Engineering reasonable accommodation: The delivery and use of assistive technology in a vocational training program

Technology and Disability

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 371-382

  Van der Loos, H F M ^a   Hammel, J ^a  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Computer adaptive access; Vocational training; Worksite assessment and reasonable accommodation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CURRICULUM; ENGINEERING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 0029903572     PISSN: 10554181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/tad-1996-53-418     Document Type: Article

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