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Equity of Access: Adaptive Technology
Frances S. Grodzinsky
- Introduction
- The Problems
- An Example: Sacred Heart University
- One Solution: An Adaptive Technology Laboratory
- New Concerns
- Examples of Adaptive Technology
- Adaptive Software
- Ergonomics
- Alternative Input Features and Devices
- Adaptations for the Visually-Impaired
- Devices for Students with Learning Disabilities
- Impact on Students
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgment
- Resources
- References
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2. Bergman, E. & Johnson, E. (1997) Designing for Accessibility, available at: http://www.sun.com/access/developers/software.guides.html
3. The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (sections 504, 508).
4. Lewin, T. (28 December 1997) Where all doors are open for disabled students. New York Times, 1, 20.
5. The Americans with Disabilities Act (1990).
6. Brey, P. (1997) The politics of computer systems and the ethics of design. Computer Ethics Philosophical Enquiry Proceedings, 8 – 19.
7. Barton, E.L. (1994) Interpreting the Discourse of Technology, in: Selfe, C. & Hilligoss, S. (eds) Literacy and Computers, Modern Language Association, New York, p. 72.
8. Coombs, N. (1990) Liberation Technology. Edu, 1 – 4.
9. Lewin, T. (28 December 1997) Family tests law on the meaning of inclusion. New York Times, 20.
10. Rinaldi, J. (director of the university learning center) (1997) Anecdotal cases.
11. Wahlstrom, B.J. (1994) Communication and Technology: Defining a Feminist Prospective, in: Selfe, C. & Hilligoss, S. (eds) Literacy and Computers, Modern Language Association, New York, pp. 171 – 185.
12. McCollum, K. (4 February 1998) Web-standards group releases draft rules to help the disabled explore cyberspace. Chronicle of Higher Education.
13. Sun Microsystems (1997) Java’s support for accessibility, available at http://www.sun.com/access/articles/java.access.support.html
14. Heintzelman, M. & Pfeffer, P. (1997) Machines, statues, and people: strategies for promoting RSI awareness in computing curricula. Sigcse Bulletin, 29:1, 296 – 299.
15. Heinisch, B. (former director of the Center for Adaptive Technology, Southern Connecticut State University) (1998) Anecdotal cases.
16. Disability Chartbook (1997), available at http://www.infouse.com/disabilitydata/home/
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