Career Development and Students with Disabilities
PRESENTATION AND RESOURCE MATERIALS
Editors: Sheryl Burgstahler, Julie Smallman
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
About the Editors
Overview
Strategies
- Legal Issues
- The Student's Perspective
- The Employer's Perspective
- Strategies for Working with People who have Disabilities
- Four-Step Accommodation Model
- Abilities Profiles
- A Reading List
- Employment Resources
Access to Computing for People with Disabilities
- Computer Facility Access
- Adaptive Technology
- Access to Electronic Resources
- A Reading List
- Computing Resources
Presentations
- Presentation Planning
- Student Presentation
- Career Development Staff Presentation
- Employer Presentation
Resources
Tools
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