Disability-Related Risks.
The article presents information on difficulties experienced by people with disabilities that arise from their interactions with computer technology, above and beyond the usual risks. Their job performance, health, safety, financial stability, and general well being may all be impaired. Interfaces w...
| Publicado en: | Communications of the ACM Vol. 48; no. 8; pp. 144 - 145 |
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Association for Computing Machinery
Aug2005
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