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Ensign, Arselia, Ed. – PAM Repeater, 1991
This checklist is intended to help churches evaluate the accessibility of their facilities to those with physical disabilities. Categories covered are: basic accessibility, parking lots, walks, ramps, entrances/exits, doors and doorways, stairs and steps, floors, worship space, rest rooms, controls, water fountains, identification, warning…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Building Design, Churches, Physical Disabilities
Imel, Susan – 1982
This fact sheet presents the needs and characteristics of handicapped adults as an aid in developing and adapting educational programs. Following a discussion of the desire which adult educators feel to provide opportunities for all students, four general problem areas are described: attitudes of others, lack of mobility, diminished cognitive or…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adult Education, Adult Students, Blindness
Bedini, Leandra A.; And Others – Camping Magazine, 1992
Discusses the effect of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on camp programing and provides strategies to improve camp accessibility for people with disabilities. Discusses obstacles to integrated programing including ecological and architectural barriers, attitudinal barriers, transportation barriers, barriers of omission, economic…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Camping, Civil Rights Legislation, Disabilities
Filmer, Robert – Environmental Education Bulletin, 1990
Describes specific plans for making environmental education accessible to disabled people by adapting trail systems and facilities for safety, interpretative programing, and access. Encourages the inclusion of disabled people in the wide variety of environmental education programing by presenting solutions to traditional barriers. (MCO)
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Braille, Building Design
Harper, Frank, B. W.; Sitko, Merrill – ACEHI Journal, 1991
The Centre for Communicative and Cognitive Disabilities at the University of Western Ontario provides support services for students with hearing impairment, visual impairment, physical impairment, and learning disabilities. Centre activities have included policy development, student organization, interpreter services, technology development, and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accessibility (for Disabled), College Programs, College Students
Bell, William G., Ed.; Ashford, Norman J., Ed. – 1984
These conference proceedings contain the texts of 62 papers. The first 17 papers include 4 keynote presentations as well as reviews of: major developments in several countries (Brazil, Canada, Great Britain, Jordan, Netherlands, Sweden, United States) and Hong Kong; handicapped travelers' access to air transport; and application of microcomputer…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Air Transportation, Area Studies, Cost Effectiveness
Larson, Gordon A. – 1982
Intended as a general guide for adult educators interested in developing community educational programs for handicapped adults, this monograph gives an overview of facts, problems, and programs peculiar to each of four handicapped populations: the physically handicapped, blind, deaf, and mentally retarded. Following an introduction that defines…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accessibility (for Disabled), Adult Education, Adult Programs
Office of Personnel Management, Washington, DC. – 1979
This handbook for the selective placement of persons with physical and mental handicaps in federal civil service employment consists of eleven sections. Topics covered in section 1 include affirmative action, nondiscrimination, reasonable accomodation, definition of the term handicapped, acceptable terminology, and program implementation. Section…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adults, Affirmative Action, Agency Cooperation
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Div. of Special Education. – 1992
These guidelines are intended to provide a resource to use in assessing, planning, providing, evaluating, and improving the quality of programs for California pupils with severe orthopedic impairments. The first three chapters present characteristic elements of a well-designed program in the areas of: (1) identification and assessment, (2) the…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Administrator Role, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
Dugger, William E., Jr.; And Others – 1981
This guide contains information for use in modifying industrial arts programs to serve special needs students. Listed first are a series of standards pertaining to special needs students in industrial arts programs. Following a discussion of serving students with special needs in industrial arts, guidelines are set forth for identifying special…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Disadvantaged