Left
Out Online
by
Scott Carlson
Electronic media should
be a boon for people with disabilities, but few colleges embrace
the many new technologies that could help.
So far, Berry Cuffee has
performed as well as anyone in his first distance-education course
at George Mason University. He is a graduate student in education,
planning to concentrate on a study of "assistive technology," the
software and hardware designed to help people with disabilities
use computers. For him, however, accessing online course materials
and keeping up with virtual class discussions are no small feats ... read
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Give
America's Disabled the Technology They Need
by
Laura Ruby
Will America keep its
promise to provide equal access to information, education and employment
to millions of people with disabilities? If so, then Congress must
act quickly to re-authorize the Assistive Technology (AT) Act,
which provides federal funding for state grant programs that increase
access to assistive and accessible technology and related services.
Ensuring accessibility
for people with disabilities is not just a matter of curb cuts,
ramps and elevators to eliminate architectural barriers to public
buildings and places of employment. Today, it is just as important
to provide technology that enables people with disabilities to
use personal computers and the Internet, such as devices that read
computer text aloud to people who are blind or enable people who
can't move their arms to type and issue computer commands using
only their breath or eye movements ... read
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