This directory lists library resources for individuals with blindness or physical disabilities. The first section of the directory lists National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) network libraries and machine-lending agencies arranged alphabetically by city. In several states, two regional libraries have been…

The Internet is a growing source of information for persons worldwide, but for many people with disabilities the Internet can be a confusing jumble of images, frames, scripts, and colors that make little sense. Although learning how to make Web pages accessible to all takes some effort, it is effort well spent for one very good reason:…

This brief paper describes several computing tools that have been effectively used by individuals with mobility impairments. Emphasis is on tasks to be completed and how the individuals abilities (not disabilities), with possible assistance from technology, can be used to accomplish them. Preliminary information addresses the importance of…

Art works created with conventional materials reflect the hand of the artist. Artists with physical disabilities such as muscular spasms, weakness, or limitations of mobility impedes efforts to produce works of art. An experimental program uses computers to introduce art curricula into two British schools: (1) Thurlow Park (a school for children…

Results suggested that both able-bodied and disabled students preferred disabled counselors for discussing personal problems. The able-bodied students who appeared most maladjusted tended to reject the disabled counselor. Implications for counselor selection and job assignment were discussed. (Author)

This investigation studied a range of 68 psychometric, academic, behavioral, demographic, neurological, and developmental phenomena in children who had been diagnosed by a multidisciplinary team, in an attempt to develop diagnostic profiles that could differentiate among discrete neurological, intellectual, emotional and specific learning…

This article outlines the development of a research model for the Client-Counselor Interaction, Patterns of Service, and Client Outcome Project--a study presently taking place in 13 state rehabilitation agencies which addresses the question: What types of counselors, working with what types of clients, effect what types of outcomes? (Author)

The relationships between specific aspects of peripheral ocular defects and perceptual deficits were investigated in a cerebral palsied population of 60 spastics, 60 athetoids, and 60 non-neurologically impaired Ss, 7 to 21 years of age. (Author/MC)

The behavior of 37 retarded, cerebral palsied children (aged 18 to 60 months) was evaluated by means of two behavior rating scales. (DB)

This issue is devoted to the practical problems which confront veterans reentering society. Articles included deal with such topics as college admission, readjustment to school or college, vocational rehabilitation, experiences of a woman veteran, and the counseling of veterans. (JC)

Discusses the roles that physically handicapped children play in a music theatre designed by a music teacher who realized that boys and girls, regardless of their physical conditions, are all potential theatrical hams. (Author/RK)

Presented were case studies of two similarly handicapped children of the same chronological (6-years-old) and mental ages, one of whom has been institutionalized since birth while the other S was cared for by his parents until he was 2-years-old. (GW)

The author calls for a whole new concept of physical education in the nation's schools. A change of lifestyle is needed, but also necessary are school programs that develop cardiovascular endurance fitness, not muscular fitness. (Editor)