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    Attitudes toward and Problems in Providing Services to Persons with Disabilities of Taxi Drivers
    (Journal of Ratchasuda College for Research and Development of Persons with Disabilities, 2011-03-11) Mittanonsakul, Kanjana
               The purposes of this study were to investigate attitude and problems of taxi drivers and to investigate the relationship between the taxi drivers’ attitude toward their personal information. The Attitude Toward Disable Person Scale (ATDPS) Form A was used as a research tool to find out its mean scores, standard deviation and percentage. A questionnaire was also used to find out and specify problems of taxi drivers while providing their service to disabilities persons. The sampling of this study consists of 100 taxi drivers in Bangkok metropolitan area. These data were completely collected in June 2010.            The results of this study revealed taxi drivers’ attitude towards disabilities persons at medium level tending to high level of the scale. The problems of the taxi drivers while providing service to disabilities persons were specified as following: concerning about ability of disabilities persons to get on and get off a taxi; concerning about providing service to in congestion area; concerning about ability to give direction of disabilities persons; lack of knowledge for help and supporting disabilities persons to get on and get off a taxi; and also concerning about communication with deaf person. The recommendations of this study were: (1) giving knowledge and skills of help and supporting disabilities persons for taxi drivers is necessary to increase their confident and also motivate them to provide their service to disabilities persons; (2) supporting disabilities persons to increase their self-esteem and providing impression image of disabilities persons to public also necessary.
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    Needs for Assistive Technology Devices in the Homes of Elderly Patients and Patients with Disabilities Who Received Treatments at the Physical Therapy Unit, Golden Jubilee Medical Center
    (Journal of Ratchasuda College for Research and Development of Persons with Disabilities, 2011-03-11) Suanlim, Supattra; คณะสถาปัตยกรรมศาสตร์ สถาบันเทคโนโลยีพระจอมเกล้าเจ้าคุณทหารลาดกระบัง; Kutintara, Benjamas; คณะสถาปัตยกรรมศาสตร์ สถาบันเทคโนโลยีพระจอมเกล้าเจ้าคุณทหารลาดกระบัง
               The objective of this research was to study the needs for assistive technology devices in the homes of elderly patients and patients with disabilities who receive treatments at Physical Therapy Unit, Golden Jubilee Medical Center, Mahidol University, Salaya Campus, Nakhon Pathom Province. The data were collected by conducting interviews (with illustrations) with medical staff, elderly patients, patients with disabilities, and their relatives or caregivers. After analyzing the data, the  results were as follows: elderly patients and patients with disabilities were divided into three groups. The first group comprised patients who were completely dependent. The second group consisted of  patients with disabilities who were partially dependent. The third group included those who wanted to live independently. From the study, it was found that on these three groups had different needs for assistive technology device. The first group had very little need for facilities due to their high dependence on caregivers. The second group needed more assistive technology devices and considered facilities for future use. The third group had specific needs on the design of suitable facilities that could help them live like a normal person.
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    A Model of Orientation and Mobility Training Program: Case Studies of Patients with Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) at Siriraj Hospital, Thailand
    (Journal of Ratchasuda College for Research and Development of Persons with Disabilities, 2011-03-11) Pramojanee, Araya
              The objectives of this study were: to explore mobility problems of patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP), and to develop a mobility training program that meets the needs of these patients. Twenty participants, who met the inclusion criteria, were purposely selected from patients with retinitis pigmentosa at the eye clinic of Siriraj Hospital, Thailand from June 15 – December 30, 2009. These participants were interviewed by using structured interview forms. The data regarding their mobility problems were analyzed using descriptive statistics.          Three patients from these participants volunteered to be individual case studies in a 4-week mobility training program. The program was developed to meet the mobility needs of each participant. Each participant was assessed for their difficulty in traveling with pre and post training. Their mobility was also observed during their training in the Siriraj hospital area.          The results of the interviews showed that the most difficult mobility situations for the 20 patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) were moving around social gatherings and walking alone at night. As a result of practicing mobility skills in this training program, all participants improved their mobility skills and were more satisfied with this training program. They also agreed that it was appropriate for patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP).
