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Assistive Technology: Fixing Humans
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Katsioloudis, Petros J.; Jones, Millie – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2013
The need for assistive technology--technology that assists persons with disabilities--is great. At no time has there been a greater need to provide assistive technologies than to assist the thousands of military veterans returning home from the Middle East with a range of physical and mental disabilities. Mobility impairment is a significant…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Physical Disabilities, Veterans, Physical Mobility
Disability and the Internet: Access and Use as Means Toward Greater Self-Advocacy.
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Wong, Marika A. – Physical Disabilities: Education and Related Services, 1997
Discusses the use of the Internet for increased self-advocacy by persons with physical impairments. Current legislation relating to access and technology and technology's role in increasing independence are also addressed. Profiles are provided of people using the Internet for advocacy and projects encouraging adaptive technology and…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Advocacy, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Federal Legislation
A Question of Assistive Technology and Services for Young Children with Physical Disabilities. Project TAARK.
Parette, Howard P., Jr. – 1990
A statewide survey of the technology needs of 104 children with physical disabilities aged 0-5 years was conducted in Arkansas as a component of the grant application process of Public Law 100-407 (the Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 1988). The survey analyzed satisfaction with assistive devices technology…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Expenditures