The Disability Divide: a study into the impact of computing and internet-related technologies on people who are blind or vision-impaired

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The Disability Divide: a study into the impact of computing and internet-related technologies on people who are blind or vision-impaired

People with disabilities, and in particular people who are blind or vision impaired, are not embracing computing and Internet-related technologies at the same rate as the able-bodied population. The purpose of this study was to find the reasons behind this digital divide for people with disabilities...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hollier, Scott
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	Curtin University 2006
Subjects:	social construction of disability internet-related technologies vision impaired information technology perception of disability in society computing digital divide
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/214

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