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    Access to Work Opportunity in Labour Markets of Persons with Physical Disabilities in Samutprakarn Province
    (Journal of Ratchasuda College for Research and Development of Persons with Disabilities, 2011-03-11) Siriwattanakul, Orawan; บริษัทลิ้งค์เกจ จำกัด
              This research aims to study access to work opportunity, opinions on relevant factors of work opportunity and factors related to work opportunity. This quantitative research covered 398 persons with physical disabilities working in Samutprakarn Province according to the performance report of Ministerial Regulations on Employment (Disabled Persons) for the Year 2009 prepared by Samutprakarn Provincial Social Development and Human Security Office. With the Simple Random Sampling Method and Multi - Stage Sampling Method, the sample size was 196 as set by Krejcie and Morgan Table and classification lists by district and sub-district groups. It was found that knowledge on job application was at the low level; consultancy and job application was at the moderate level; and employment was at the low level. The first reason of employment was skills responding to employers needs, followed by opportunity provided by employers. The occupational training and different occupation analysis had relationships with consultancy. From this study, the recommendations are that,   persons with disabilities should be supported to access various training services, employers employing persons with disabilities and recognizing their capability should provide information to employer associations in order to provide more work opportunity to persons with disabilities, families should encourage self reliance of children with disabilities to have jobs and incomes.  Persons with disabilities should develop their occupational skill and knowledge to strengthen their capability to meet employers’ needs.
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    The Preparedness of Sub-district Administrative Organization (SAO) for Development of Quality of Life of Persons with disabilities in Chonburi Province
    (Journal of Ratchasuda College for Research and Development of Persons with Disabilities, 2011-03-11) Parntubovorn, Nongnuch; ภาควิชาการพัฒนาชุมชน คณะสังคมสงเคราะห์ศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์
              The objectives for this research were to study on the preparedness of Sub-district Administrative Organization (SAO) in term of the quality of life development for Persons with Disabilities including study on the relationship between the preparedness and the implementation of SAO. The population of this research was the chairman of SAO or the authorized representative from 58 SAOs in Chonburi province. The questionnaire was used as a tool of this research to conduct the data.          The results indicated that; the preparedness of SAOs in Chonburi province for the quality of life development for Persons with  Disabilities in the issues of knowledge, crippled database, quality of life development plan for Persons with  Disabilities in local level, human resources, budget including collaboration with other organization or alliances which related to Persons with  Disabilities and could be classify into 3 levels (high, moderate, and low) was in high and moderate level of all preparedness issues. As the 5 issues of SAO implementation part which were medical, education, social, occupation, and building including facilities for Persons with Disabilities indicated that, the SAOs in Chonburi province was in moderate and low level.              The result of the relationship between the preparedness and the implementation of SAO presented that the issues of Persons with  Disabilities database and quality of life development plan for Persons with  Disabilities in local level in SAO properness part was related to SAO implementation in all issues. And the issues of budget and collaboration with other organization or alliances were related to only 4 issues of SAO implementation. However, there was no relationship between the knowledge in part of SAO preparedness and all 5 issues of SAO implementation.
