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Article: Training programs for working with older American Indians who are visually impaired.
- Article from:
- American Rehabilitation
- Article date:
- March 22, 1993
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The importance of the cultural/environmental context upon the behavior of people with disabilities is evident when working with people living on reservations. Lewin (1942) advanced the theoretical framework that in order to understand or to predict behavior, the person and the environment have to be considered as one constellation of interdependent factors. He called this constellation life space.
Marshall, Martin, Thomason, and Johnson (1991) reflect a psychology of ecology point of view when they state, "People with disabilities may have more difficulty in ameliorating their physical limitations in such environments" (p. 231). These difficulties include ...