The Self Expressed Needs of Physically Handicapped Persons Living in Iowa During 1976
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description: The Problem. The purpose of this study was to determine the self-expressed needs of physically handicapped persons living in the State of Iowa during 1976. Procedure. A questionnaire was designed by the contributions of handicapped persons exclusively. The questionnaire was then distributed to six hundred physically disabled persons residing in the state of Iowa. The names and addresses of these persons were supplied by the Iowa Easter Seal Society from a list of clients who corresponded with the agency. Respondents were asked to indicate five problems they encountered which limited them the most in their efforts to live a normal and satisfying life. These five problems were chosen from a list of twenty-one problems which other groups of handicapped persons had identified in various conferences in the United States and Canada. The respondent had the option of identifying a need or problem not included on the list. As part of the questionnaire each respondent indicated his or her age, sex, degree of disability (mild, moderate, or severe), length of disability, resident community population and educational level (0-11 years of education, high school graduate. technical school training, some college education, college graduate). Findings. A total of 261 questionnaires were returned (44%). There were two hundred fifty unsable questionnaires. The composite rank order of needs along with the percentage of the sample population who identified each need follows; income security (48 percent), information needs (45.6 percent), architectural barriers (37.6 percent), transportation (28 percent), health services (27.2 percent), recreation (25.6 percent), social acceptance (25.2 percent), insurance (24.4 percent), home care (23.6 percent), political representation (23.2 percent), legal services (21.2 percent), personal adjustment (17.6 percent), housing (17.2 percent), vocational education (16.8 percent), employment (14 percent), family problems (12 percent), sexual adjustment (1…
abstract: The Problem. The purpose of this study was to determine the self-expressed needs of physically handicapped persons living in the State of Iowa during 1976. Procedure. A questionnaire was designed by the contributions of handicapped persons exclusively. The questionnaire was then distributed to six hundred physically disabled persons residing in the state of Iowa. The names and addresses of these persons were supplied by the Iowa Easter Seal Society from a list of clients who corresponded with the agency. Respondents were asked to indicate five problems they encountered which limited them the most in their efforts to live a normal and satisfying life. These five problems were chosen from a list of twenty-one problems which other groups of handicapped persons had identified in various conferences in the United States and Canada. The respondent had the option of identifying a need or problem not included on the list. As part of the questionnaire each respondent indicated his or her age, sex, degree of disability (mild, moderate, or severe), length of disability, resident community population and educational level (0-11 years of education, high school graduate. technical school training, some college education, college graduate). Findings. A total of 261 questionnaires were returned (44%). There were two hundred fifty unsable questionnaires. The composite rank order of needs along with the percentage of the sample population who identified each need follows; income security (48 percent), information needs (45.6 percent), architectural barriers (37.6 percent), transportation (28 percent), health services (27.2 percent), recreation (25.6 percent), social acceptance (25.2 percent), insurance (24.4 percent), home care (23.6 percent), political representation (23.2 percent), legal services (21.2 percent), personal adjustment (17.6 percent), housing (17.2 percent), vocational education (16.8 percent), employment (14 percent), family problems (12 percent), sexual adjustment (1…
author: Porter, Paul J.
language: en_US
keywords: Discrimination Against People with Disabilities--Iowa, Barrier-Free Design--Iowa, People with Disabilites--Health Care--Iowa, Recreation Areas and People with Disabilities--Iowa
date published: 1978-01
date modified: 2026-07-27T19:18:53Z
provider: Drake University
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: Drake University

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