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    Access to Mass Media by Disabled Youths in the Greater Bangkok Area
    (Journal of Ratchasuda College for Research and Development of Persons with Disabilities, 2011-03-11) Thonggroy, Monruedee
              The objective of this study is to investigate: The situation regarding access to mass media by disabled youths in the greater Bangkok area; and problems encountered while accessing mass media.          Fifty-five samples of this qualitative research were purposively selected, consisting of four groups of disabled youths: 16 youths with visual impartment from the Bangkok School for the Blind, 17 youths with hearing impairment from the Nonthaburi School for the Deaf, 15 youths with physical impairment from Srisangwal School in Nonthaburi province and seven teachers who took care of youths with intellectual disabilities at Panyanukul School in Chachoengsao province. Interview guidelines were used for data collection. An analytical-descriptive approach was used for data analysis.          Results: (1) Youths with visual impairment reported access to radio, because radios provided the most details via voice, followed by television and the Internet. They accessed the Internet using the PPA Tatip software program, which transformed text into speech. Youths with hearing impairment reported access to the Internet via the Camfrog and MSN programs, followed by television and publications. Youths with physical impairment reported they accessed television, followed by the Internet, radio and publications. Youths with intellectual disabilities accessed televisions, followed by radio, the Internet and publications. (2) Youths with visual impairment had problems accessing television, due to unclear narration, as radio broadcasts were clearer; and problems with the Internet, due to a shortage of the PPA Tatip program. Youths with hearing impairment had problems with an absence of sign language and subtitles being too small and moving too quickly at the bottom of the screen. Youths with physical impairment lacked supplemental instruments for computer use. Youths with intellectual disabilities had different problems with access, depending on particular disability and perception problems.
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    Developing Ability of Muscle Ties Big for Person with Physical Impairment or Movement Health Problem by Coconut Shell Treats
    (Journal of Ratchasuda College for Research and Development of Persons with Disabilities, 2011-03-11) Suwan, Rangsiwut; ศูนย์การศึกษาพิเศษประจำจังหวัดสระแก้ว
              The purpose of this research is to made and developing coconut shell treats and study ability of muscle ties big for person with physical impairment or movement health problem after coconut shell treats. Sample was person with physical impairment or movement health problem 3- 10 year do not be crippled person overlaps. Register take serve from zero special provincial Srakaew education, the academic year is 2550-2551 were 11 person by Purposive Sampling. The instrument was the coconut shell treats and observes the behaviour. The data were analyzed by using percentage, mean, standard deviation and t-test.          The findings were as follows:          1. group trains muscle skill ties big, group coconut shell name treats, that design go up effective E1/E2 70.27/70.91          2. Ability of muscle ties big for person with physical impairment or movement health problem by coconut shell treats 3-10 years after, have train stand, walk, stand on tiptoe foot  had Ability of muscle ties big higher had different by statistical significant .05          3. Affect satisfaction of parent and participant relates Developing Ability of muscle ties big for person with physical impairment or movement health problem by coconut shell treats valuable share between 3.84 - 4.11 stay in most levels. Average most is the safety of coconut shell group treats and time devoting of parent next participating participatory of parent in the helping develops the muscle ties big.
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    Living Condition of Elderly with Dementia at home
    (Journal of Ratchasuda College for Research and Development of Persons with Disabilities, 2011-03-11) Saengsida, Chanun; ภาควิชาเคหการ คณะสถาปัตยกรรมศาสตร์ จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย
            Content The objective of this study was to investigate the social conditions, economic conditions, living conditions and living problems of the elderly with dementia who live in the detached houses.  The data were collected by interviewing the subjects, surveying their living conditions and taking photographs. The initial-stage elderly dementia patients could perform their daily living activities which did not affect their living conditions.  The middle-stage elderly dementia patients were forgetful and aggressive, hid things and walked to and fro, causing problems; for example, they got lost when they walked out of the house, left things in the way and created disorder. The final-stage elderly dementia patients could hardly move so they used less space.  The elderly patients spent most of their time in the bedroom and bathroom, followed by the dining area and the living room.
