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As students in special education, rehabilitation counseling, human services, or health administration you will be faced with many issues regarding adults with disabilities. In this chapter, we describe this population and some of the diagnostic groups that have a high likelihood of being disabled in adult life. It is important to note that the authors are defining disability broadly as having its origins in a person’s early years. Thus, such disabilities that are attributable to the aging process, trauma in later years, substance dependence, and mental illness with onset in adult years are not included in the scope of this book.
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Schalock, R.L., Kiernan, W.E. (1990). Defining Adults with Disabilities. In: Habilitation Planning for Adults with Disabilities. Disorders of Human Learning, Behavior, and Communication. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3372-5_2
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