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Flint, Ray; And Others – Adult Education, 1977
Three short articles outline what can be, and is being done in one area to help disabled students to develop their full potential. (Editor/TA)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Disabilities, Educational Administration, Handicapped Students
Gibbs, Linda; And Others – 1980
The document describes a model for an assistive device center that can provide a cost effective, coordinated delivery system to assure that handicapped students who need adaptive aids and equipment have access to them and are trained in their most efficient use. The model is explained in terms of purposes and objectives, personnel, location and…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Electromechanical Aids, Equipment

Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 1984
This series outlines sport opportunities for athletes with disabilities. Included are articles discussing sports for athletes with cerebral palsy, deaf athletes, blind athletes, wheelchair bound athletes, amputee athletes, as well as a discussion of the Special Olympics. (JMK)
Descriptors: Amputations, Athletes, Blindness, Cerebral Palsy
Reeb, Kenneth G., Jr. – 1989
This paper introduces the concept of assistive financing for assistive devices for persons with disabilities, and describes model programs that have pioneered implementation of the concept in the assistive device marketplace. The assistive financing or loan guarantee concept is presented as a partnership between a private financial institution and…
Descriptors: Adults, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Banking, Blindness
Rhoads, Milton D., Ed. – 1981
The booklet provides direction for driver education instructors, special education teachers, and school administrators in the planning and implementing of effective traffic safety education programs for handicapped youth. Section I focuses on understanding state and federal laws with subsections on P. L. 93-112 (the Rehabilitation Act of 1973), P.…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Driver Education, Equipment, Hearing Impairments
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
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. National Air And Space Museum. – 1977
Presented are guidelines drawn from surveys of programs and services provided for handicapped persons in U.S. museums. An initial section which reviews literature on museum programs for handicapped visitors focuses on problems and misconceptions regarding blind, deaf, physically handicapped, learning disabled and emotionally disturbed, and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Facilities, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Research
Ellis, John; And Others – 1968
A 27-member advisory committee was appointed in 1966 by the Governor of New Jersey to create a written plan that would assure comprehensive vocational rehabilitation services by 1975 for all handicapped people who could benefit from them. The state was divided into seven regions and seven regional committees identified major needs and barriers…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Disabilities
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
Black, Jan L.; Roelofs, Alice R. – 1984
This book is a resource for human service professionals with detailed information necessary to start, maintain, monitor, assess, and reevaluate a program targeting independence. It describes the Whole Life Program, an interdependent apartment program combined with continuing education for adults with developmental, physical, and emotional…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Caseworker Approach, Continuing Education, Daily Living Skills
Jarrett, Pat – 1985
This manual describes a project (a joint, cooperative venture among local businesses, Roberta B. Tully School--Louisville, Kentucky--and the Kentucky State Office of Vocational Education) that outlines the process for beginning a community-based vocational education program for mentally, physically, and multiply handicapped students. Section I…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Disabilities, Job Analysis, Mental Retardation
PRISE Reporter, 1982
The "PRISE Reporter" newsletter is issued six times a school year, generally from November through May. This collection of 18 issues examines the following special education topics: "Chronological Age in the Design of Educational Programs for Severely and Profoundly Impaired Students" (L. A. Larsen and L. B. Jackson);…
Descriptors: Age, Court Litigation, Deaf Interpreting, Disabilities
Wehman, Paul – 2002
This book is a guide to the development of Individual Transition Plans (ITPs) for students with disabilities. It includes 37 sample ITPs for students with a wide variety of disabilities. The first four chapters describe the formatting necessary for designing the transition planning document and then describe each of the 10 goals, which range from…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Emotional Disturbances, High Schools
Rosen, Sylvia, Ed.; And Others – 1983
The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) surveyed its member small institutions on the status of their programs for preparing teachers for working with handicapped students. Each chapter in this report on the survey is written by different educators from various small colleges in the United States. Chapter 1, "Coping…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Educational Change
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