Presented by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare are proposed rules regarding section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which prohibits discrimination in federal programs on the basis of handicap. Detailed are costs, benefits, and inflationary impact of implementing provisions related to the following areas (with sample subtopics…

The report summarizes significant events since 1959 in the University of Missouri's program to modify its physical plant and educational facilities and to organize and expand its student personnel services to enable handicapped students to attend the University. Reviewed are the program plan, site and building modifications, student services, and…

This section of the journal consists of ten articles covering various topics of interest to parents of handicapped children. (DLS)

An Open University counselor wrote to disabled students to discover why they failed to continue their studies. Difficulties indicated by the replies include costs; physical impediments like toilets, stairs, desks and chairs; lack of understanding of deaf peoples' deprivation; illness; and meeting time requirements. (SW)

A music education and performance facility for students, 90 percent of whom are legally blind, demonstrates that it is possible to produce exciting design for the handicapped. (Author/MLF)

Social, psychological, and physiological factors all impinge on the awareness of the handicapped, the elderly, and the rest of us in experiencing architecture. (Author)

A review of design criteria for playgrounds that will be used by handicapped children as well as their normal peers. (Author/MLF)

At UC Berkeley, 106 undergraduates in an architectural design studio were given an 11-week task of working in teams to design an environment for a population that included elderly and physically disabled individuals. The effect of student attitudes and assumptions, and changes in them, are discussed. (LBH)

The problems of first year teachers are well researched in many developed countries. In less developed nations however they have been researched rather less thoroughly. Papua New Guinea is typical in this respect, for there has been no full-scale survey of beginning secondary school teachers. This paper was the first in a series of papers…

The integration of physically (sensory and orthopedic) handicapped students into science classes creates a complex problem for science educators. Suggestions are offered for teacher preparation and for the development of specialized materials and modifications for instructional strategies. (JMF)

The first of several installments that address the complex issues and questions related to implementation of the requirement that persons should have equal educational opportunity despite handicap. (Author)

This paper steps outside of conventional frameworks of schooling and examines inclusion from the perspective of eight young people and adults who play Scottish fiddle music in a group. The participants were asked to talk about their experiences of playing and their involvement with the group in practice and performance sessions. The group had been…

Media literacy, already practiced in the schools of other nations, has the potential to transform American curriculum and teaching. The media, from films to the Internet, are certainly present in American elementary and secondary schools; however, media literacy is still far from a typical part of every young person's educational experience.…

Currently, there is a lack of information as to the causes in the decline in technology educators pursuing an advanced degree. Without increasing the number of graduate degrees in technology teacher education, the baccalaureate degree major of technology education may vanish and, consequently, technology education courses will no longer be…