Computer Technology Utilization and Community-Based AIDS Organizations

Cameron, Pamela J.; Graham, John R.; Sieppert, Jackie

doi:10.1300/j017v17n02_01

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“…One of the basic problems for individuals with disabilities who want to join the electronic community is access to computers, modems, Internet service providers, and assistive technology (Cameron, Graham, & Sieppert, 2000). Although adults with disabilities are more likely than adults without disabilities to express that the Internet has improved their quality of life (Taylor, 2000), they also are less likely to be online.…”

Section: Consumers and Computer-mediated Communicationmentioning

confidence: 99%

The promise of the Internet for disability: a study of on‐line services and web site accessibility at Centers for Independent Living

Ritchie

Blanck

2003

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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The Internet provides individuals with disabilities numerous tools to live independently. In the convenience of the home, a person can access an abundance of information, an electronic community, updates on the latest disability advocacy news, education through distance-learning classes, and on-line shopping for books, clothes, assistive technology, and a host of other consumer goods. Centers for Independent Living (CILs) are consumer-run, non-profit grassroots disability service organizations at the forefront of the disability rights movement. Providing services to individuals across the range of disabilities, CILs have begun to use the Internet as a complement to their traditional service delivery methods. This article examines the emerging trend of independent living services on the web. The investigation examines 200 CIL Internet sites across the United States during the period of April to August 2001. Information is collected and analyzed about how CILs are using the Internet to provide their services and programs. In addition, the article examines the technological accessibility of their web sites. Implications of the findings for CILs, consumers with disabilities, and disability policy are examined.

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Section: Consumers and Computer-mediated Communicationmentioning

confidence: 99%