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Bridging the history of technology, science and technology studies, and disability studies, this book traces the psychological, cultural, and economic evolution of a consumer culture aimed at individuals with disabilities, who increasingly rely on personal computers to make their lives richer and more interconnected.

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She creatively and thoughtfully brings together three growing areas of historical scholarship: disability rights, technical developments in computing, and users of personal computers. Choice By underlining, once more, how we can come to know the truth about certain claims through empirical and historical inquiries, Petrick's book represents a significant advance in answering questions related to human-machine interaction. Metascience

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Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Disability Rights and Technology before the Personal Computer
2. Early Personal Computer Accessibility, 1980–1987
3. Corporate Philanthropy and the National Special Education Alliance
4. The Growth of Disability Rights and Accessible Computer Technologies
5. Accessibility and Software Applications in the 1990s
Conclusion
Notes
A Note on Theory, Method, and Sources
Index

Making Computers Accessible

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      Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
      Published 27 July 2015
      ISBN-13 9781421416465
      978-1421416465
      ISBN-10 1421416468
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      Disability: social aspects

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Bridging the history of technology, science and technology studies, and disability studies, this book traces the psychological, cultural, and economic evolution of a consumer culture aimed at individuals with disabilities, who increasingly rely on personal computers to make their lives richer and more interconnected.

      Trade Review
      She creatively and thoughtfully brings together three growing areas of historical scholarship: disability rights, technical developments in computing, and users of personal computers. Choice By underlining, once more, how we can come to know the truth about certain claims through empirical and historical inquiries, Petrick's book represents a significant advance in answering questions related to human-machine interaction. Metascience

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments
      Introduction
      1. Disability Rights and Technology before the Personal Computer
      2. Early Personal Computer Accessibility, 1980–1987
      3. Corporate Philanthropy and the National Special Education Alliance
      4. The Growth of Disability Rights and Accessible Computer Technologies
      5. Accessibility and Software Applications in the 1990s
      Conclusion
      Notes
      A Note on Theory, Method, and Sources
      Index

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