Y 4.Ed 8/1:100-102

HEARING ON ASSISTIVE DEVICES FOR

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR

AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS, California, Chairman

SUBCOMMITTEE ON SELECT EDUCATION

MAJOR R. OWENS, New York, Chairman

CONTENTS

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Hearing held in Washington, DC, on May 10, 1988.

Statement of:

Adams, Janice.......

Bibum, Margaret, deputy director, Deafpride Interpreting Service........

Boardman, Dr. Barbara, senior analyst, Health Program, Office of Tech-

nology Assessment..

Carrol, Mary Ann, United Cerebral Palsy, New York City.
Cavalier, Dr. Alan, Association for Retarded Citizens, Arlington, TX
DeWitt, John, evaluations coordinator, National Technology Center,
American Foundation for the Blind, New York City......

Dormer, Tommy, assisted by Kathleen Abrams, speech pathologist

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Enders, Alexandra, project manager, rehabilitation engineering delivery
program, Electronics Industry Foundation

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Hahn, Roland, director, Central Pennsylvania Special Education Re-

source Center...

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Stone, Howard, director, Self-Help for Hard of Hearing.

Suchanek, Hon. Leonard, Board of Contract Appeals, General Services

Administration.....

Weisman, Jerry, Rehabilitation Technology Services, Burlington, Ver-

mont..

Prepared statements, letters, supplemental materials, et cetera:

Bibum, Margaret, deputy director, Deafpride, Inc., prepared statement of.

Boardman, Dr. Barbara, Office of Technology Assessment, prepared state-

ment of

Carrol, Mary Ann, prepared statement on behalf of the United Cerebral

Palsy Associations, Inc.

Cavalier, Dr. Al, prepared statement on behalf of the Association for

Retarded Citizens of the United States.....

Council for Exceptional Children, prepared statement of......

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DeWitt, John C., evaluations coordinator, National Technology Center,

prepared statement of

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Dormer, Tommy, student, prepared statement of.....

Enders, Alexandra, prepared statement with attachment, on behalf of the

Association for the Advancement of Rehabilitation Technology

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Hahn, Roland T., II, director, Pennsylvania Special Education Regional

Resource Center, prepared statement of........

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National Easter Seal Society, prepared statement of.

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Owens, Hon. Major R., a Řepresentative in Congress from the State of

New York, prepared statement of.........

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Stone, Howard E., Sr., prepared statement on behalf of Self Help for

Hard of Hearing People, Inc.

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Suchanek, Hon. Leonard J., Board of Contract Appeals, General Services

Administration, prepared statement of.....

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Weisman, Gerald, Rehabilitation Technology Services, prepared state-

ment of

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