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    บทบรรณาธิการ
    (Journal of Ratchasuda College for Research and Development of Persons with Disabilities, 2011-03-11) Nuchpongsai, Piyarat; วิทยาลัยราชสุดา มหาวิทยาลัยมหิดล
                 วารสารวิทยาลัยราชสุดาเพื่อการวิจัยและพัฒนาคนพิการฉบับนี้ยังคงนำผลงานการวิจัยที่นำเสนอในการสัมมนาวิชาการระดับชาติด้านคนพิการ เมื่อวันที่ 30 กรกฎาคม 2553 ณ โรงแรมเซ็นจูรี่พาร์ค กรุงเทพฯ ต่อจากฉบับที่ 1 โดยเนื้อหาจะเน้นในเรื่องการปรับสภาพแวดล้อมที่เหมาะสม การพัฒนาคุณภาพชีวิตคนพิการทั้งทางด้านการเข้าถึงข้อมูลและโอกาสของคนพิการ เช่น สภาพการอยู่อาศัยในที่อยู่อาศัยประเภทบ้านเดี่ยวของผู้สูงอายุที่มีสภาวะสมองเสื่อม การเข้าถึงโอกาสการทำงานในตาดแรงงานของคนพิการทางการเคลื่อนไหวหรือทางร่างกายในจังหวัดสมุทรปราการ การเข้าถึงสื่อมวลชนของเยาวชนพิการในเขตกรุงเทพมหานครและปริมณฑล เป็นต้น             สำหรับวารสารวิทยาลัยราชสุดา ปีที่ 7 ฉบับที่ 1 ได้มีผู้ส่งบทความวิจัยเพื่อขอตีพิมพ์บ้างแล้ว หากผู้ที่ทำงานเกี่ยวข้องกับคนพิการสนใจที่จะเผยแพร่ประสบการณ์ ความรู้ที่เป็นประโยชน์แก่ผู้ที่ทำงานพัฒนาคุณภาพชีวิตคนพิการ สามารถเขียนเรื่องราวหรือประสงค์ให้กองบรรณาธิการไปสัมภาษณ์ใคร เรื่องใด ก็สามารถแจ้งมาได้ ไม่จำเป็นต้องเป็นงานวิจัย กองบรรณาธิการยินดีเป็นสื่อกลางที่จำนำเรื่องที่เป็นประโยชน์มาเผยแพร่
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    Syllables and Words in Thai Sign Language
    (Journal of Ratchasuda College for Research and Development of Persons with Disabilities, 2010-01-12) Apiluck Tumtavitikul; Chirapa Niwatapant
    This paper studies the signs,  syllables and words in Thai Sign Language (ThSL) based on Autosegmental Phonology (Goldsmith, 1976, 1990) which is used for the analyses of the American Sign Language and many other sign languages (Brentari, 1996).  Autosegmental phonology analyzes components of signs non-linearly, emphasizing on the simultaneity in time of the components.   The results of this study show that a ThSL sign is composed of handshape, orientation, location and movement as well as other non-manual components.  Each of these components  functions to distinguish word meaning in the same manner as a phoneme does in a spoken language.  Evidence for syllable internal-structures is also found for ThSL.  The syllable displays both aspects that are the same and different from that of a spoken language.  Simultaneity in time is the most important characteristics of ThSL syllables.  Moreover, ThSL displays behavior very much like that which was found in a spoken language, with variants, reduction and deletion of sign components and syllables.  Syllables and words in ThSL  are evident that ThSL consists of linguistic units and structures comparable to the phonological units and structures in a natural language.
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    Local Toys in Occupational Therapy for Development and Rehabilitation in Children with Special Needs
    (Journal of Ratchasuda College for Research and Development of Persons with Disabilities, 2011-02-09) Soisuda Vittayakorn; Nuntanee Satiansukpong
    Play in children is natural. Children play to fulfill their needs and self-satisfaction. Children want to play. Values of play are such as health improvement and body-mind-spirit development. Educators in many fields interested and studied intensively about play. Occupational therapy is a professional that provides heath prevention and habilitation in children with special need; therefore, interesting in study about local toys. The objectives of this study were to (1) survey local toys in Nan and Payao provinces, (2) group local toys according to their treatment benefits, and (3) synthesize new local toys for developing and habilitating children with special need. Local toy were found as follows: 40 items from Nan and 24 items from Payao. In both provinces, there were same local toys, which their names were called differently. The local toys were grouped into 4 groups according to their benefits in occupational therapy. They were (1) sensory-motor, (2) muscle, (3) perceptive and cognitive, and (4) social emotional and behavioral improvement. There were some limitation in this process; therefore, the researcher team planned to arrange the conference among expertise in occupational therapy, physical therapy, toy design, and special education in order to appropriately adjust and modify the local toys to use in the future. 
