Burnout Among Social Workers Working with Physically Disabled Persons and Bereaved Families

Characteristics that we contemporarily define as disabilities have existed in the human population from earliest recorded history. Societal explanations for disability have varied greatly by time and populations in which disabilities have occurred. At various times in history, disability has been viewed as a blessing from deity or the deities, a punishment for sin, or a medical problem. Social workers have worked with persons with disabilities from the inception of the profession, and in recent years, social work has begun to embrace the concept of disability as diversity and to treat disability as diversity and welcome disabled persons as fully participating members of society. Social work has begun welcoming persons with disabilities as fully participating members of society, including valuable members of the profession.

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Public awareness of physically disabled persons

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research ◽

10.1097/00004356-198512000-00001 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 407-414 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Catherine S. Fichten ◽

Joanne Hines ◽

Rhonda Amsel

Keyword(s):

Public Awareness ◽

Disabled Persons ◽

Physically Disabled

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Housing for the Disabled: II. Characteristics of Those Willing to Move to Specially Designed Facilities

Perceptual and Motor Skills ◽

10.2466/pms.1971.32.1.212 ◽

1971 ◽

Vol 32 (1) ◽

pp. 212-214

Author(s):

Dorothy Columbus ◽

Max L. Fogel

Keyword(s):

Living Arrangements ◽

Severe Disabilities ◽

Disabled Persons ◽

Total Group ◽

Physically Disabled ◽

The Disabled ◽

Housing Facilities

455 physically disabled persons were surveyed regarding their attitudes toward moving to housing facilities designed to give more independence to the disabled. While the majority were satisfied with their present living arrangements, one-third (134) of the total group expressed a desire to move to such a facility. Those willing to move were younger, had more severe disabilities and were more dependent upon others for daily needs. They were more often city dwellers who had lived in their present homes for a shorter period of time than those not willing to move.

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Methods for Promoting Attitude Change Toward and Among Physically Disabled Persons

Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling ◽

10.1891/0047-2220.12.4.220 ◽

1981 ◽

Vol 12 (4) ◽

pp. 220-225 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Marvin J. Westwood ◽

James W. Vargo ◽

Frances Vargo

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Attitude Change ◽

Disabled Persons ◽

Counseling Process ◽

Physically Disabled ◽

The Disabled ◽

Perception Of Self

This paper reviews the literature on attitudes toward the disabled as manifested by both the disabled and the nondisabled, and describes the three most commonly used methods of effecting attitude change. The literature review provides a basis for a proposed implication for counseling disabled persons. The counseling process is examined in terms of the perception of self as the key variable, how this variable is influenced by the attitudes disabled individuals hold of themselves, and the interaction of this with the attitudes that others hold towards them.

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