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Download full textInstitute for Rehabilitation and Research, Houston, TX. – 2000
This manual for participants in a teleconference on independent living for adults with disabilities provides an agenda for the teleconference, a list of trainers, and a copy of Chapters 1 and 2 of Title VII of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998. The objectives of the teleconference were to assist Centers for Independent Living (CILs) and…
Descriptors: Adults, Advocacy, Blindness, Delivery Systems
Peer reviewedSilverston, D.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1987
The paper reviews legislation authorizing services to elderly blind and visually impaired persons in Florida, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin; determines use of those services; and makes recommendations for developing additional needed services. It also summarizes 25 independent living grants given to states under Title VII-Part C of the…
Descriptors: Blindness, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Delivery Systems, Federal Aid
Thayer, Donald, Ed. – 1988
This report describes activities carried out during fiscal year 1988 under the provisions of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and is organized according to the various sections of the Act. The report on the General Provisions section covers the American Rehabilitation magazine, evaluation activities, and the Clearinghouse on Disability Information.…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adults, Agency Cooperation, Compliance (Legal)
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1986
This compilation is intended to assist the general public in gaining a further understanding of the work of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources to provide legislative assistance to Americans who are economically disadvantaged or structurally unemployed. The texts of the following pieces of federal legislation are included: the Job Training…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Apprenticeships, Dislocated Workers, Economically Disadvantaged
