Universal Design and Assistive Technology in Communication and Information Technologies: Alternatives or Complements?

Assistive Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-36

  Vanderheiden, Gregg C ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Communication; Information technologies; Universal design

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; UNIVERSAL DESIGN;

HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING;

AGING; DECISION MAKING; DISABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; WORKPLACE;

AGING; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DISABLED PERSONS; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MICROCOMPUTERS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REHABILITATION; SELF-HELP DEVICES; SOFTWARE; TECHNOLOGY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VOICE;

EID: 0031839436     PISSN: 10400435     EISSN: 19493614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10400435.1998.10131958     Document Type: Article

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