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Peer reviewedBeland, Robert M. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 1984
Therapeutic recreation professionals can work with computer specialists to develop uses for microcomputers with special populations. Computers can help sensory-impaired individuals, physically disabled, the aged, and special education students. Computer professionals benefit from receiving feedback from therapeutic recreation professionals on…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Disabilities, Exceptional Persons, Leisure Education
Hannaford, Alonzo E. – Computing Teacher, 1983
Discusses ways in which microprocessors are aiding the handicapped in three major areas: (1) compensation (sensory, communication, and compensation for control); (2) management (personal and educational); and (3) instructional delivery (uses, advantages, problems, educational compatibility, instructional design, technical adequacy). (EJS)
Descriptors: Communication Aids (for Disabled), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs
Download full textRedden, Martha Ross, Ed.; Stern, Virginia W., Ed. – 1983
This book is based upon group participation and presentations given at three regional workshops on science and technology for the handicapped. The first workshop focused on issues in technology for daily living. Papers presented examined such areas as daily living technology for the disabled, psychological aspects of rehabilitation engineering,…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Chemistry, Computer Oriented Programs, Daily Living Skills
Wilson, Linda – 1993
Assistive technology that can help disabled computer users is described, and a resource guide to computer help for the disabled is presented. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 has broad implications for higher education, in that it mandates that colleges and universities give disabled students equal access to computers on public…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Communication Aids (for Disabled), Computer Networks
Presperin, Jessica J., Ed. – 1992
This proceedings document contains approximately 250 papers and posters presented at a conference on the advancement of rehabilitation and assistive technology. Individual sessions focused on the following topics: quantitative functional evaluation, upper limb and therapeutic stimulation, human-computer interface developments, information…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Accessibility (for Disabled), Aging (Individuals), Assistive Devices (for Disabled)
Presperin, Jessica J., Ed. – 1990
This proceedings document contains approximately 250 papers and posters presented at a conference on the advancement of rehabilitation and assistive technology. Individual sessions included the following topics: augmentative and alternative communication, personal transportation, technology transfer, service delivery and public policy, computer…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Accessibility (for Disabled), Aging (Individuals), Assistive Devices (for Disabled)
Presperin, Jessica J., Ed. – 1991
This proceedings document contains approximately 150 papers and 50 poster sessions presented at a conference on the advancement of rehabilitation and assistive technology. Individual sessions focused on the following topics: gerontology, robotics, technology transfer, sensory aids, computer applications, information dissemination, service delivery…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Clinical Diagnosis, Communication Aids (for Disabled)
Donath, Max, Ed.; And Others – 1986
These proceedings include 147 conference papers from 26 discussion sessions, 19 presentations from 6 poster sessions, and 64 works from a multimedia theater program on rehabilitation technology. Addressed in the individual sessions were the following general topics: clinical service delivery in vocational education, prosthetics and orthotics…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Communication Aids (for Disabled), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs
