TY  - BOOK
AU  - Petrick,Elizabeth R.
TI  - Making Computers Accessible: Disability Rights and Digital Technology
SN  - 9781421416472
AV  - HV1569.5 .P48 2015 
U1  - 004.16087 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Baltimore
PB  - Johns Hopkins University Press
KW  - Computers and people with disabilities-United States
KW  - Assistive computer technology-United States
KW  - Microcomputers-Social aspects-United States
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
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