Who are adults with disabilities?

Series or Serial: Brief

Publisher: USDE, Division of Adult Education and Literacy

Published At: Washington, DC

Distributor: Clearinghouse on Adult Education and Literacy, Division of Adult Education and Literacy, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education

Source Address: 400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Mary E. Switzer Bldg, Room 4428

Source City/State/Zip: Washington DC 20202-7240

Phone: 202-205-9996

Material Type: Information Analysis

Intended Audience: General

Physical Media: Print

Subjects: Adult Education; Learning Disabilities; Special Needs Students

Abstract:
The brief defines disability as it relates to American adults and cites statistics from the 1986 Survery of Disabled Americans, Bringing Disabled Americans into the Mainstream, by the National Council on the Handicapped.

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