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1. "I've Got a Palm in My Pocket" - Using Handheld Computers in an Inclusive Classroom
2. ‘App Camp’ Puts Vision Tools to Test
3. A 15-Year Retrospective Study of the Outcomes of Students With Severe Speech and Physical Impairments Who Use AAC
4. A Brief Look at the Education of Blind Children
5. A Case for Increased Training in the Nemeth Code of Braille Mathematics for Teachers of Students Who Are Visually Impaired
6. A Case Report on the Collaboration of Health Care Professionals in Fitting and Training Seven Iraqi Clients With Right Wrist Disarticulations 9 Years Postamputation
7. A Computerised Communication Aid in Severe Aphasia: An Exploratory Study
8. A Consumer's Guide to Home Adaptation
9. A Curriculum for Training Patients with Peripheral Visual Field Loss to Use Bioptic Amorphic Lenses
10. A Framework for Adapting Wheelchair Training in Virtual Reality
11. A Framework for Braille Literacy: Integrating Assistive Technology in the Braille Curriculum
12. A Model Enriching Program for Building a Research Paper Using Assistive Technology
13. A Model Technology-Rich Transition Program: How DO-IT Does it
14. A More Livable Life Now: Rehabilitation Research Looks to High-Touch
15. A Review of Window-Eyes Classroom Training
16. A Seamless Approach to Transitioning Cane Skills from the Diagonal to the Two-Point Touch Technique
17. A Software Tutorial for Learning the Nemeth Code of Braille Mathematics
18. Ability to Read Medication Labels Improved by Participation in a Low Vision Rehabilitation Program
19. AbledBody Helps Disabled Navigate Gadget World
20. Access First! A Communication Success Story
21. Accessible Education Through Assistive Technology
22. Acquisition of Scanning Skills: The Use of an Adaptive Scanning Delay Algorithm Across Four Scanning Displays
23. Addressing the Challenges Facing Independent Assistive Technology Centres Charged With Providing Education and Training
24. Adoption of Assistive Technology for Computer Access Among College Students With Disabilities
25. An Architecture for ‘Remote Monitoring’ in a Networked Virtual Environment Mobility Simulator (VEMS)
26. An Intelligent Computer-Based System for Sign Language Tutoring
27. Analysing User Needs and Developing Systems for Provision of Assistive Devices in the Southern African Region
28. Applicability of the Wheelchair Skills Program to the Indian Context
29. Are Braille’s Days as the Great Equalizer Over?
30. Assessing Improvement of Powered Wheelchair Driving Skills Using a Data Logging System
31. Assessing the Effects of Rolling Resistance and Rotational Inertia on Wheelchair Wheelie Balance Using a Robotic Model
32. Assessment of Driving Skills Using Virtual Reality: Comparative Survey on Experts and Unskilled Users of Electric Wheelchairs
33. Assessment of the Effectiveness of an Adult Audiologic Rehabilitation Program Using a Knowledge-Based Test and a Measure of Hearing Aid Satisfaction
