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ERIC Number: ED393253
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1996-Jan
Pages: 72
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
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Available Date: N/A
HEATH National Resource Directory on Postsecondary Education and Disability 1996.
Barr, Vickie M., Ed.
This biennial directory lists a variety of selected resources in the field of postsecondary education and disability, including independent organizations, governmental agencies, and technology-related resources. Listings usually provide name (or title), address, electronic-mail address, telephone number, facsimile number, and a brief description. Resources are grouped by the following topics: (1) advocacy, access, and awareness--including architectural access, education and career access, family support, and literacy; (2) community integration--including the arts, employment, independent living, recreation, and rehabilitation; (3) disability-specific organizations--including attention deficit disorder, chronic illness, developmental disabilities, learning disabilities, mobility impairment and injury-related disabilities, psychiatric disabilities, speech and hearing impairment, and vision impairment; (4) funding; (5) legal assistance--including organizations, information on the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Regional Offices for Civil Rights; and (6) technology. An index lists names of organizations described in each section. Also provided is a list of toll-free telephone services. (DB)
HEATH Resource Center, One Dupont Circle, N.W., Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036-1193 (single copy free).
Publication Type: Reference Materials - Directories/Catalogs
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners; Students
Language: English
Sponsor: Department of Education, Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: American Council on Education, Washington, DC. HEATH Resource Center.
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
Author Affiliations: N/A