COMPUTERWORLD has two articles dealing with Assistive Technology and
Disabilities in their February 16, 1998 issue.

On page 69, the article is "Ready and Enabled" with a sub-caption,
"Employees with disabilities are reaping the benefits of new corporate
attitudes and computer technology.  But there are still miles to go...".
Several people who are disabled are mentioned.  There is a sidebar article,
"More that just a pretty face" that talks about the GUI issue with a quote
by Gregg Vanderheiden from the Trace Center.

The second article, on page 72 is "Helping Hands: A sampling of technologies
for the disabled."  This addresses some of the technologies that are
available.  A sidebar topic has a list of 11 web sites where you can go for
more information.

It is nice to see a major computer publication devote some space to help
those who are involved in the computer world understand the capabilities of
people who are disabled and to highlight some of the adaptive technologies
and internet resources that are available.  The web sites are:

1.  National Council on Disability (www.ncd.gov/)
2.  National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
(www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/NIDRR)
3.  In the Blink of An Eye (www.golden.net/~blink/main.html)
4.  American Foundation for the Blind (www.afb.org)
5.  Deaf World Web (http://deafworldweb.org/)
6.  Disability Resources from Evan Kemp Associates (http://disability.com)
7.  Yuir (www.yuri.org/webable)
8.  Trace (www.trace.wisc.edu/trace/program.html)
9.  Alliance for Technology Access (www.ataccess.org)
10. ABLEDATA (www.abledata.com)
11. Center for Applied Special Technology (www.cast.org)

Thanks, COMPUTERWORLD.  We need more information of this type disseminated.

Jim
Jim Breene
Breene Disability Consulting
940 Arlington Drive
Tucker, GA 30084
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