The "Rubella Bulge" and Vocational Planning

Educators of the deaf were caught unprepared for the numbers and the additional handicaps presented by deaf children in the 1963-65 "bulge." This combined with the assumption of responsibility for many of these children by "regular" education, to produce less than an optimum educational environment. Many are lacking in the attitudes and skills which will be the foundation for future occupational success. More postsecondary programs are not needed, but existing programs, and particularly rehabilitation facilities designed for the severely handicapped, need to be strengthened by personnel competent to offer quality vocational and independent living skills to young deaf adults.