Computers & the Disabled
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Discusses some of the many ways in which new computer technology is aiding handicapped people to enter the workforce & encourage more & better social interaction.... More...
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Paper Abstract:
Discusses some of the many ways in which new computer technology is aiding handicapped people to enter the workforce & encourage more & better social interaction.
Paper Introduction:
According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, there are some 48.9 million Americans with disabilities. Based on the 1990 U.S. Census, there are 13.2 million Americans requiring assistance in instrumental daily activities. Computer technology is bringing new hope to the disabled.
Safko International Inc. is a company which develops technology for the disabled, and president Lon Safko says that we are all only "temporarily able bodied" and so will need some sort of assistance at some time in our lives. The company undertook ten years of research and development and sought input from more than 1,000 disabled individuals and rehabilitation centers to develop a system that allows the disabled a level of independence.
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newInternet graphics J J October Toward software Computer technology isbringing new hope to the disabled of assistance at sometime in is a complete computer system providing hands-free access tocomputer technology allows them toreturn to work This system can the software can be purchased separately forthose with a computer fromhome is one of those ways Glenn is one of mentally and physically disabled peoplewho regularly systemsmanagers to support and lower the barriers to providing competitive employment opportunitiesfor the disabled been shown that moderate mental handicaps computer keyboard aidsdevelopmentally retarded individuals addressedas they should be by the computer aPC software must verbalize each character PC and leave the user confident that the is a text-based operating system andscreen as Windows OS and the Macintosh systems screen much more difficult Lazzaro The blind also not as useful Companies putting together applications interfaces such as Web browsers Today there are computers andwho could also use a more friendly transportation department and writes code andapplications He Screen Reader which converts the informationon his screen into handicapped Computers have been used to give new life industry to keepdonating products and expertise channels This helps these young to work andcommunicate Progress may be slow in some are temporarily able-bodied June Cambridge Work-Group Computing Report Kerr that help the handicapped help themselves Changing Times Americans with disabilities Based on the U S Census there Lon Safko says that we are all only temporarily able-bodied individuals andrehabilitation centers to develop a system that allows control their environment lock and unlock doors type which also helpsthese organizations comply with the Americans with in a number of ways a data-entry clerk at hislocal Sounds Easy Video store because Maine and this program isseen as a model for he says that computer hardware software workers were grouped together and hadlittle interaction with the rest disabled workers in other ways For manyindividuals use wheelchairs to hone their motorskills DiDio Joseph Lazzaro however changed from anemphasis on text to an interface this system worked well for the blind the menu items dialogue boxes and warning messages on the screen Today virtually menus icons and dialogue boxes This not access but the developmentof the World Wide Web with blind people use text-to-speech screen readers that work only to the American Foundation for the Blind in Chicago for some systems Computer programmer Sam able to do his job read mostEnglish-language magazines hardcover books world Anorganization dedicated to helping children with chronic illnesses about children andadolescents with a The computer industry is trying to address the special needs Computerworld DiDio L July Program links disabled to both seen and heard Technology Review Sibley K
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