NEW BOOK DESCRIBES
HOW TO ADAPT PERSONAL COMPUTERS
FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES

"ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR LEARNING AND WORK ENVIRONMENTS"
SECOND EDITION
BY JOSEPH J. LAZZARO

This completely revised and updated text is a 232 page
comprehensive guide that describes how to select, install, and
support assistive technology for persons with disabilities. The
text spotlights over 250 assistive products for Windows, Macintosh,
and Unix computer platforms. Built-in accessibility utilities and
keyboard shortcuts empower computer users with physical, sensory,
and learning disabilities. The book is a solid guide to facilitate
accessible learning, working, and independent living, and breaks
down the latest hardware and software for making information
technology accessible for all!  From desktop, notebook, and hand-
held pcs, to the internet, the book details in lay terms-the latest
advancements in assistive hardware and software, how to select the
most appropriate solution, how to implement them, and how to
provide vital training and technical support. Detailed chapters
identify assistive technology for persons with visual, hearing,
motor, speech, and learning disabilities. An entire chapter is
devoted to public and private sector funding sources, and extensive
appendices are packed with resources to help you locate agencies
and organizations that support adaptive technology. New to this
edition are entire chapters on keyboard commands, built-in
accessibility utilities, and internet/intranet accessibility. A
detailed chapter uncovers the secrets of pc hardware, software, and
peripherals, showing you the basics that you'll need to know in
order to work with many different forms of adaptive equipment.  The
text spotlights hundreds of adaptive products: screen readers,
screen magnification software, braille printers and displays,
scanners, voice command and dictation systems, alternative input
systems, Ttys, on screen keyboards, alternative communication
systems, word predictors, and other solutions. This indispensable
reference will give anyone inside information and expert guidance
on the many forms of assistive technology. Below are the chapter
and appendix titles.

1 Personal Computer Hardware Basics
2 Driving the Computer from the Keyboard
3 Technology for Persons with Vision Impairments
4 Technology for Persons Who Are Deaf or Hard of  Hearing
5 Technology for Persons with Motor Disabilities
6 Technologies for Persons with Speech Disabilities
7 Technologies for Persons with Learning Disabilities
8 Foundations for Assistive Technology
9 Accessing the Internet and Intranets
10 Funding Adaptive Technology

Appendixes

Microsoft Windows 98 Keyboard Guide
Apple Macintosh Keyboard Shortcuts
Products for Persons with Vision Impairments
Products for Persons Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Products for Persons with Motor Disabilities
Products for Persons with Speech Disabilities
Products for Persons with Learning Disabilities
National Resources for Persons with Disabilities
National Toll-Free Phone Numbers for Persons with Disabilities
Key Provisions on Assistive Technology IDEA 1997
A Guide to Disability Rights Laws
RESNA Technology Assistance Project State Contact List

An accessible html version of the text on cd-rom is available
separately to support users with disabilities. The text is readable
with any standard browser that supports HTML files.

About the Author

Joseph J. Lazzaro is project director of the Adaptive Technology
Program at the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind in Boston,
and a freelance writer. He is also author of Adapting PCs for
Disabilities, published by Addison Wesley, and has written for
Byte, the New York Times, IEEE Spectrum, Windows, MIT Technology
Review, Computer Shopper, LAN Technology, and other publications.
He is an online instructor with Equal Access to Software and
Information, a group dedicated to providing online training and
resources on assistive technology. He is also a member of the
Science Fiction and Fantasy writers of America, and has published
fact and fiction in Analog, Artemis, and Absolute Magnitude
magazines. He maintains a web site at HTTP://WWW.JOELAZZARO.COM.

You can order the book or CD-ROM from:

Special Needs Project
324 State St.
Suite H
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Phone: 805-962-8087
Tollfree: 800-333-6867
Web: specialneeds.com
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ISBN #083890814-4 (CD-ROM eDITION)


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HTTP://JoeLazzaro.Com