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T.H.E. Journal May 2001 Elizabeth Amberg |
Focus on Special Needs For students with physical or mental impairments, common classroom tasks can be quite daunting. Fortunately, specialized software can strengthen these students' capabilities and computer skills... |
Bank Technology News January 2001 David Gosnell |
Diebold Makes Peace With Advocates For Blind Committing to make all of its ATMs voice operated, Diebold is the first manufacturer to accommodate the demands of a stubbornly determined lobby for the disabled... |
Salon.com December 8, 2000 Jenna Glatzer |
A genetic death sentence Doctors routinely deny heart transplants to the mentally retarded... |
Information Today November 2000 |
NIST Demonstrates New Reading Device for the Visually Impaired The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced the release of a new Braille reader that may soon bring the benefits of electronic books to the visually impaired... |
IDB America Jul/Aug 2000 Paul Constance |
No outcasts here According to its managers, the Hogar is the only live-in institution for low-income retarded and severely disabled children in all of Bolivia. It is also one of the few institutions of its kind committed to discovering the potential of such children through the best available medical and therapeutic care... |
Salon.com August 9, 2000 Carol Lloyd |
Scales tipped against them Advocates for the mentally retarded question the use of I.Q. tests in determining who is fit to be executed. |
PC World September 1, 2000 Judy Heim |
Locking Out the Disabled Office buildings have wheelchair ramps, TV has closed captions, but many Web sites are inaccessible to people with disabilities. Things don't have to be that way. |
Salon.com July 5, 2000 Gary Kaufman |
What is golf? The PGA says it's hitting the ball in the hole, plus walking; disabled golfer Casey Martin says the walking doesn't matter. The Supreme Court will be asked to decide. |
Salon.com February 19, 2000 Jennifer Kornreich |
A bod for sin Jacqueline Tellalian has spent her life in a wheelchair. And she still doesn't understand why men see it as a mechanical monster that threatens their manliness. |
Salon.com June 30, 2000 Jake Tapper |
Whose lie is it, anyway? When it comes to George W. Bush's record on people with disabilities, Gore and Bush each say the other is truth-challenged. |
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