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Katsioloudis, Petros J.; Jones, Millie – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2013
The need for assistive technology--technology that assists persons with disabilities--is great. At no time has there been a greater need to provide assistive technologies than to assist the thousands of military veterans returning home from the Middle East with a range of physical and mental disabilities. Mobility impairment is a significant…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Physical Disabilities, Veterans, Physical Mobility
Parette, Howard P., Jr.; And Others – 1994
This study evaluated the augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) assessment and prescriptive practices currently used in various states, through a survey of project directors in all 50 states receiving funding under the Technology Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 1994. The survey instrument assessed directors'…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Aids (for Disabled)
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Wilczenski, Felicia L.; Coomey, Susan M. – Professional School Counseling, 2006
Cyber-or computer-mediated communication is transforming school counselor education in curriculum delivery, supervision, and professional development, as well as changing the nature of interactions among counselors, school personnel, parents, counselor educators, students, and field supervisors. This article describes how new technologies are…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, School Counseling, School Counselors, Professional Development
RESNA: Association for the Advancement of Rehabilitation Technology, Washington, DC. – 1990
This guide contains questions and answers about Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, as amended in 1986 by Public Law 99-506, which required the federal government to establish, in consultation with industry, guidelines to ensure that individuals with disabilities may use electronic office equipment with or without special peripherals. The guide…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adults, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Communication Aids (for Disabled)
VanBiervliet, Alan; Parette, Howard P., Jr. – 1990
The Arkansas Technology Information System (ARTIS) was developed to fill a significant void in existing systems of technical support to Arkansans with disabilities by creating and maintaining a consumer-responsive statewide system of data storage and retrieval regarding assistive technology and services. ARTIS goals also include establishment of a…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Appropriate Technology, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Communication Aids (for Disabled)