Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1. Disability Research: Issues and Challenges
(Ritu Kalgotra, Ariel Tenenbaum and Joav Merrick – Department of Education, University of Jammu, Jammu, India, et al.)
Section I: Disability Issues
Chapter 2. Initiatives of Indian Government for Persons with Disabilities: An Overview
(Ritu Kalgotra – Department of Education, University of Jammu, Jammu, India)
Chapter 3. Understanding the National Policy for People with Disabilities in Chandigarh: An Insiders’ Perspective
(Aditi Gupta, Ravneet Kaur and Amarjeet Singh – School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, et al.)
Chapter 4. Disability and its Link with Human Development in India
(Narayanan N Krishnan, Mahesh Ramachandran and Krishnakumar C Sreedharannair – Centre for Development Studies, Prasanth Nagar, Ulloor, Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Institute of Development Research, Prasanth Nagar, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India)
Chapter 5. Social Skills Rating Scale for the Children with Mild and Moderate Intellectual Disabilities: Development and Standardization
(Ritu Kalgotra and Jaspal S Warwal – Department of Education, University of Jammu, Jammu, India)
Chapter 6. Disability Prevention: A Focus on “Falls” as a Precipitating Factor for Eventual Disability
(Sudip Bhattacharya and Amarjeet Singh – Department of Community Medicine, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Jolly Grant, Dehradun and Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India)
Chapter 7. Effect Of Literacy-Rich Approach in Teaching Reading and Writing Skills Using Teaching Strategies Adopted from Applied Behaviour Analysis on Children with Mild and Moderate Intellectual Disabilities in India
(Ritu Kalgotra and Jaspal S Warwal – Department of Education, University of Jammu, Jammu, India)
Section II: Health Issues
Chapter 8. Role of Rural Medical Practitioners in the Rural Healthcare Market: Evidence from the Indian Sundarbans
(Nilanjan Patra – Department of Economics, Bangabasi Morning College, Kolkata, India)
Chapter 9. Various Ways to Increase Childhood Immunisation Coverage: Evidence from the Indian National Family Health Survey-4
(Nilanjan Patra – Department of Economics, Bangabasi Morning College, Kolkata, India)
Chapter 10. Parental Knowledge About Communication Problems Among Pre-School Children in an Indian Context
(Subhashree Mishra, Sunila John, Bárbara NG de Goulart, Vasudeva Guddattu and Bellur Rajashekhar – Department of Speech and Hearing, Manipal College of Health Professions, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India)
Chapter 11. Documentation of Dietary Pattern among a Group of Urban Girls Aged between 14 and 21 Years Inhabiting in the State of West Bengal, India
(Nadira Ganguly, Susmita Mukhopadhyay and Subha Ray – Government General Degree College, Gopiballavpur-II, West Bengal, India, et al.)
Section III: Slum Issues
Chapter 12. Vulnerability in Slums: A Study of Education, Health and Nutrition of Slum Children in Delhi
(Shradhanvita Singh, Nehal A Farooquee, Varghese Kunjappy and Bikram K Pattanaik – Jawahar Lal Nehru University Delhi, India, et al.)
Chapter 13. Spatial Location, Networks and Seasonality: The Making of the Female Bread Earners in Slums of Delhi
(Shradhanvita Singh, Nehal A Farooquee and Vikram Singh – School of Liberal Arts, Noida International University, Uttar Pradesh, et al.)
Chapter 14. Socio-Economic Status of Urban Slum Dwellers: A Case Study of Delhi
(Shradhanvita Singh and Nehal Ahmed Farooquee – Amity School of Liberal Arts, Amity University, Gurugram, India, et al.)
Section IV: Acknowledgements
Chapter 15. About the editors
Chapter 16. About the Center for Children with Chronic Diseases and Down Syndrome Center Jerusalem, Israel, Department of Pediatrics, Mt Scopus Campus, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
Chapter 17. About the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Section V: Index
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