The Newlink Project

NewLink with Computers

“…In its service to the students -if not in its resoureingit is a model for others to follow.New information technology offers striking opportunities to many people with disabilities (Ridgeway and McKears, 1985;Hawkridge et al, 1985). The NewLink Project (Jotham et al, 1985;Jotham, 1987;Cooke et al, 1987) attempts to provide educational and training opportunities to disabled adults with a variety of individual needs within a single local information technology resource base with good disabled access. NewLink operates now at six such bases distributed through a region with a total population of over two million.…”