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- 15 COMPUTER-BASED ASSISTANCE FOR THE BLIND AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOB A M . Doyle, Director, Computer Centre University of Manitob a PROGRAMMING COURSE FOR THE BLIN D The University of Manitoba established a course to trai n blind persons as computer programmers in 1965 . Since a one year training course does not fit into the normal Universit y academic pattern, this course was established as part of th e Computer Centre, which is a non-academic service departmen t of the University . Upon successful completion of this non credit course, a student is issued a certificate, and ove r 60 graduates are currently employed as computer programmers . (1 ) Applicants for this course are expected to have some academi c training at the University level (preferably a degree), an d pay tution fees . These fees are typically subsidized by rehab ilitation and training programs, and this income is the onl y source of funds for the course . Because of stringent budge t constraints, and the fact that it is not a regular academi c program, the University of Manitoba provides no direct fina ncial assistance for this course . However, the Computer

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Computer-based assistance for the blind at the University of Manitoba

Doyle, M.
ACM SIGCAPH Computers and the Physically Handicapped , Volume (20)
Association for Computing Machinery – Jul 1, 1976

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