Cincinnati's Program of Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation.

“…Professional occupations, jobs in offices and salesrooms, and a great variety of manual jobs are suitable for those cured of, or recovering from, tuberculosis (24). Tubercular hospitals, according to many workers in this field (8,21,22,43), may be turned into vocational schools preparing patients for occupational adjustment subsequent to an arrest of the tubercular condition. IJowever, both the character of this disease and its physical and mental effects make particularly necessary a survey of individual interests, aptitudes, and related factors as a basis for permanent rehabilitation of the tubercular (15,24).…”

“…Prevocational analysis to determine vocational possibilities is one of the recommendations following from the study ofcvocational abilities of students graduated from the Illinois School for the Deaf (62). Hudson (22) stresses the measurement of interests and aptitudes as well as consideration of background and employment trends in planning training programs for the tubercular. Hayes (19) presents a critical, historical account of the use of standard intelligence and achievement tests in schools for the blind.…”