The Challenge of Disability
- 1 April 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health
- Vol. 55 (4) , 528-534
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.55.4.528
Abstract
The substantial number of impaired and disabled persons and the steady increase of such individuals in our population make disability a legitimate and imperative public health problem. The role of public health is to provide the impetus and the means necessary to plan and implement programs to remove extant barriers.Keywords
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