The staff numbers about 400. Conventional vision, hearing, and other services are provided for persons otherwise handicapped. Electronic speech aids are available, and aids for the totally deaf and special visual aids for deaf people with impaired vision are also provided by the Institute. Specially designed mobility aids for paralyzed, cerebral palsied, and quadriplegic persons are available. The Institute provides self-care aids, communication aids, and occupational aids for quadriplegics and other multiply handicapped persons.
Complete systems allow very severely handicapped students to attend classes and study at home.
NIRE provides computers and original and specially modified computer programs with educational and employment applications for handicapped individuals. The Institute offers technical assistance to handicapped persons trying to set up their own businesses. NIRE services are offered with a sliding fee scale, and nobody is denied service based on inability to pay. NIRE publishes some reprints from other sources.