Making computers accessible : disability rights and digital technology /
Elizabeth R. Petrick.
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2015.
- 1 online resource (viii, 196 pages)
- History of science, technology, and medicine .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: the development of accessible personal computer technologies -- Disability rights and technology before the personal computer -- Early personal computer accessibility, 1980-1987 -- Building the network: corporate philanthropy and the National Special Education Alliance -- The growth of disability rights and accessible computer technologies -- Accessibility and software applications in the 1990s -- Conclusion: the promises of personal computers.
9781421416472
Computers and people with disabilities. Assistive computer technology--Design.