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Download full textBrown, Dale – 1980
The proceedings of the 1980 first National Meeting of Learning Disabled (LD) Adults are presented. Topics focused on the history and current status of the consumer movement among LD adults. The concern of national and local LD groups with problems facing LD adults is traced, and current movements within ACLD (Association for Children and Adults…
Descriptors: Adults, Advocacy, Learning Disabilities, Organizations (Groups)
Peer reviewedGerber, Paul J.; Brown, Dale – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1991
The consensus conference on learning disabilities and employment sponsored by the President's Committee on Employment of Persons with Disabilities in May 1990 is described. Decisions and proposals made in the key areas of work preparation, vocational entry, reasonable accommodation, job advancement, socioadaptability, attitudes, and definitions…
Descriptors: Adults, Employment Potential, Entry Workers, Job Placement
Russell, Steven C., Comp. – 1994
This booklet brings together one-page to two-page abstracts from research poster sessions held at a conference on learning disabilities. The 17 research abstracts are presented within four poster session categories: (1) research on assessment and characteristics of students with learning disabilities (with abstracts on handwriting, mainstreaming…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
National Center for Learning Disabilities, Inc., New York, NY. – 1994
Four videocassettes provide the presentations and discussion of four panels from a 1994 summit on the nation's responsibility in relation to individuals with learning disabilities. Each panel examined issues of research, public policy and legislation, good practices, and consumer interest within its area of concentration. The first panel was on…
Descriptors: Adults, Courts, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Brown, Dale S.; And Others – 1990
The President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities brought together a total of 61 educators, employers, helping professionals, people with learning disabilities, family members, and government policy leaders in a conference designed to identify issues and develop a strategic plan to improve employment opportunities for people with…
Descriptors: Adults, Advocacy, Attitudes, Definitions
Kokaska, Charles J., Ed. – 1981
The document contains eight papers on research in career development of the handicapped, and is one of three volumes of selected papers presented at a November, 1981, international conference on the career development of handicapped individuals. Papers have the following titles and authors: "Research in the Area of Career Development for the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Career Development, Disabilities
Douglass, Malcolm P., Ed. – 1978
The 28 articles in this collection focus on the theme, "reading for life." The topics covered include the following: language and logic, theories of language development and their implications for teaching the language-disordered child, reading difficulties, developing literacy in the primary grades, peer and cross age tutoring, reading…
Descriptors: Adults, Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Binion, Mary, Ed. – 1993
This compilation of presentations from RESNA's conference proceedings focused on the progress and potential of assistive and rehabilitation technology for individuals with disabilities and ways that RESNA members could help these ideas to be realized. Papers were presented on the following topics: (1) service delivery and public policy issues; (2)…
Descriptors: Adults, Appropriate Technology, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Duke Univ., Durham, NC. Medical Center. – 1997
Shortened versions of papers from a symposium on literacy and disabilities are provided. Paper topics include: (1) a literacy bill of rights; (2) balanced instruction for diverse learners; (3) historical trends in vocabulary selection; (4) inclusive/collaborative service delivery for language/learning disabled school-age children; (5) literacy,…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Adults, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Computer Uses in Education
