Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Launched the California Assistive Technology System (CATS) initiative to provide people with disabilities information on assistive technologies and related services. Advanced the development of informed choice for consumers in vocational rehabilitation. Established the State Independent Living Council as a free standing State agency.
The Center for Accessible Technology, formerly the Disabled Children's Computer Group (DCCG), was started in 1983 [1] in El Cerrito, California, by several parents, educators, and assistive technology developers who felt that the new computer technology could assist children and adults with disabilities to speak, write, read, learn, and participate in a larger world.
Legislation supporting the state assistive technology projects was scheduled to sunset on September 30, 2004. The Assistive Technology Act of 2004 (Pub. L. 108–364 (text)) reauthorized the assistive technology programs in all states and territories for five years as a formula-based program, and removed the sunset provision from the law.
Legislation supporting the state assistive technology projects was scheduled to sunset on September 30, 2004. The Assistive Technology Act of 2004 (P.L. 108-364) reauthorized the assistive technology programs in all states and territories for five years as a formula-based program, and removed the sunset provision from the law.
Assistive technology service providers help individuals with disabilities acquire and use appropriate Assistive Technology (AT) to help them participate in activities of daily living, employment and education. There are few pre-service programs that offer degrees or certificates explicitly in assistive technology service provision.
Rumors that San Luis Obispo County school districts are placing litter boxes in restrooms to accommodate students who identify as “furries” are false, school district administrators say.
A Northern California woman is under investigation this week after animal care services and sheriff’s deputies found at least 46 dead cats in her home filled with more 160 felines roaming ...
Gerontechnology has much in common with other interdisciplinary domains, such as Assistive Technology (for the compensation & assistance and the care support & care organisation rows of the matrix), Everybodytech, Technology for All (for example Technology 4 All.org) and Universal Design for the development of all products and services ...