News & Views, Volume 10, Number 3, March 1988 Page: Front Cover
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Volume 10, Number 3
March 1988
Project Independence Opens First Class
In the age of high-tech, computer-
oriented jobs, it may sound like just
another training class for computer
programmers.
But, it's not. This one is a unique
opportunity for people with
disabilities in Houston to get some
of those well-paying, computer
programming jobs.
Project Independence opened its
doors to 12 students February 29 on
the Houston Community College
campus.It's one of our
top programs ... 9 9
It represents the careful
coordination of Texas Rehabilitation
Commission and Houston business
and community resources, under the
direction of the IBM Corporation, to
create the latest of 33 such projectsnationwide which have placed well
over 2,000 people with disabilities
into the computer programming
profession.
A sister project in Dallas, the
three-year-old Computer Programmer
Training for the Physically Challenged
(also TRC sponsored), has been
extremely successful, boasting a
placement rate among trainee
graduates of almost 100 percent.continued on page 6
TRC Board Member Manny Bodner
(center) attended the dedication of
Houston's Project Independence
February 29 and got to discuss the new
program with TRC-sponsored trainees
Robert Gilmour (left) and Dan Brown
(right).News
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