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Assistive Technology for Independent Living

Assistive Technology for Independent Living. Goals. Deinstitutionalization Demedicalization Self-Help – Empowerment Independent Living. Roots – Civil Rights Late 1960’s – 1970’s Architectural Barriers Mass Transit Bill of Rights for the Disabled

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Assistive Technology for Independent Living

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  1. Assistive Technology for Independent Living

  2. Goals • Deinstitutionalization • Demedicalization • Self-Help – Empowerment • Independent Living

  3. Roots – Civil Rights Late 1960’s – 1970’s Architectural Barriers Mass Transit Bill of Rights for the Disabled Disabled Education Act 1980’s Rehabilitation Act Advocacy Bill of Rights for the Mentally Disabled Fair Housing - No discrimination in Federal Programs History

  4. Americans with Disabilities Act - 1990 • How to make buildings assessable • Supreme Court Rulings • Manuals for Assistive Technology • Enforcement Regulations • Filing Complaints

  5. NJ Individual Living Council mailto:njil@njil.org Assistive Technology Resources http://www.abledata.com/ Information for Disabled and Their Families

  6. US Department of Education Publications Videocassettes Overheads RESNA – Technical Assistive Project Library Legal Advocacy Journals/Books http://www.resna.org/ Information for Teachers

  7. Webliography • www.acils.com/acil/ilhistory.html •  www.jan.wvu.edu/links/adalinks.htm • http://www.orclish.org/4_orclish_serrcs_ode/resources.pdf • http://www.csun.edu/cod/conf/2000/proceedings/0065Temkin.htm • http://128.104.192.129/taproject/ • http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/nidrr/index.html?src=mr

  8. Any Questions? • Susan Milovich • BA Elementary Education • Certified Teacher of the Handicapped • MA Educational Technology (May 2007) • Cell 201-841-1996 • milokbs@ optonline.net

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