Making Computers Accessible : Disability Rights and Digital Technology.
Petrick, Elizabeth R.
Making Computers Accessible : Disability Rights and Digital Technology. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (207 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Development of Accessible Personal Computer Technologies -- Chapter 1 Disability Rights and Technology before the Personal Computer -- Chapter 2 Early Personal Computer Accessibility, 1980-1987 -- Chapter 3 Corporate Philanthropy and the National Special Education Alliance -- Chapter 4 The Growth of Disability Rights and Accessible Computer Technologies -- Chapter 5 Accessibility and Software Applications in the 1990s -- Conclusion: The Promises of Personal Computers -- Notes -- A Note on Theory, Method, and Sources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z.
Bridging the history of technology, science and technology studies, and disability studies, this book traces the psychological, cultural, and economic evolution of a consumer culture aimed at individuals with disabilities, who increasingly rely on personal computers to make their lives richer and more interconnected.
9781421416472
Computers and people with disabilities-United States.
Assistive computer technology-United States.
Microcomputers-Social aspects-United States.
Electronic books.
HV1569.5 .P48 2015
004.16087
Making Computers Accessible : Disability Rights and Digital Technology. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (207 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Development of Accessible Personal Computer Technologies -- Chapter 1 Disability Rights and Technology before the Personal Computer -- Chapter 2 Early Personal Computer Accessibility, 1980-1987 -- Chapter 3 Corporate Philanthropy and the National Special Education Alliance -- Chapter 4 The Growth of Disability Rights and Accessible Computer Technologies -- Chapter 5 Accessibility and Software Applications in the 1990s -- Conclusion: The Promises of Personal Computers -- Notes -- A Note on Theory, Method, and Sources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z.
Bridging the history of technology, science and technology studies, and disability studies, this book traces the psychological, cultural, and economic evolution of a consumer culture aimed at individuals with disabilities, who increasingly rely on personal computers to make their lives richer and more interconnected.
9781421416472
Computers and people with disabilities-United States.
Assistive computer technology-United States.
Microcomputers-Social aspects-United States.
Electronic books.
HV1569.5 .P48 2015
004.16087