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Break I.T.: an examination of access for disabled people to information via information technology
- Author:
- MARSH Linda
- Publisher:
- Manchester Disability Information Service
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 21p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Report which aims to show information providers the various ways in which it is possible to make information more accessible to disabled people, using information technology, and to highlight some of the services already available.
Self-employment in Athens: the Telecentre project
- Authors:
- CHAPLIN John, KOULOURIS Christos, KATAMI Christelena
- Journal article citation:
- ReHab NetWork, 35, Autumn 1994, pp.5-7.
- Publisher:
- National Vocational Rehabilitation Association
TELECENTRE in Athens is a small business run and owned by eight young people with special needs. The aim is not to provide employment for people who are disadvantaged in work. The aim is to provide professional new-technology office bureau services. It is the result of a three year European Horizon project that has shown the possibility of expanding the employment opportunities for young people with disabilities in Greece.
New technology and community care
- Author:
- SIXSMITH Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 2(6), November 1994, pp.367-378.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Community care is currently a low-technology, labour intensive industry, based mainly on face-to-face contact between client and carer. However, there are strong indications that new technologies within telecommunications, telematics, robotics and information processing could have a big impact on the way community care is delivered. Outlines some of the actual and potential areas of application of new technology within community care.
Inform '92: meeting the information needs of disabled people in Europe; International Conference Centre, Birmingham 13 and 14 October 1992
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 159p.,list of orgs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Includes papers on: acceptable language in information provision; the National Disability Information Project; telephone information helplines; MENCAP's profound intellectual and multiple disabilities section; physical and attitudinal barriers to effective information provision; employment information for people with disabilities; the accessibility of public information in different European countries; the EC's Helios programme; Kent County Council and links between disabled people in Europe; methods of disseminating information; the Deaf Women's Health Project; the Asian People with Disabilities Alliance; information and visual impairment; advocacy and the law; the use and value of information technology; and travelling and tourism for all.