Digital outcasts : moving technology forward without leaving people behind /

The blind person who tries to make an online purchase. The young girl who cannot speak due to a cognitive disability. The man confined to his home due to permanent injury. The single mother with a long-term illness who struggles to feed her family. With one in seven people worldwide currently living...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Smith, Kel
Corporate Author:	ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Waltham, MA : Morgan Kaufmann, ©2013.
Subjects:	Assistive computer technology. Computers and people with disabilities. Technologie informatique adaptée. Ordinateurs et personnes handicapées. Assistive computer technology Computers and people with disabilities Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Who are digital outcasts?
Interpreting ability
Why accessibility alone isn't enough
Accessibility and the real world
Defining inclusive innovation
Playing for health
Virtual reality, universal life
Inclusive design is the new green
Designing for tomorrow's digital outcasts
The future is already here.