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Download full textRichardson, John T. E. – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2014
This investigation compared attainment in 196,405 students with and without disabilities who were taking courses by distance learning with the Open University in the United Kingdom in 2009. When the effects of demographic variables were statistically controlled, students with mental health difficulties showed poorer course completion than…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Online Courses, Distance Education, Student Characteristics
Betts, Kristen; Welsh, Bill; Pruitt, Cheryl; Hermann, Kelly; Dietrich, Gaeir; Trevino, Jorge G.; Watson, Terry L.; Brooks, Michael L.; Cohen, Alex H.; Coombs, Norman – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2013
Online learning has been growing at an exponential rate over the past decade, providing new opportunities for students seeking quality courses and programs offered through flexible formats. However, as higher education continues to expand online offerings, services must be expanded simultaneously to support all students. This article focuses on…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Online Courses, Educational Technology, Success
Direct linkBruce, Susan; Muhammad, Zayyad – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2009
This article presents a review of the literature on object permanence with an emphasis on research on children with severe disabilities. Object permanence is the realisation that objects continue to exist in time and place even when they are no longer visible. This understanding is achieved across Stages IV-VI of Piaget's Sensorimotor Period.…
Descriptors: Object Permanence, Blindness, Physical Disabilities, Mental Retardation
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities, 2012
Every year, under the federal law known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), millions of children with disabilities receive special services designed to meet their unique needs. Early intervention services are provided through the state to infants and toddlers with disabilities under three years of age and their families. For…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Equal Education, Federal Legislation
Keyes, Carol R. – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2008
This article presents a personal story of the transformative experience of including adults with disabilities in a campus child care center. It describes some highlights of what the author and her staff gained through this process. The author shares these experiences with the hope of encouraging others to be open to opportunities to work with…
Descriptors: Blindness, Physical Disabilities, Children, Adults
Peer reviewedLunney, David; Morrison, Robert C. – Journal of Special Education Technology, 1982
A microcomputer-based Universal Laboratory Training and Research Aid (ULTRA) provides meaningful laboratory access to blind students and students with upper limb disabilities. Using ULTRA, blind students can perform chemical experiments independently. (CL)
Descriptors: Blindness, Chemistry, Microcomputers, Physical Disabilities
Peer reviewedAmes, Jan – Catholic Library World, 1981
Because library resources for the blind and physically handicapped are so scarce, cooperative library activities are needed to insure the best utilization of the limited resources which are available. This article describes several such cooperative efforts. (LLS)
Descriptors: Blindness, Library Cooperation, Library Materials, Physical Disabilities
Peer reviewedEnsley, Robert F. – Catholic Library World, 1980
Discusses some common issues which face all states in determining the extent and style of library services for blind and physically handicapped individuals. (Author/LLS)
Descriptors: Blindness, Library Services, Physical Disabilities, Program Evaluation
Department of Transportation, Washington, DC. – 1970
The report summarizes the findings of a research program concerning accessibility of public transportation, particularly for the physically handicapped. The handicapped are identified; travel by the chronically handicapped is explored; and travel barriers are discussed. Design and operating guidelines, selection and application of the guidelines,…
Descriptors: Architectural Barriers, Blindness, Guidelines, Physical Disabilities
American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, Washington, DC. – 1973
This document provides listings of general and special associations involved in national, regional, state, and local sports and athletic programs for impaired, disabled, and handicapped participants. An indexed bibliography of articles, books, and other publications dealing with theory and practice of sports and athletic programs for special…
Descriptors: Amputations, Athletics, Bibliographies, Blindness
Collection Development in the Division for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress
Peer reviewedWerner, Mona M. – Catholic Library World, 1976
Describes the problems of selection in the Division of the Blind and Physically Handicapped and its attempts to find solutions. (Author)
Descriptors: Blindness, Library Collections, Library Material Selection, National Libraries
Peer reviewedCarney, Carolyn – Journal of School Psychology, 1972
Descriptors: Blindness, Physical Disabilities, Psychological Services, Psychological Testing
Peer reviewedPrescott, Katherine – Catholic Library World, 1980
The new Standards of Library Service for the Library of Congress Network of Libraries for the Blind and Physically Handicapped reflect many new dimensions in a program that has developed and changed radically in the decade following the standards of 1967. (Author)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Blindness, Library Planning, Library Services
Wilgosh, Lorraine; Sobsey, Dick; Cey, Robert – Developmental Disabilities Bulletin, 2008
The paper constitutes an examination of life management of post-secondary students with disabilities. Eight individuals, all in attendance at a Western-Canadian university, were interviewed. The purpose was to explore life management issues and transformational outcomes of living with a disability as reported by individuals with disabilities; and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Daily Living Skills, Foreign Countries, Parents
Parkison, Anne – 1983
The paper describes the growth in services of Recording for the Blind, an organization supplying blind and other print-handicapped persons with free, taped educational books in cassette form. Increased acquisition at all age levels and expansion of computer capabilities to create an online subject catalog to the materials are noted. Details of…
Descriptors: Blindness, Computer Programs, Library Services, Physical Disabilities
