Assistive Technology for Persons with Disabilities: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on the Handicapped of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, Second Session ... May 19, 1988U.S. Government Printing Office, 1988 - 388 páginas |
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... living by farming . The second witness is Teddy Pendergrass , the popular singer , songwriter , and record producer . Teddy was severely disabled six years ago this spring . Having lost most of the use of his hands , Teddy's prospects ...
... living by farming . The second witness is Teddy Pendergrass , the popular singer , songwriter , and record producer . Teddy was severely disabled six years ago this spring . Having lost most of the use of his hands , Teddy's prospects ...
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... living , and other community activities . Unfortunately , the promise of assistive technology is not a reali- ty for tens of thousands more disabled Americans whose potentials remain untapped , who remain in institutions or ...
... living , and other community activities . Unfortunately , the promise of assistive technology is not a reali- ty for tens of thousands more disabled Americans whose potentials remain untapped , who remain in institutions or ...
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... living in the music business . When it comes to my music , my disability is not important . But finding and acquiring appropriate technology ( which can be difficult ) is only part of the solution . Even the best technology can end up ...
... living in the music business . When it comes to my music , my disability is not important . But finding and acquiring appropriate technology ( which can be difficult ) is only part of the solution . Even the best technology can end up ...
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... living in the midst of great technological change . These changes offer tremendous opportunities for people with disabilities . These changes also present tremendous challenges . We must try new approaches , based on common sense and ...
... living in the midst of great technological change . These changes offer tremendous opportunities for people with disabilities . These changes also present tremendous challenges . We must try new approaches , based on common sense and ...
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... living conditions . excessive laundry expenses , and increased custodial attention by caregivers . Because of incontinence . individuals are often actually denied participation in a variety of educational , vocational , and social ...
... living conditions . excessive laundry expenses , and increased custodial attention by caregivers . Because of incontinence . individuals are often actually denied participation in a variety of educational , vocational , and social ...
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Página 54 - Telerehabilitation, which is funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research of the US Department of Education under Grant #H133E980025.
Página 314 - Medicare] for any expenses incurred for items or services which . . . are not reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis or treatment of illness or injury or to improve the functioning of the malformed body member").
Página 147 - COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 9:35 am, in room SD-430, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Senator Tom Harkin (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding.
Página 236 - equipment which (a) can withstand repeated use, and (b) is primarily and customarily used to serve a medical purpose, and (c) generally is not useful to a person in the absence of an illness or injury and (d) is appropriate for use in the home.
Página 301 - rehabilitation technology" means the systematic application of technologies, engineering methodologies, or scientific principles to meet the needs of and address the barriers confronted by individuals with disabilities in areas which include education, rehabilitation, employment, transportation, independent living, and recreation.
Página 180 - ... Lewis, D., Nail, B. , Henschel, M. , & Panyan, M. (1988). A Study of Difference between the Use of a Language Board and the Computer on Communication. Submitted to Augmentative and Alternative Communication. Lesgold, AM (1983). A Rationale for Computer-based Reading Instruction. In ACWilkenson(Ed. ) , Classroom Computers and Cognitive Science. New York: Academic Press, 165-181. Maddux, CD (1984) . Using Microcomputers with the Learning Disabled: Will the Potential be Realized?. Educational Computer...
Página 47 - Alice opened the door and found that it led into a small passage, not much larger than a rat-hole: she knelt down and looked along the passage into the loveliest garden you ever saw. How she longed to get out of that dark hall, and wander about among those beds of bright flowers and those cool fountains, but she could not even get her head through the doorway; "and even if my head would go through," thought poor Alice, "it would be of very little use without my shoulders.
Página 55 - Concerns about the limitations of pull-out programs led the Office of Special Education Programs of the US Department of Education...
Página 180 - Sexton, M. (1987). Using Computer Guided Practice to Increase Decoding Fluency in Learning Disabled Children: A Study Using the Hint and Hunt I Program.
Página 241 - Congressman, may I thank you and the members of the committee for this opportunity to have this hearing and for the courteous and considerate treatment that you have given me.