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Research using other tasks requiring sustained attention has demonstrated steep performance decrements over time by many functionally impaired populations. Previous investigations have suggested that gains in proofreading performance may be achieved by increasing the error density in the material to be proofread. Thus, the present study was designed to assess the performance of a heterogeneous group of 12 disabled persons on a computerized proofreading task. Errors were embedded in alphanumeric code. The subjects included individuals with a broad range of physical or psychological impairments. After extensive training, all subjects participated in a 6-hr. proofreading task. The subjects corrected 96.6% of the errors embedded in 50,000 characters. Error detections were stable across six hours of proofreading. 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