School reintegration: a rehabilitation goal for spinal cord injured adolescents

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.