Ensuring Access for People with Disabilities to the National Information Infrastructure and Multimedia Computing* Ephraim P. Glinert Department of Computer Science Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY 12180, USA glinert@cs, rpi. edu The introduction to the May, 1992 issue of"Communications of the ACM" pointed out how surprisingly large a segment of the population of the United States suffers from a disability of some sort. According to the latest census figures, 49 million U.S. citizens identify themselves as having one or more disabilities. Of those 49 million, 24 million classify themselves as severely disabled. Thus, it should come as no surprise that a recent report entitled "High Performance Computing and Communications." Toward a National Information bfrastructure" by the Office of Science and Technology Policy noted that: "A large collection of advanced human/machine interfaces must be developed in order to satisfy the vast range of preferences, abilities, and disabilities that affect how users interact with the Nil." In another recent document entitled "Nil: An Investment in Americans with Disabilities" the Information Infrastructure Task Force of the High Performance Computing and Communication and Information Technology Committee reported on the promise ofenablement to the disabled and elderly that full access to the National
End of preview. The entire article is 8 pages. To view the full-text, please rent this article to continue.
/lp/association-for-computing-machinery/ensuring-access-for-people-with-disabilities-to-the-national-zcb3AX44cB
Welcome to DeepDyve! Rent Premier Research Articles and Save Up to 90%
Ensuring access for people with disabilities to the national information infrastructure and multimedia computing
Glinert, Ephraim P.
Follow ACM SIGCAPH Computers and the Physically Handicapped
, Volume (59)
Association for Computing Machinery – Sep 1, 1997
More Info
More Like This Article
View All dataSource[]=actageo&dataSource[]=aspet&dataSource[]=aaos&dataSource[]=aacc&dataSource[]=aacr&dataSource[]=aea&dataSource[]=aip&dataSource[]=ajnr&dataSource[]=ams&dataSource[]=aps_physical&dataSource[]=appi_book&dataSource[]=appi_journal&dataSource[]=apha&dataSource[]=asip&dataSource[]=asm&dataSource[]=asn&dataSource[]=aspb&dataSource[]=avs&dataSource[]=annual_reviews&dataSource[]=arxiv&dataSource[]=acm&dataSource[]=berghahn&dataSource[]=cabi&dataSource[]=clinical_trials&dataSource[]=dailymed&dataSource[]=degruyter&dataSource[]=du_press&dataSource[]=esa&dataSource[]=eu_press&dataSource[]=elsevier&dataSource[]=emerald&dataSource[]=ejtr&dataSource[]=emea&dataSource[]=epo&dataSource[]=faseb&dataSource[]=gsa&dataSource[]=health_affairs&dataSource[]=hindawi&dataSource[]=imanager&dataSource[]=imedpub&dataSource[]=informa_healthcare&dataSource[]=informs&dataSource[]=iop&dataSource[]=iucr&dataSource[]=iospress&dataSource[]=jbjs&dataSource[]=leftcoast&dataSource[]=lu_press&dataSource[]=mesharpe&dataSource[]=mary_ann_liebert&dataSource[]=medline&dataSource[]=mit_press&dataSource[]=nature&dataSource[]=oxford&dataSource[]=pier_professional&dataSource[]=pnas&dataSource[]=portlandpress&dataSource[]=psyc_articles&dataSource[]=psyc_books&dataSource[]=psyc_critiques&dataSource[]=plos_journal&dataSource[]=pubmed_central&dataSource[]=rsna&dataSource[]=rockefeller&dataSource[]=rcn&dataSource[]=ria&dataSource[]=rsc&dataSource[]=sage&dataSource[]=spie&dataSource[]=springer_journal&dataSource[]=springer&dataSource[]=taylor_francis&dataSource[]=aps&dataSource[]=the_scientist&dataSource[]=uc_press&dataSource[]=uspto_abstract&dataSource[]=wiley&dataSource[]=pct
© 2012 DeepDyve, Inc. All rights reserved.
Terms of Service | Privacy Policy
