- A Consumer's Guide to Funding Assistive
Wyoming New Options in Technology - WYNOT is a federally funded project of the U.S. Department of
Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
(OSERS) administered through its National Institute on Disability and
Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) program.
(Added: Sun Jul 08 2001)
- Starting the Funding Process
Author - Suzanne Ripley. NICHCY News Digest Number 13 1989 Resources Updated, April 1996. Computer technology for young children has only recently been recommended for use in the home and applied on a large-scale in early childhood special education programs. Available technology and information about its use with young children has lagged behind that available to other groups for a variety of reasons, such as: the high cost of hardware, a limited amount of developmentally appropriate software, limited funds to investigate the potential of computers as a teaching tool, lack of skill on the part of professionals in creating a range of response modes, lack of training and skill in computer use by early childhood special educators and parents, and the fear that technology would overshadow the human aspects of early intervention (Berhmann, 1988; Hutinger, 1986).
(Added: Tue Oct 23 2001)
- The Jim Mullen Webpage
Jim Mullen Foundation donates computers to people with disabilities
(Added: Wed Jun 27 2001)
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