Exemplary projects which help disabled people use technology (particularly computers) expand their employment opportunities include: Project Entry (Seattle); Georgia Computer Programmer Project (Atlanta); Perkins Project with Industry (Watertown, Massachusetts); Project Byte (Newton Massachusetts); Technology Relevant to You (St. Louis); Special…

Boatworks, a subsidiary of Stepping Stones Growth Center in Oakland, California, provides work experience to developmentally disabled persons and helps them learn skills useful in private sector jobs. Workers learn job responsibility, quality control, and work safety procedures and are paid according to productivity. (CB)