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http://www.connsensebulletin.com/stepi
STEP International is a project of the Worldwide Technology Desk of the Division of Special Education and Services (DISES). It is an online collaboration of people throughout the world interested in providing technology solutions for individuals with disabilities.
Chauncy Rucker,
Ph.D. |
Joy Smiley Zabala,
Ed.D. Assistive Technology and Leadership http://www.joyzabala.com joy@joyzabala.com |
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| DISES (CEC Division of International
Special Education and Services) http://www.cec.sped.org/intl/ |
TAM (Technology and Media Division
of CEC) http://www.tamcec.org/ |
| CEC (Council for Exceptional
Children) http://www.cec.sped.org/ |
ESP (European Schools Project) http://www.esp.uva.nl/ |
QIAT (Quality Indicators
for Assistive Technology) |
Database of ESP Projects http://www.europeanschoolsproject.org/dbase/ |
| To join the QIAT List http://lsv.uky.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?SUBED1=qiat&A=1 |
Journal of Special Education
Technology http://jset.unlv.edu/ |
| ConnSENSE Bulletin http://www.connsensebulletin.com |
Special Education Technology
Practice http://www.setp.net/ |
| To sign up for the ConnSENSE
Letter (free) http://www.connsensebulletin.com/signup.html |
Lemelson Assistive Technology
Development Center http://lemelson.hampshire.edu/ |
The CITTI Project - Community Inclusion Through Technology International
Bridgett Perry is director of the
CiTTI Project which provides assistive technology training to professionals
and families in other countries. Each year they select one community to receive
this training and most recently the CITTI Project traveled to San Luis Potosi,
Mexico.
http://www.cittiproject.org/
The CITTI Project also sponsors assistive
technology study tours. In August of 2005 participants will travel to the mountain
town of Ambato, Ecuador. For more information, please follow this link:
http://www.cittiproject.org/StudyTours.htm#bolivia
Whirlwind Wheelchair International Ralf Hotchkiss is Technical Director of Whirlwind Wheelchair International. The WWI mission is to enable people with disabilities to create mobility equipment. The WWI wheelchair is a low-cost lightweight, foldable wheelchair made of local material and durable enough to withstand rugged terrain. Employing Whirlwind's design and guidance, over 30 shops in twenty five countries have begun producing whirlwind wheelchairs. In 1989 WWI became a part of San Francisco State University's Engineering Department and continues to improve upon the original design. A Whirlwind Wheelchair (right) built at the Lemelson AT Center by Hampshire College students after a course taught by Ralf Hotchkiss. |
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HealthWrights
David Werner is co-founder of HealthWrights, a workgroup for people's health and rights.
One of the projects of HealthWrights, the PROJIMO Rehabilitation Program in rural Mexico. This involves a remarkable village program where young disabled persons help each other to learn a variety of skills: everything from making wheelchairs and orthopedic braces to providing rehabilitation and advice to disabled children and their families.
They also offer an intensive conversational
Spanish training program where the teachers are young spinal cord injured persons
and other disabled youth who earn their living by teaching.
http://healthwrights.org/spanishtraining.htm
The HealthWrights Program has an
extensive web page list quite a variety of ways people can help support their
program.
http://healthwrights.org/help.htm
