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Fund competitively awarded grants to prepare personnel to assist in the development and delivery of technology assistance. There is a continuing need to prepare personnel to competently employ technology to assist persons with handicaps to learn, work, communicate, or recreate.

Fund competitively awarded grants to agencies to demonstrate exemplary applications of technology assistance and systems for delivering technology assistance services. The purpose is to foster the development of model programs and applications that can be replicated across states.

Fund competitively awarded research and development grants in the area of technology assistance. The purpose is to identify new technologies and to develop new technology applications.

Encourage through incentives private sector

development and marketing of technology and technology products.

Not develop overly prescriptive regulations that
provide a disincentive to private sector firms
interested in developing and marketing hardware and
software devices or technology assistance delivery
systems. The private sector must be an ally in the
development and creation of systems to deliver
technology assistance to persons with handicaps.

The ultimate success of technology for persons with handicaps is dependent on their participation in the selection and adoption of the system. Consumers should be members of Advisory Councils and in other leadership and decision-making roles pertaining to the provision of technology assistance.

Mr. Chairman, we thank you for the opportunity to testify and we stand ready to assist you and the Committee as you develop legislation on this most important issue.

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