34. Assistive Technology Centers: Getting Technology Into the Hands of Users
35. Assistive Technology For Children: A Guide to Family-Centered Services
36. Assistive Technology for Individuals With Disabilities: A Review and Synthesis of the Literature
37. Assistive Technology Helps Troops Gain Independence, Return to ‘Normal’ Daily Living
38. Assistive Technology: Impact on Education, Employment, and Independence of Individuals With Physical Disabilities
39. AT Training a la Carte in Flanders by MODEM. Selling Your Soul...
40. Baby Boomers and Hearing Aids: A Match Not Yet Made
41. Being Informed, Demanding and Responsible Consumers of Assistive Technology: An Educational Issue
42. Biomechanical Movements in Experienced Cane Users With and Without Visual Impairments
43. Braille is Beautiful - "Jake and the Secret Code"
44. Braille Literacy Services for Blind or Visually Impaired Children: State Model Bill
45. Braille Reading Speed: Are You Willing to Do What It Takes?
46. Building AAC Services From the Ground Up
47. Building Braille Reading Speed: Some Helpful Suggestions
48. Campus Voices: Hogan the Computer Guy
49. Care and Feeding of the Long White Cane: Instructions in Cane Travel for Blind People
50. Certification for Assistive Technology Trainers: A New Scheme
51. Changes in Biomechanical Features of the Two-Point Touch Technique as it is Learned
52. Client Based Adaptive Technology Training: Developing a Holistic Infrastructure
53. Cochlear Americas Launches Rehabilitation Program for Implant Recipients
54. Confidence Cultivation
55. Connecting Through Telecommunications Technology
56. ConnSENSE Review: Crick Training Toolkits
57. Conquering the Code: A Review of the BrailleMaster
58. Creating an Assistive Technology Clinic: The Experience of The Johns Hopkins AT Clinic for Patients With ALS
59. Developing Auditory Learning in Children with Cochlear Implants
60. Development and Evaluation of a Minspeak Application Using Blissymbols: Experiences from Two Case Studies
61. Development and Evaluation of the Families, Cultures and Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Multimedia Program
62. Development of a Community Mobility Skills Course for People Who Use Mobility Devices
63. Development of a Community Mobility Skills Course for Persons Who Use Mobility Devices
64. Development of a Virtual Platform for Assessment and Training of Power Wheelchair Driving
65. Development of a Wheelchair Virtual Driving Environment: Trials With Subjects With Traumatic Brain Injury
66. Do Curb Cuts Affect Mobility Training?
67. Double Your Pleasure - Double Your Speed
68. Driving Performance Among Bioptic Telescope Users With Low Vision Two Years After Obtaining Their Driver's License: A Quasi-Experimental Study
69. Driving Performance in a Power Wheelchair Simulator
70. Driving to Learn: A New Concept for Training Children With Profound Cognitive Disabilities in a Powered Wheelchair
71. Echolocation With the Long White Cane
72. Effect of Training on Upper-Extremity Prosthetic Performance and Motor Learning: A Single Case Study
73. Effects of Acculturation on Assistive Technology Service Delivery
74. Efficacy and Retention of the French-Canadian Version of the Wheelchair Skills Training Program for Manual Wheelchair Users: A Randomized Controlled Trial
75. Empowering Prosthetics: A Team Approach to Prosthetics and Limb Loss
76. Ethics and Assistive Technology Service Provision
77. Evaluation of an AAC Group Program for Students and Their Educational Assistants (EA)
78. Exploration of Factors Related to Wheelchair Postural Improvement in Long-Term Care Residents After an Individualized Wheelchair Intervention
79. Finding Your Way: A Review of Sendero GPS 3.5 for BrailleNote With a New Training Guide from DeWitt and Associates
80. For Paterson’s Parents, the Choice Was Independence Over Special Education
81. Free Software for Measuring Single Switch Use Performance
82. From Tumbles to Triumphs: Using a Cane From a Wheelchair
83. Gallaudet University Adjusts to a Culture That Includes More Hearing Students
