Description
Book SynopsisBridging 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 ReviewShe 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 ContentsAcknowledgments
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
