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Unlocking information technology.

M Hall
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Computer technology has made vast quantities of information more readily available through accessible data bases. This article discusses the use of information technology and some of the problems that have prevented it from being more widely used. Also included is information on some rehabilitation-related data bases.

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M Hall. 1987. Unlocking information technology.. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.41.11.722

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