84. Gathering and Applying Evidence in Computer Access Services
85. Getting Access, Getting Training: Neither Are Impossible
86. Giving Wings to the Service Delivery Process - New Possibilities by the RESORT Tele-Service Approach
87. Hand Rim Wheelchair Propulsion Training Using Biomechanical Real-Time Visual Feedback Based on Motor Learning Theory Principles
88. Handrim Wheelchair Propulsion Training Effect on Overground Propulsion Using Biomechanical Real-Time Visual Feedback
89. Hearing Aid Fittings and the Use of Simulated Sound Environments
90. How to Get the Most Out of Assistive Technology Training
91. How to Select a Suitable Adaptive Technology Training Program
92. How to Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication
93. I Think I Cane
94. Implementation of Effective Assistive Technology Solutions for Individuals With Disabilities in Corporation of National and Community Service Programs
95. Improving Assistive Technology Services
96. Improving the Employment Prospects of Severely Physically Disabled Persons Through IT Training Within a Mainstream College
97. Influence of Training on Biomechanics of Wheelchair Propulsion
98. Interaction Design User-Profile (IDUP) - A Framework for Evaluating User Needs in the Context of the Virtual Environment Simulator Training System
99. Interactive Multimedia Training for Assistive Technology Using Computer-Based Device Simulations and 3D Environments
100. Interactive Web Channel for Sighted and Visually Impaired Children: Site Offers Games and AT Info for Kids
101. ITG Open House Educates Employers About New Adaptive Technology Tools
102. John Williams' Column: POETA Provides Job Opportunities for Latin Americans With Disabilities
103. Just Because One’s Vision Is Waning, Hope Doesn’t Have To
104. Keeping it Reel: ReelBooks.com Creates Opportunities for Individuals Who are Blind or Visually Impaired
105. Learning About Assistive Technology: Hispanics and a National Sample
106. Learning Braille as an Adult: Read Until You Bleed
107. Learning to Control Opening and Closing a Myoelectric Hand
108. Learning to Perform Wheelchair Wheelies: Comparison of Two Training Strategies
109. Let's Go Techno
110. Light for the Blind in the Philippines
111. Listening Bus Opens Up New World to Deaf Children
112. Manual Wheelchair Propulsion Patterns on Natural Surfaces During Start-Up Propulsion
113. Manual Wheelchair Skills Capacity Versus Performance
114. Measuring Target Acquisition Utilizing Madentec's Tracker Head Pointing System in Individuals with Cerebral Palsy
115. MED-EL Launches BRIDGE to Better Communication
116. Medical Doctor Takes Up Braille After Retirement
117. Metro Trying to Teach Disabled to Take Trains, Buses
118. Mission, Model, and Mandate Assistive Technology Training and Professional Development in Ausiloteca
119. Morse Code Trainer
120. Motivation Elements in Virtual Reality for Disabled Children - The VEMS Experience
121. MultiMail Email Training for Computer Users with Disabilities
122. New Children’s Book About Cochlear Implants Now Available
123. Next Era of Braille Instruction
124. Online Learning: What Works, What Doesn't
125. PDAs as Cognitive Aids for People With Multiple Sclerosis
126. Pushing a Wheelchair: Simple Task - or Accomplished Skill?
127. Queen Kaleigh
128. Return to Work Five Years After Spinal Cord Injury Inpatient Rehabilitation: Is It Related to Wheelchair Capacity at Discharge?
129. Saturday Technology Training Session: InternetSpeech & Metro Access Web Booking Site
130. Saturday Technology Training Session: National Industries for the Blind, Keysoft 7.5, & Victor Reader Stream
131. SBS Skill Trainer With Video Feedback
132. Screen Reader Boot Camp
133. Screening Students for O&M Training Needs
134. Searching for the Right Device: How OTs Help Determine What Patients Need for Independence
135. Self-Determination During Mealtimes Through Microswitch Choice-Making by an Individual with Complex Multiple Disabilities and Profound Mental Retardation
