Occupational Benefits for Young Adults with Disabilities while Participating in Vocational Programs

Data from the U.S. Center for Disease Control revealed that 2.2% of American adults have an ASD condition which adds up to 5.4 million people ages 18 and older, or about 1 in 45 people (Center for Disease Control, 2022). Although there is legislation in place to support post-secondary transition rates for disabled young adults, studies show that individuals diagnosed with ASD and/or other physical and intellectual disabilities have poorer outcomes than their typically developing peers in the key areas of independent living, postsecondary education, and employment (Sosnowy, Silverman, & Shattuck, 2018). Employers identified the lack of individualized workplace training and specific “soft skills” commonly lacking in those with disabilities as a barrier to employment (Lu et al., 2022). This paper describes the completion of a capstone experience at Central Florida Dreamplex with a focus on policy/program development and advanced clinical practice skills. Throughout this capstone experience, young adults participated in an affordable sewing vocational program where they were provided the opportunity to garner specific pre-vocational and vocational skills to better prepare them for their post-secondary education and employment transition. After completion of the 16-week capstone, all participants displayed an increased knowledge and experience with pre-vocational and vocational skills to improve their independence and success within the typical workplace

Surgical treatment of oblique longus paralysis

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Surgical treatment of oblique palsy

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Experimental investigation of GafChromic® EBT3 intrinsic energy dependence with kilovoltage x rays, 137Cs, and 60Co

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Improved image quality for x-ray CT imaging of gel dosimeters

Purpose: This study provides a simple method for improving precision of x-ray computed tomography (CT) scans of irradiated polymer gel dosimetry. The noise affecting CT scans of irradiated gels has been an impediment to the use of clinical CT scanners for gel dosimetry studies. Method: In this study, it is shown that multiple scans of a single PAGAT gel dosimeter can be used to extrapolate a ‘zero-scan’ image which displays a similar level of precision to an image obtained by averaging multiple CT images, without the compromised dose measurement resulting from the exposure of the gel to radiation from the CT scanner. Results: When extrapolating the zero-scan image, it is shown that exponential and simple linear fits to the relationship between Hounsfield unit and scan number, for each pixel in the image, provides an accurate indication of gel density. Conclusions: It is expected that this work will be utilised in the analysis of three-dimensional gel volumes irradiated using complex radiotherapy treatments