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23 October 2006

Technological aids to accessibility

The BBC has a brief and informative article on accessibility technologies. To quote the article:

"Only 13% of people are born with their disability, the other 80% - in this country, and I presume it's similar worldwide - acquire their disability," said Pamela Hardaker of AbilityNet.

"So for some people, when they acquire a disability it is imperative that they learn how to use technology to help fill in the gaps in their lives that their disability has created."

Of course, funky technological aids are useful, but a lot of the time they aren't much use if the software or website they are being used with hasn't been designed to be accessible.

There are further articles on accessibility in the accessibility category of IMPACT.

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