Description |
1 online resource (192 pages) |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction : about getting IT -- Inclusion in the twenty-first century : the argument for ensuring IT access -- Beginning to take control -- Telling your own story -- Asking and telling -- Connecting and exploring -- Living and learning -- Getting together : taking part in meetings -- A year or so later -- Taking control of time : a step by step guide to making an interactive calendar -- How to get IT right : tackling the technical aspects of using computer equipment. |
Summary |
'How to use information technology to make voices heard is the essential theme of this book & hellip; This is not about using computers to escape from the world, it is about using them to connect with it.'. - Introduction, Getting IT Information technology (IT) has great potential to be an effective and empowering means of communication for people with communication difficulties. Getting IT explores how IT can help such people increase their independence, communicate in more direct ways and express themselves as part of society. Authors Dinah Murray and Ann Aspinall examine common problems faced. |
Note |
Description based on print version record. |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
Subject |
Computers and people with disabilities.
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Assistive computer technology -- Design.
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Microcomputers -- Social aspects.
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Added Author |
Aspinall, Ann, 1946-
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ISBN |
9781846425097 electronic bk. |
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1846425093 electronic bk. |
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