Reauthorization of the Technology-related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, Hearing Held in Washington, DC, June 10, 1993, Volume 4

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights

Jan 1994 · U.S. Government Printing Office

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This text of a hearing on the reauthorization of the Technology Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 1988 addresses such issues as clearer standards of accountability, establishment of low-interest loan programs for consumers, increased assistive technology training, outreach to minority populations, dissemination of information across State lines, and continued development of assistive technologies. The text contains delivered statements by representatives of the United Cerebral Palsy Association, the New York State Department of Education, the North Carolina Assistive Technology Project, the New Mexico Technology-Related Assistance Project, the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, the Office of Management and Budget, and the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research. Additional prepared statements and supplementary materials are included from the Electronic Industries Association Consumer Electronics Group and Congressional representatives Harris W. Fawell (Illinois) and Major R. Owens (New York). (DB)