ERIC Number: ED276223
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1985
Pages: 217
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
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Annual Report to the President and the Congress Fiscal Year 1985 on Federal Activities Related to the Administration of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as Amended.
Rehabilitation Services Administration (ED), Washington, DC.
This report describes program activities related to the administration of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 from October 1, 1984 through September 30, 1985. Information is presented on funding efforts, program development, and other activities relating to: vocational rehabilitation services (e.g., American Indian vocational rehabilitation services, the basic service); the National Institute of Handicapped Research (e.g., the Interagency Committee on Handicapped Research, the Spinal Cord Injury Program); supplementary services and facilities (e.g., handicapped migratory agricultural and seasonal farmworkers); the National Council on the Handicapped; and miscellaneous matters (e.g., nondiscrimination under federal grants); employment programs for handicapped individuals; and comprehensive services for independent living. Appendices which make up about half the document provide: a glossary of terms used in the report; tables displaying statistical information on the characteristics of persons rehabilitated (such as race, sex, age at referral, disabling condition, earnings); tables displaying statistical information about learning disabled clients; tables presenting caseload statistics by state rehabilitation agency; and information about the Interagency Committee on Handicapped Research and the Interagency Rehabilitation Research Information System. (CB)
Descriptors: American Indians, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Daily Living Skills, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Federal Aid, Federal Regulation, Program Administration, Recreational Programs, Research and Development Centers, State Federal Aid, Vocational Rehabilitation
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Policymakers
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Rehabilitation Services Administration (ED), Washington, DC.
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Rehabilitation Act 1973
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A