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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797193003321

Autore

Petrick Elizabeth R.

Titolo

Making computers accessible : disability rights and digital technology / / Elizabeth R. Petrick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-4214-1647-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (207 p.)

Collana

History of science, technology, and medicine

Disciplina

004.16087

Soggetti

Computers and people with disabilities - United States

Assistive computer technology - United States

Microcomputers - Social aspects - United States

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

Introduction: the development of accessible personal computer technologies -- Disability rights and technology before the personal computer -- Early personal computer accessibility, 1980-1987 -- Building the network: corporate philanthropy and the National Special Education Alliance -- The growth of disability rights and accessible computer technologies -- Accessibility and software applications in the 1990's -- Conclusion: the promises of personal computers.