This article describes how the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, Public Law 94-142, assists in achieving the rehabilitation goal of school reintegration for spinal cord injured (SCI) adolescents. It also describes how subordinate goals are achieved during the inpatient rehabilitation phase. Comments from a survey of 13 SCI adolescents who returned to school demonstrate the need to prepare SCI adolescents for the services to which they are entitled, to acquaint them with ways of resolving possible problems they may encounter, and, when they return for follow-up care, to encourage them to continue in school.

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Abnormal diurnal weight gain among long-term patients with schizophrenic disorders.

We found diurnal weight gain to be abnormal among 65 long-term patients with schizophrenic disorders. Patients were weighed at 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. serially and diurnal weight gain was normalized (NDWG) as a percentage by subtracting the 7 a.m. weight from the 4 p.m. weight, multiplying the difference by 100, and then dividing the result by the 7 a.m. weight. NDWG was 2.2 +/- 1.5% for 47 male patients compared (P = 0.001) with 0.6 +/- 0.4% for 11 male controls. NDWG was 1.7 +/- 0.7% for 18 female patients compared (P less than 0.0001) with 0.5 +/- 0.3% for 14 female controls. We hypothesize that NDWG may be an index of both the severity and duration of the schizophrenic disorder.

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