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Assistive Technology Devices and Home Accessibility Features: Prevalence, Payment, Need, and Trends.
Download full textLaPlante, Mitchell P.; And Others – Advance Data from Vital and Health Statistics, 1992
Presented is a report of findings of a 1990 National Health Interview Survey on Assistive Devices which indicated that about 5.3 percent of the American population are using assistive technology to accommodate physical impairments. Background information defines "assistive technology," describe uses, and reviews recent federal legislative and…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adults, Age Differences, Assistive Devices (for Disabled)
Urban Agenda Issue Brief, 2000
The Experience Corps Program, which was initiated in 1996 in New York's South Bronx, connects retirees with children in elementary schools. The Experience Corps' volunteers, who are mostly lifelong residents of the South Bronx, work a minimum of 15 hours each week throughout the school year as mentors, tutors, and special assistants. Since 1997,…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Community Programs, Elementary School Students, High Risk Students
