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Schein, Jerome D. – ACEHI Journal, 1990
Government and private agencies in Alberta, Canada, have voluntarily joined to establish the Alberta Disability Database, to bring statistical order out of the numerical chaos of disability data. This paper discusses the program's financing, confidentiality, definitions, access, archiving, consultation, and coordination. (JDD)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Diffusion (Communication), Disabilities, Foreign Countries
Potter, Suzanne – ACEHI Journal, 1991
This paper describes activities of Canada's Secretary of State (the ministry responsible for the status of disabled persons) toward ensuring equal access to fundamental elements of daily life. These include improving access to postsecondary education through establishment of Centres of Specialization; funding projects of national disability…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Disabilities, Federal Programs, Financial Support
ACEHI Journal, 1990
The Sexual Abuse Prevention Program for Deaf Children, a program of the Greater Vancouver Association of the Deaf in British Columbia (Canada), plans to conduct a needs assessment of children ages 8-15 in the Alberta, British Columbia, and Yukon regions; develop prevention resources; and develop a comprehensive national distribution plan for the…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Rodda, Michael – ACEHI Journal, 1991
The Western Canadian Centre for Specialization in Deafness of the University of Alberta facilitates the entry of not only deaf but other disabled students into postsecondary education. This paper describes advocacy activities and research in clinical, communication, and educational areas. (JDD)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accessibility (for Disabled), Advocacy, College Programs
McCarty, Jane; And Others – ACEHI Journal, 1991
The Atlantic Centre of Support for Disabled Students, created at Saint Mary's University (Nova Scotia) under the Centres of Specialization Program, works to ensure that students with disabilities have equal opportunity to fully participate in the educational process and gain access to appropriate careers through direct service, community…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accessibility (for Disabled), Career Development, College Programs
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