Virtually accessible: Empowering students to advocate for accessibility and support universal design

Library Hi Tech

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 452-461

  Oravec, Jo Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blind people; Disabled people; Empowerment; Internet; Web sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444455233     PISSN: 07378831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07378830210452659     Document Type: Article

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