title: ABLEDATA: a database of products for the disabled.
abstract: ABLEDATA (ABLE), a database funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) of the U.S. Department of Education and produced by the Adaptive Equipment Center of Newington Children's Hospital, Newington, Connecticut, provides information on more than 17,000 rehabilitation products from over 2,000 manufacturers in the U.S. and Canada. ABLE, which is available through BRS Search Service, BRS Colleague, and BRS After Dark, is a useful resource for rehabilitation professionals and others who wish to locate appropriate assistive devices for all categories of disabled persons.
authors.affiliation: Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35294.
authors.forename: N W
authors.initials: NW
authors.lastname: Clemmons
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D002379:Catalogs, Commercial as Topic; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014481:United States