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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450579303321

Autore

Murray Dinah <1946->

Titolo

Getting IT [[electronic resource] ] : using information technology to empower people with communication difficulties / / Dinah Murray and Ann Aspinall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Jessica Kingsley, 2006

ISBN

1-280-73804-9

9786610738045

1-84642-509-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AspinallAnn <1946->

Disciplina

681.761

Soggetti

Assistive computer technology - Design

Computers and people with disabilities

Microcomputers - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; Getting IT:Using Information Technologyto Empower People withCommunication Difficulties; Contents; Introduction:About Getting IT; 1 Inclusion in the Twenty-first Century:The Argument for Ensuring IT Access; 2Beginning to Take Control; 3Telling Your Own Story; 4Asking and Telling; 5Connecting and Exploring; 6Living and Learning; 7 Gett ing Together:Taking Part in Meetings; 8A Year or So Later...; 9 Taking Control of Time:A Step-by-step Guide to Making an Interactive Calendar; 10 How to Get IT Right:Tackling the Technical Aspects of Using Computer Equipment; BIBLIOGRAPHY

APPENDIX 1HINTS AND TIPSAPPENDIX 2RELEVANT WEBSITES; APPENDIX 3RESOURCES; APPENDIX 4HELPSHEETS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores how IT can help people with learning and communication difficulties increase their independence, communicate in more direct ways and express themselves as part of society. It examines common problems, and shows how IT can help solve them.