ASIA PACIFIC DISABILITY
REHABILITATION JOURNAL
Vol.18 No.1 2007
CONTENTS
Editor's Comment
Perspectives on Disability, Poverty and Development in the Asian Region
DEVELOPMENTAL ARTICLES
Convergence between the International Convention on The Rights of Persons
with Disabilities and The Biwako Millennium Framework for Action
A Review of Community Based Rehabilitation Evaluations: Quality of Life as
an Outcome Measure for Future Evaluations
Hasheem Mannan, Ann P. Turnbull
Evaluation in Community Based Rehabilitation Programmes: A Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats Analysis
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Vocational Reintegration of People with Spinal Cord Lesion in Bangladesh - An
Observational Study Based on a Vocational Training Project at CRP
Christian Holm Hansen, Ilias Mahmud, Afsana Jahan Bhuiyan
Stress Among Mothers of Children with Cerebral Palsy Attending Special
Schools
Biological and Psychosocial Predictors of Developmental Delay in Persons with
Intellectual Disability: Retrospective Case-File Study
Amarjyothi Persha, Saroj Arya, R. K. Nagar, P. Behera, R. K. Verma,
M. T. Kishore
BRIEF REPORTS
Beyond Community Based Rehabilitation: Consciousness and Meaning
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Dr. Maya Thomas
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