Making computers accessible
Subtitle: disability rights and digital technology
By: Elizabeth R. Petrick
Series: History of technology
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9781421416465
Subjects: Microcomputers; Computers and people with disabilities; Assistive computer technology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the development of accessible personal computer technologies; title: Disability rights and technology before the personal computer; title: Early personal computer accessibility, 1980-1987; title: Building the network: corporate philanthropy and the National Special Education Alliance; title: The growth of disability rights and accessible computer technologies; title: Accessibility and software applications in the 1990s; title: Conclusion: the promises of personal computers.