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    แนวทางการจัดสิ่งอำนวยความสะดวกสำหรับคนพิการและทุกคนในสังคม
    (Journal of Ratchasuda College for Research and Development of Persons with Disabilities, 2010-01-19) ธนายุส ธนธิติ
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    Embarking upon the reformation of mainstream education for children with moderate cognitive disabilities in Thailand: A qualitative analysis from the key stakeholders
    (Journal of Ratchasuda College for Research and Development of Persons with Disabilities, 2011-02-09) Pareyaasiri Manason
    The purpose of this case study was to explore educational policy and practices for educating students with moderate cognitive disabilities in segregated and inclusive schools in Thailand. This study utilized constructivist research methodology to examine the perspectives of parents, teachers, and school administrators who are involved in educating these children at two schools in Bangkok, Thailand. The schools in this research were selected because they represent two completely different models of a segregated school and a pilot inclusive school for students with moderate cognitive disabilities. Qualitative methods of data collection and a constant comparative method of data analysis were used. The researcher conducted open-ended interviews with teachers, administrators, and parents whose children attended each school. The interview questions were designed to provide insight into what the parents, teachers, and administrators perceived about the common practices used in the schools. In addition, field notes and observation notes from interviews and parent-teacher meetings were collected and analyzed regarding similarities and differences in methods of teaching.  The researcher targeted a total of eight teachers and six administrators to participate in the interviews. Additionally, ten parents of children with moderate cognitive disabilities who were attending the schools were also interviewed. The data provided the researcher with a reasonably good understanding of the attitudes, feedback, and activities of stakeholders from two different educational perspectives for educating students with moderate cognitive disabilities. The Thai government has established national policy for inclusive education as a mainstream education model for Thailand. It was found that teachers and school administrators however hold very diverse beliefs and practices about methods of educating students with moderate cognitive disabilities. The findings of this study can provide valuable information for policy makers in Thailand and for leaders and researchers in special education.   The findings of this research suggest needed adjustments to policies and related practices, suggestions for special education teacher preparation programs, and ideas for the design of an appropriate special education system that leads to better educational opportunities for students with moderate cognitive disabilities in Thailand.
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    Parents are the Best Teachers at Home: The Facilitative Learning Process Development at Home for Severe Disabled Children by Parents
    (Journal of Ratchasuda College for Research and Development of Persons with Disabilities, 2011-02-09) Ubonrat Namnaphol
              This research aimed to study the facilitative learning process development for disabled children at home by enhance the parent’s participation and to enhance the good attitude and awareness of disabled children’s parents. Disabled children’s parents should have good knowledge, skills, understanding and environment to facilitative develop supplementary  toys as a skilled improvement tools, which were invented by the researcher and cooperative with parents such as armchair, standing plate, push chair, parallel bar, and horse rider. During this study, data and disabled children’ behaviors were collect and observe via performance observation form, objective evaluation form, and behavior observation form which were created by the researcher. In data analysis, statistics consist of percentage by compare pre-test and post-test were analyzed.  The research found that the development of disabled children result such as they can sit on ground, balance standing, and walk across parallel bar. Moreover, they can express their feeling and emotion, and effective interact and communication with parents. The main success factor is the good cooperation from parents, teachers, and community. Finally, this can encourage parent to practice their children continually.
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    ศูนย์เทคโนโลยีการศึกษาเพื่อคนตาบอด: ข้อเสนอแนะเพื่อการพัฒนาดำเนิน
    (Journal of Ratchasuda College for Research and Development of Persons with Disabilities, 2011-02-08) เนาวนิตย์ สงคราม
    \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \  จากการที่ได้ศึกษาข้อมูลการบริหารงานของศูนย์เทคโนโลยีการศึกษาเพื่อคนตาบอดพบว่า ศูนย์ฯ แห่งนี้เป็นประโยชน์สำหรับคนตาบอดอย่างยิ่ง \ และหากได้มีการพัฒนาการดำเนินงานของศูนย์ฯ ให้มีมาตรฐานชัดเจนขึ้น\  จะทำให้การดำเนินงานมีประสิทธิภาพมากขึ้น\  และยังเป็นการเพิ่มศักยภาพการผลิตและบริการให้แก่ศูนย์ฯ ที่จะสามารถรองรับความต้องการของผู้ใช้บริการให้ได้ประโยชน์สูงสุด\  และเป็นการสนับสนุนให้คนตาบอดมีความรู้เพื่อใช้ในการดำรงชีวิตและการทำงานต่อไป
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    How are handshapes related to alphabet letters in Thai Fingerspelling?
