Introducing a special issue of Information Technology
and Disabilities
PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES: ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Guest Editor: Steve Noble
Policy Analyst, Kentucky Assistive Technology Service Network
Steve.Noble@mail.state.ky.us
With this second installment, we conclude ITD’s two-part special series on public policy issues. This collection of articles, and those previously published in the October 2003 issue, are part of our special theme to address the public policy aspects relating to the emerging civil right of access to information. In a world so dependent upon the flow of information and the operation of information technology, it is clearly a social imperative that all people are afforded equal access to this vital resource. In particular, those who help shape public policy must collectively safeguard this right and ensure that individuals with disabilities do not find themselves on the wrong side of the “digital divide.”
On behalf of EASI, Equal Access to Software and Information, I would like to say a special “thank you” to all the authors who contributed to this series.
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Special Theme Articles
ANALYZING RECENT AMERICANS
WITH DISABILITIES ACT-BASED
ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COURT CHALLENGES
Susan B. Kretchmer (susankretchmer@yahoo.com)
Johns Hopkins University
Rod Carveth (rodcarveth@hotmail.com)
Rochester Institute of Technology
WEB ACCESSIBILITY IN POST-SECONDARY
EDUCATION:
LEGAL AND POLICY CONSIDERATIONS
Kurt L. Johnson, Ph.D. (kjohnson@u.washington.edu)
Associate Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, School of
Medicine;
Director, U.W. Center for Technology and Disability Studies
University of Washington
Sharan E. Brown, J.D., Ed.D. (sbrown@u.washington.edu)
Research Associate Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies,
College of Education
University of Washington
Dagmar Amtmann, Ph.D. (dagmara@u.washington.edu)
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, School
of Medicine;
Assoc. Director, U.W. Center for Technology and Disability Studies
University of Washington
Terry Thompson, M.Ed. (tft@u.washington.edu)
Technology Specialist, Computing and Communication and DO-IT
University of Washington
UNIVERSAL DESIGN: IS IT
REALLY ABOUT DESIGN?
Jim Tobias (tobias@inclusive.com)
President, Inclusive Technologies
AUSTRALIAN EXPERIENCES WITH
ACCESSIBILITY POLICIES POST THE SYDNEY OLYMPIC GAMES
Andrew M. J. Arch (andrew.arch@nils.org.au)
Accessible Information Solutions
National Information & Library Service, Australia
Oliver K. Burmeister (oburmeister@it.swin.edu.au)
Swinburne Computer-Human Interaction Laboratory
School of Information Technology
Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
RESEARCH ON WEB ACCESSIBILITY
IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Terry Thompson (tft@u.washington.edu)
Technology Specialist, Computing and Communication and DO-IT
University of Washington
Sheryl Burgstahler, Ph. D. (sherylb@u.washington.edu)
Director, DO-IT Program; Assistant Director - Information Systems,
Computing & Communications; Affiliate Associate Professor, College
of Education
University of Washington
Dan Comden (danc@cac.washington.edu)
Adaptive Technology Consultant, University of Washington Adaptive Technology
Lab;
Technology Coordinator, DO-IT Program
University of Washington
FACTORS INFLUENCING ADOPTION
OF WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES:
KEY POLICY ISSUES, BARRIERS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Paul M.A. Baker, Ph.D. (paul.baker@gcatt.gatech.edu)
GCATT/Georgia Institute of Technology
Christine Bellordre (christine.bellordre@gcatt.gatech.edu)
GCATT/Georgia Institute of Technology
Announcements
WEB-4-ALL
WEB ACCESSIBILITY THROUGH SIGHT, SOUND AND TOUCH