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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED228777 AUTHOR:
TITLE: Annual Report to the President and the Congress on
Federal Activities Related to the Administration of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as Amended. Fiscal Year 1981.
Executive Summary.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1982
NOTE: 134 p.
ABSTRACT: The fiscal year 1981 annual report of the
Rehabilitation Services Administration's activities under
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, is presented;
program operations, program development activities,
functions of the National Institute of Handicapped Research,
and other provisions of the Act, are described. Program
operations include: the basic vocational rehabilitation
program; services for the deaf, the blind, and the visually
handicapped; the Helen Keller Center for Deaf-Blind Youths
and Adults; and rehabilitation facilities. Program
expenditures versus accomplishments are also examined.
Program development, which is designed to improve service
delivery and the vocational rehabilitation and independence
of handicapped persons, includes the following activities:
special projects for the severely disabled, projects with
industry, special recreation programs, and Centers for
Independent Living. In addition to the activities of
research and training centers and special research and
demonstration projects, the following ancillary activities
are outlined: The National Council on the Handicapped,
Office of Information and Resources for the Handicapped, The
President's Committee on Mental Retardation, and interagency
liaison. Finally, miscellaneous provisions of the Act
include: employment, the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission, the Architectural and Transportation Barriers
Compliance Board, and nondiscrimination under federal grants
and programs. (SEW)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Accessibility-for-Disabled; Affirmative
Action; Blindness-; Deaf-Blind; Deafness-; Employment
Practices; Federal-Legislation; Program-Costs; Recreation-;
Therapy-
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Daily-Living-Skills; *Disabilities-;
*Federal-Programs; *Rehabilitation-Centers; *Research
Projects; *Vocational-Rehabilitation
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