Technology and Disability: 50 Years of Trace R&D Center Contributions and Lessons Learned - Couverture souple

Vanderheiden, Gregg; Lazar, Jonathan; Lazar, Amanda

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3031092155 ISBN 13 : 9783031092152

Editeur : Springer, 2022

Synopsis

This book outlines the development of the Trace R&D Center as an institution for furthering accessible and assistive technologies. The book walks readers through the Center's nascent attempts to solve individual challenges with augmentative communication devices through contemporary efforts to establish global frameworks and infrastructures for accessibility. This book is premised on the Center's mission to maximize the potential of people with disabilities by harnessing evolving technologies while at the same time dismantling the barriers created by those same technological advancements. Readers will learn how this has been done in the past and why this practice should be a fundamental and integrated feature in new technology planning and implementation. The book touches on pre-internet technologies before exploring the huge implications of, first, the personal computer and, second, the Internet. In parallel with the massive growth in scale rendered by the launch of the Web, the book traces the expansion of the Center's focus from  the individual to the universal, particularly in working to establish accessibility standards and infrastructures. Learning from the successes and failures of the Center, the book outlines many past challenges and future directions for the development of technologies for people with disabilities from the research and industry perspectives.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3031092155
• ISBN 13: 9783031092152
• Reliure: Broché
• Coordonnées du fabricant: KINESIS; https://www.also.com/ec/cms5/en_6000/6000/index.jsp; ; Friedrich-Karl-Str. 9; Hamburg; 22391; Allemagne