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There are several European initiatives aimed at producing rehabilitation and associated technologies, in response to a strong North American market created through Disability Act Legislation [1]. In the past we have developed projects that provide vocationally based work tutors to teach a range of horticulture, IT, catering and soft skills. These projects include the provision of virtual reality and multimedia based materials to develop the first of these vocational skills - horticulture.
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Battersby, S.J., Kelly, N., Brown, D.J., Powell, H.M. (2002). Online Gardening to Promote Social Inclusion. In: Miesenberger, K., Klaus, J., Zagler, W. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2398. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45491-8_31
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