COMPUTERWORLD Feb 16, 1998 Article

["Wolf-Dietrich Trenner" <taubblind_bEi_post.de>]

Hallo in die Runde,

man fragt sich ja schon warum gerade wann Computerzeitschriften ein
Randgruppenthema entdecken. Und dann zeigen sich, wie bei den
Tageszeitungen, die Parallelen. Aber die hier angegebenen Links schienen
mir
eine Erwaehnung und Weitergabe wert.

Herzlichen Gruss,

Wolf-Dietrich Trenner
Foerdergemeinschaft fuer Taubblinde e.V.
http://selbsthilfe.seiten.de

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Von: Jim Breene <jim.breene_bEi_ARCH.GATECH.EDU>
Datum: Montag, 9. Maerz 1998 22:20


COMPUTERWORLD has two articles dealing with Assistive Technology and
Disabilities in their February 16, 1998 issue.

On page 69, the article is "Ready and Enabled" with a sub-caption,
"Employees with disabilities are reaping the benefits of new corporate
attitudes and computer technology. But there are still miles to go...".
Several people who are disabled are mentioned. There is a sidebar
article,
"More that just a pretty face" that talks about the GUI issue with a
quote
by Gregg Vanderheiden from the Trace Center.

The second article, on page 72 is "Helping Hands: A sampling of
technologies
for the disabled."  This addresses some of the technologies that are
available. A sidebar topic has a list of 11 web sites where you can go
for
more information.

It is nice to see a major computer publication devote some space to help
those who are involved in the computer world understand the capabilities
of
people who are disabled and to highlight some of the adaptive
technologies
and internet resources that are available. The web sites are:

1.  National Council on Disability (www.ncd.gov/)
2.  National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
(www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/NIDRR)
3.  In the Blink of An Eye (www.golden.net/~blink/main.html)
4.  American Foundation for the Blind (www.afb.org)
5.  Deaf World Web (http://deafworldweb.org/)
6.  Disability Resources from Evan Kemp Associates
(http://disability.com)
7.  Yuir (www.yuri.org/webable)
8.  Trace (www.trace.wisc.edu/trace/program.html)
9.  Alliance for Technology Access (www.ataccess.org)
10. ABLEDATA (www.abledata.com)
11. Center for Applied Special Technology (www.cast.org)

Thanks, COMPUTERWORLD.  We need more information of this type
disseminated.

Jim
Jim Breene
Breene Disability Consulting
940 Arlington Drive
Tucker, GA 30084
jim.breene_bEi_arch.gatech.edu