Call for Articles


Special Issue of Information Technology and Disabilities:
Public Policy Issues: Access to Information and Information Technology

Information Technology and Disabilities invites articles for a special
issue to examine public policy issues relating to access to information and
information technology for persons with disabilities.  Articles submitted
for this special issue should focus on current and emerging concepts of
individual rights to accessible information and information technology
within public policy, either at the federal or state levels.  Some possible
issues for consideration may include:

·     The genesis and current implementation of federal Section 508 access
standards
·     A status report on state efforts to promote accessible IT laws
·     An analysis of state accessible textbook laws
·     The application of the ADA to accessible information issues
·     An analysis of the proposed national Instructional Materials
Accessibility Act
·     An analysis of recent ADA based accessible IT court challenges  
·     An analysis of DOE OCR rulings on accessible educational IT
·     Digital Rights Management copyright concerns vs. access technologies


In the past, ITD has "co-published" several special-theme issues with
another print journal.  We are in the process of identifying a public
policy professional journal to partner with us in this exciting special
issue, and hope to continue our tradition of print co-publication in order
to disseminate this important information to the widest possible audience.

Authors considering contributions to this issue should first contact the
guest editor with ideas.  Invited authors will then be asked to send an
abstract of the proposed article in advance of the full submission.  The
abstract should be received by December 1, 2002.  The full article must be
submitted by February 15, 2003.  In the event of substantial interest by
prospective authors, ITD may consider a second installment of this special
issue for later in the year.  

Guest Editor:
Steve Noble, Policy Analyst
Kentucky Assistive Technology Service Network
8412 Westport Road
Louisville, KY 40242
Toll-free: (800) 327-5287 x268
Fax: (502) 327-9974
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