Computer technology has the potential for greatly assisting individuals with special needs.
For example, speech generation systems have assisted persons who are blind or have other visual impairments. Voice recognition has helped people with motor impairments better interact with computers. Multi-modal presentations have been shown to be effective in helping people with learning disabilities understand information. This conference is a forum for disseminating the results of innovative scientific research that is being conducted to investigate computer technologies and their use by persons with disabilities. The meeting is designed in a way to encourage the exchange of ideas both in the formal paper sessions as well as informal evening sessions and social interactions.