136. Service for the Evaluation and Provision of Computer and Domotic Aids for the Victims of Occupational Accidents
137. Siemens: A Case-Study in Configuring Contemporary Systems
138. SigningOnline.com Revolutionizes the Way People Learn Sign Language
139. Six Sensational Dots: Braille Literacy for Sighted Classmates
140. Sleepshades
141. Sound Bites
142. Speech-Assisted Learning Provides Unique Braille Instruction
143. Speeding Ahead
144. Stitch by Stitch: Sewing With Low Vision
145. Striving for Excellence: The Role of Technology and More
146. Success Story: Debra Whittier, San Diego
147. Success Story: Mary Ann Jordan, Fresno
148. Supporting Transitions of Assistive Technology Users
149. Take Action!
150. Taking It to the Next Level: A Home Ramp Primer
151. Teaching Multiply Handicapped Switch Users to Scan: A Software Guide
152. Teaching the Use of a Long Cane Step by Step: Suggestions for Progressive, Methodical Instruction
153. Technology and Keyboarding: A Parent Wants to Know, What Comes First?
154. Technology Applications at the Adler Aphasia Center
155. Technology Integration Strategies: Measuring the Success of Student and Teacher Technology Training
156. Technology Lab on a Shoestring: Developing Low Cost Evaluation Centers and Lending Libraries
157. Technology Support Services in Postsecondary Education: A Mixed Methods Study
158. The "Need to Knowledge" Model: An Operational Framework for Knowledge Translation and Technology Transfer
159. The Alliance for Technology Access: Founded on Collaboration, Focused on the Future
160. The Augmentative and Alternative Communication Olympics: Raising and Showcasing Communication Competencies
161. The Blind Man's Harley: White Canes and Gender Identity in America
162. The Braille Literacy Crisis in America: Facing the Truth, Reversing the Trend, Empowering the Blind
163. The Demand, the Crisis, the Solution in Education for the Blind
164. The Effect of Rolling Resistance on Stationary Wheelchair Wheelies
165. The Effect of Training Older Adults With Stroke to Use Home-Based Assistive Devices
166. The Effect of Variable Practice on Wheelchair Propulsive Efficiency and Propulsive Timing
167. The Experiences of Using an Anti-Collision Power Wheelchair for Three Long-Term Care Home Residents With Mild Cognitive Impairment
168. The Impact of Switching on Family Caregivers of Children With Cerebral Palsy
169. The Logan BrailleCoach
170. The Miniguide: A New Electronic Travel Device
171. The Need for "Pre-Canes:" Fact or Fancy?
172. The Role of Assistive Technology in the Provision of Educational Material for Children with a Visual Impairment in the Republic of Ireland
173. The Role of Order of Practice in Learning to Handle an Upper-Limb Prosthesis
174. The Role of Variability in Practice Structure When Learning to Use an Upper-Extremity Prosthesis
175. The Smart Wheelchair: Is It an Appropriate Mobility Training Tool for Children With Physical Disabilities?
176. The Touch That Means so Much: Training Materials for Computer Users Who Are Deaf-Blind
177. The Views of People Who Use Speech Generating Devices on Mentoring New Learners
178. The World Under My Fingers: Personal Reflections on Braille (1st edition)
179. The World Under My Fingers: Personal Reflections on Braille, Second Edition
180. Tools of the Trade: Tips That Can Make You a Better Trainer Right Now
181. Toy Review: Magnetic Braille Set from Greggo Magnets, Inc.
182. Trainer’s Corner: Providing Students with the Best Possible Training
183. Trainer's Corner: Assistive Technology Specialist Competencies
184. Training Our Way to Business Opportunities
185. Trends in the Use of Braille Contractions in the United States: Implications for UBC Decisions
186. 'Try it, You Can Do it'- Assistive Technology (AT) Demonstration Apartment
187. Two Primary Reasons Switch Access Is Not Successful
188. Two Weeks at the Center
189. Uncontracted or Contracted Braille for Emergent Readers: A Pilot Study
190. United Cerebral Palsy of North Texas Helps Those With Disabilities Use Technology, Live Independently
191. Using a Timer Device for the Stove: Experiences of Older Adults With Memory Impairment or Dementia and Their Families
192. Using an Obstacle Sensing System in Power Wheelchair Training of Children: A Pilot Study
193. Using the Teaching Cane Strategy With Children Who Are Deafblind
194. Using the WWW to Study the Experiences of Persons who Use Wheelchairs: Local Area Versus Distant Participants
195. Using Virtual Reality Environment to Facilitate Training With Advanced Upper-Limb Prosthesis
196. VEMS - Training Wheelchair Drivers
197. Vision Loss Is Not a Normal Part of Aging: Open Your Eyes to the Facts!
198. Visually Impaired Students Use Technology to Get Around Fremont
199. Voice Recognition Training: 60 Minutes to Success
200. WCED Promotes Inclusion and Access for People With Disabilities
201. Western Pennsylvania School for the Blind Blazes New Trail of Its Own
202. What Did You Expect? Hearing Aids -- Expectation and Aural Rehabilitation
203. What You Should Expect From Your Hearing Aid Dispenser
204. Wheelchair Skills Training Program: A Randomized Clinical Trial of Wheelchair Users Undergoing Initial Rehabilitation
205. When to Stop Relying on Low Vision and Low-Vision Aids
206. Why a Mobile Access Technology Lab?
207. Wired to Work: An Analysis of Access Technology Training for People with Visual Impairments
208. Wired to Work: An Analysis of the Reported Crisis in Access Technology Training for People with Visual Impairments
209. Wireless Remote Control Wheelchair Trainer
210. Wireless Remote Control Wheelchair Trainer
211. Working to Empower Blind Students to Participate Fully and Independently in Science Classrooms and Laboratories
212. Z-Van Shares Technology That Will Improve the Lives of Deaf Children