e-Empowerment of young adults with special needs: Behind the computer screen I am not disabled

2009 Virtual Rehabilitation International Conference, VR 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 65-69

  Shpigelman, Carmit Noa ^a   Weiss, Patrice L ^a   Reiter, Shunit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Computer mediated support; Disabilities; Electronic mentoring; People with special needs

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION MEDIUM; COMPUTER SCREENS; DISABILITIES; ELECTRONIC MENTORING; INTERVENTION PROGRAMS; PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS; PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

EID: 70449099180     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICVR.2009.5174207     Document Type: Conference Paper

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