Getting IT: using information technology to empower people with communication difficulties

by Murray, Dinah

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'How to use information technology to make voices heard is the essential theme of this book ... This is not about using computers to escape from the world, it is about using them to connect with it.'. - Introduction, Getting IT Information technology (IT) has great potential to be an effective and empowering means of communication for people with communication difficulties. Getting IT explores how IT can help such people increase their independence, communicate in more direct ways and express t…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Getting IT : using information technology to empower people with communication difficulties / Dinah Murray and Ann Aspinall.

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'How to use information technology to make voices heard is the essential theme of this book ... This is not about using computers to escape from the world, it is about using them to connect with it.'. - Introduction, Getting IT Information technology (IT) has great potential to be an effective and empowering means of communication for people with communication difficulties. Getting IT explores how IT can help such people increase their independence, communicate in more direct ways and express themselves as part ofsociety. Authors Dinah Murray and Ann Aspinall examine common problems faced.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2006.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Jessica Kingsley
  • Place of Publication:London
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2006.

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  • Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

  • oclc:ocn748860274
  • LC Classification:HV1569.5
  • Dewey Decimal:681.761

Table of Contents

Introduction : about getting IT -- Inclusion in the twenty-first century : the argument for ensuring IT access -- Beginning to take control -- Telling your own story -- Asking and telling -- Connecting and exploring -- Living and learning -- Getting together : taking part in meetings -- A year or so later -- Taking control of time : a step by step guide to making an interactive calendar -- How to get IT right : tackling the technical aspects ofusing computer equipment.

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Subjects

Assistive computer technology -- Design Computers and People With Disabilities e-books Livres électroniques Livres numériques Micro-ordinateurs -- Aspect social Microcomputers -- Social aspects Ordinateurs et personnes handicapées

Writers

Murray, Dinah Aspinall, Ann

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