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Information access and adaptive technology
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Phoenix, Ariz : American Council on Education/Oryx Press, 1997
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9780897749923
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Today, colleges and universities are ethically and legally bound to make their computing facilities and information technology centers more accessible to persons with disabilities. Information Access and Adaptive Technology provides information to help meet this responsibility efficiently and successfully.


Author Notes

CARMELA CUNNINGHAM is a writer who has spent the last seven years researching and writing about adaptive computing technology and information access for people with disabilities. She coordinated, wrote and edited the EASI Seminar Series, a curriculum guide that provides information on how to develop and enhance adaptive computing services at colleges and universities. She also speaks on adaptive technology at various computing and higher education conferences. Ms. Cunningham writes shipping and transportation articles for trade magazines, and she writes freelance articles for magazines and newspapers on a variety of subjects. She has edited five books on topics that range from military aircraft to business management to adaptive technology, and she has contributed to several other books and magazines.::Coombs /f Norman /b NORMAN COOMBS, Ph.D., is a retired professor of history, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York. Dr. Norman R. Coombs is the recipient of the 2000 Francis Joseph Campbell Award given by the Library Service to People with Visual or Physical Disabilities Forum of the Libraries Serving Special Populations Section of ASCLA (Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies).


Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Higher Education's Obligations to People with Disabilities
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 Planning an Adaptive Computing
Program Implementing an Adaptive Computing Program
Creating Accessible Workstations and Facilities Scope and Limits of Supporting
Students with Disabilities Technology and Techniques Matching People and Technology
Issues in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Creating Accessible Libraries
The Information Highway and the Information Hungry Sensitivity and So Much More
Appendices
Bibliography
Index