Initiatives for disabled unveiled

President Clinton told an audience at Mott Community College in Flint, Mich.,
that providing access to the Internet and other new technologies for the
disabled "is not just the morally right thing to do, it is the smart thing to
do." Clinton announced several new research and training initiatives aimed at
assisting the disabled with technology, including $16 million in grants from
the Department of Education and $9 million in grants from the Americorps
volunteer program. Clinton also announced that officials from 25 major
universities have promised to conduct research into improving access to
technology for people with disabilities and that executives from 45 major
high-tech firms have agreed to design their products with the needs of the
disabled in mind. Clinton also toured the Assisted Technology Access Center,
where he saw some of the devices that may soon assist the disabled. One of
these devices is the Eyegaze system, which allows access to computer and
Internet functions through the movement of a person's eyes. (Washington Post,
September 22 2000)

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