer’s dictionaries and manuals and placing them on another part of the desk, and the like. (3) Observe applicant’s speech carefully for clarity. 2. Athetosis A type of paralysis often confused with spastic paralysis is athetosis. It causes flaccidity of muscles rather than tenseness and is marked by continuous movements of fingers and toes. Athe- toids grimace more than spastics but never deteriorate mentally. Because muscles are not overtensed, the athetoid may often prove capable of a fair amount of handling and even some fingering activities. 8. Parkinson’s Disease Parkinson’s disease or shaking palsy (paralysis agitans) is a disease of late life, progressive in character and marked by masklike facial appear- ances, tremor, slowing of voluntary movements, a tendency to walk quickly, peculiar posture and muscular weak- ness. of progressing industrially beyond the common labor or [threshold] levels in simple trade or industrial pursuits; (3) who may acquire some advantageous so- cial habits but who are incapable of suc- cessful adjustments to changing social or industrial conditions independently of outside help...”. B. Other Characteristics 1. Physical The White House Conference defini- tion summarizes the educational, eco-