READINGS
in Independent Living

PETBIA CHART in text format
Developed by Steven E. Brown

PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS
Getting around the house
TRADITIONAL BELIEFS
Walking (unless speaking of a baby or an elderly person)
INDIVIDUAL ABILITIES
Walking, crawling, rolling, wheelchair, scooter

PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS
Dressing & Grooming
TRADITIONAL BELIEFS
Hands, spouses
INDIVIDUAL ABILITIES
Hands, feet, arms, legs, mouth, spouses, adaptive equipment

PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS
Preparing Meals & Eating
TRADITIONAL BELIEFS
Mouth, feet, and hands (unless speaking of the rich who can
afford to pay someone else to do it)
INDIVIDUAL ABILITIES
Mouth, hands, feet, arms, adaptive equipment

PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS
Toileting/ Bathing/ Showering
TRADITIONAL BELIEFS
Hands (unless speaking of the rich who can afford to pay someone
else to assist)
INDIVIDUAL ABILITIES
Hands, arms, legs, feet, reachers, shower chairs, sponge baths,
roll-in showers

PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS
Doing Laundry
TRADITIONAL BELIEFS
Hands, legs, drycleaners, laundromats
INDIVIDUAL ABILITIES
Hands, legs, feet, wheelchairs, drycleaners, laudromats

PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS
Taking Medications
TRADITIONAL BELIEFS
Hands, brain
INDIVIDUAL ABILITIES
Hands, brain, legs, feet, adapted equipment

PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS
Using the Telephone
TRADITIONAL BELIEFS
Hands and mouth
INDIVIDUAL ABILITIES
Hands, mouth, feet, arms, head, legs, computer, speaker

PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS
Getting to Places Beyond Walking Distance
TRADITIONAL BELIEFS
Car, bus, train, plane, bicycle, motorcycle
INDIVIDUAL ABILITIES
Car, bus, train, plane, bicycle, motorcycle wheelchair, scooter

PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS
Driving
TRADITIONAL BELIEFS
Hands and feet
INDIVIDUAL ABILITIES
Hands, feet, mouth, arms, legs

PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS
Grocery Shopping
TRADITIONAL BELIEFS
Feet, hands
INDIVIDUAL ABILITIES
Feet, hands, wheelchair, scooter, reachers

PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS
Managing Money
TRADITIONAL BELIEFS
Brain, hands
INDIVIDUAL ABILITIES
Brain, hands, feet, mouth, legs, arms

PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS
Doing Housework or Handyman Work
TRADITIONAL BELIEFS
Doing it yourself or hiring someone else to do it
INDIVIDUAL ABILITIES
Doing it yourself or hiring someone else to do it

PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS
Childcare
TRADITIONAL BELIEFS
Doing it yourself or hiring someone else to do it
INDIVIDUAL ABILITIES
Doing it yourself or hiring someone else to do it

PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS
Sexual Aids
TRADITIONAL BELIEFS
Hands, mutual cooperation
INDIVIDUAL ABILITIES
Hands, feet, arms, legs, mouth, mutual cooperation

PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS
Sleeping
TRADITIONAL BELIEFS
Get into bed
INDIVIDUAL ABILITIES
Get into bed

PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS
Writing
TRADITIONAL BELIEFS
Hands, computer
INDIVIDUAL ABILITIES
Hands, feet, mouth, head, computer

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READINGS in Independent Living

READINGS
in Independent Living