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Date:         Wed, 7 Oct 1992 23:53:45 EDT
From:         Gleason Sackman <sackman@plains.nodak.edu>
Subject:      EUITNEWS Vol. 1, No. 19 (fwd)

Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 15:27:47 EDT
From: Steve Gilbert <EUITEDIT@bitnic.bitnet>
To: Multiple recipients of list EUITINQS <EUITINQS@bitnic.bitnet>
Subject: EUITNEWS Vol. 1, No. 19

EDUCOM's Educational Uses of Information Technology Program
EUITNEWS            Volume 1, No. 19            October 7, 1992

Project EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information) is one of the
many project working groups that will be meeting at the EUIT
Preconference Working Sessions on October 27-28, 1992 in Baltimore,
Maryland.  EASI is dedicated to assisting higher education in
developing computer support services for people with disabilities.

PUBLICATIONS--(all available in ASCII):  EASI currently has four
publications available.  COMPUTERS AND STUDENTS WITH
DISABILITIES:  NEW CHALLENGES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION is a
detailed overview of how individuals with disabilities can use
computers in post-secondary education.  COMPUTER ACCESS FACTS
gives basic information on disability legislation, demographics and
adaptive computer technology.  EASI FIXES covers computer access
considerations in software development.  The EASI OUTREACH
brochure talks about EASI activities and how to become involved.
EASI is currently developing a legal issues brochure and a publication
on how to convert electronic text to Braille documents.

ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT SERVICE:  EASI has established an
electronic document service that offers several documents about
disabilities and computer use by individuals with disabilities.  Among
the documents available are an introduction to the EASI library, a sign-
up flyer for people who want to become more involved, various EASI
brochures, facts about the Americans with Disabilities Act, information
on electronic access to library systems, and a document on how
computers can be designed to be more accessible.

ELECTRONIC LINK-UP:  EASI has an e-mail list, hosted by the
University of Michigan, which allows people to send questions or
information to the entire EASI e-mail list.  This is often used by people
who are looking for specific answers to questions on what type of
hardware or software is available to help individuals with disabilities.
Join the e-mail list by contacting Jim_Knox@um.cc.umich.edu.

For more information, contact EASI@educom.

COMING SOON: A look at the new EASI Seminar Series.

REPEAT WELCOME:  Welcome to EUITNEWS, a listserv for EUIT
participants and an experiment in providing short, frequent updates
directly to you (by e-mail or fax).  EUIT staff will receive your message if
you send e-mail to EUITEDIT@BITNIC.EDUCOM.EDU or
EUITEDIT@BITNIC.  Let us know if you missed previous messages and
want copies.  Let us know if you have colleagues who also want to
receive EUITNEWS.  Please allow us two weeks for updating our lists.

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