    (Journal of Ratchasuda College for Research and Development of Persons with Disabilities, 2011-02-09) Apiluck Tumtavitikul
    \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \  In a sign language where visual-manual mode is used for communication, the handshapes or\  signs, are mostly iconic.\  The resemblance between a\  handshape and that which it represents is usually obvious.\  However, in Thai fingerspelling, the handshapes for the Thai letters are non-iconic.\  Resemblances between handshapes and orthographic symbols cannot be visualized.\  Moreover, the system groups the letters into many subgroups, each with the same handshape as a basic component of a compound sign.\  For example, ก, ข, ค, ฆ are grouped together and so are ส, ศ, ษ, ซ. Letters in each subgroup are not related graphically except for very few pairs, e.g., น ณ, ผ พ, ฝ ฟ.\  Without resorting to phonetics, the correlation between fingerspelling and the Thai alphabet seems arbitrary.\  This paper studies the correlation between handshapes in fingerspelling and letters in Thai orthography via phonetics. \ The result sheds light on the construct of Thai fingerspelling.
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    บริการทางการศึกษาสำหรับนักศึกษาหูหนวกที่ National Technical Institute for the Deaf
    (Journal of Ratchasuda College for Research and Development of Persons with Disabilities, 2010-01-19) พรพรรณ์ สมบูรณ์
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    การวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพในเรื่องที่เกี่ยวกับคนพิการ : ประสบการณ์การวิจัยในศูนย์ฝึกอาชีพ
    (Journal of Ratchasuda College for Research and Development of Persons with Disabilities, 2011-02-08) พลอย สืบวิเศษ
    \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ การวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพมิได้จำกัดกรอบอยู่เฉพาะการวัดตัวแปรตามกรอบการเก็บข้อมูล \ ดังเช่นการวิจัยเชิงปริมาณ \ ย่อมจะให้ข้อมูลที่ลึกซึ้งกว่า \ บทความนี้มิได้มุ่งนำเสนอผลการวิจัยเป็นหลัก \ จึงขอกล่าวเพียงย่อๆ ว่า ผลการวิจัยทำให้ทราบว่าศูนย์ฝึกอาชีพของเอกชนประสบความสำเร็จในการฝึกอาชีพและช่วยให้คนพิการได้งานทำ \ ในขณะที่ศูนย์ฝึกอาชีพของรัฐยังมีประสิทธิภาพด้อยกว่า \ เพราะเงื่อนไขหลายประการในการบริหารจัดการ\  ซึ่งจะไม่ขอกล่าวในที่นี้ \ ผู้เข้าฝึกที่จบการฝึกส่วนใหญ่รู้สึกว่าได้รับการเสริมอำนาจและมีคุณภาพชีวิตที่ดีขึ้น \ ดังนั้น อาจสรุปได้ว่าการฝึกอาชีพที่จัดโดยศูนย์ฝึกอาชีพทั้งสองแห่งมีประโยชน์ต่อคนพิการเป็นอย่างยิ่ง \ ซึ่งงานวิจัยมีข้อเสนอแนะหลายประการที่ได้มาจากการใช้วิธีการวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพที่จะเป็นประโยชน์ต่อการพัฒนาการให้บริการฝึกอาชีพคนพิการไทย
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    บทบรรณาธิการ
    (Journal of Ratchasuda College for Research and Development of Persons with Disabilities, 2011-02-09) ปิยะรัตน์ นุชผ่องใส
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