Information Technologies and Disabilities Table of Contents v2n03 (August 1995) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/itd/itd-v2n03-contents put ITDV02N3 CONTENTS pw=tomm (ITDV02N3 CONTENTS) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND DISABILITIES ISSN 1073-5127 Volume II, No. 3 August, 1995 Individual _ITD_ articles and departments are archived on the St. John's University gopher. To access the journal via gopher, locate the St. John's University (New York) gopher. Select "Disability and Rehabilitation Resources" and from the next menu, select "EASI: Equal Access to Software and Information." _Information Technology and Disabilities_ is an item on the EASI menu. 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To receive the journal regularly, send e-mail to listserv@sjuvm.stjohns.edu with no subject and either of the following lines for text: subscribe ITD-TOC "Firstname Lastname" subscribe ITD-JNL "Firstname Lastname" (ITD-JNL is the entire journal in one or more e-mail messages while ITD-TOC sends the contents with information on how to obtain specific articles.) ARTICLES TECHNOLOGICAL ACCESS AND THE LAW L. Scott Lissner (ITDV02N3 LISSNER) ABSTRACT Beginning with an overview of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act, this survey identifies the legal issues surrounding equal access to computing facilities on college campuses. CONFERENCE REPORT ACCESS TO GUIS: SETTING ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS FOR COMPUTER SYSTEMS Doug Wakefield (ITDV02N3 WAKEFIEL) ABSTRACT Is it possible to establish objective performance standards to assess a computer system's ability to provide access to graphics-based applications for people who are blind? This was one of the main issues debated at the Access to GUIs conference held in Menlo Park, California, in May of this year. The focus of the conference was access to graphical user interfaces (GUIs) by people who are blind or visually impaired. Sponsored by the Western Blind Rehabilitation Center of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Stanford University's Project Archimedes, and Sensory Access Foundation, the three day series of meetings was attended by vendors of access equipment as well as representatives from universities and corporations. This report discusses the action taken by the Center for Information Technology Accommodations in the area of testing the accessibility of computer systems purchased by the U.S. government. MAINTAINING LYNX TO THE INTERNET FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: A CALL FOR ACTION Richard Seltzer (ITDV02N3 SELTZER) ABSTRACT: The trend toward graphical user interfaces, and graphical information in general, has been perceived as threatening to the continued independence of blind and visually impaired computer users. This article identifies the primary obstacles and their possible solutions -- in particular, the importance of the text- based WWW tool, Lynx. DEPARTMENTS JOB ACCOMMODATIONS (ITDV02N3 JOBS) Editor: Joe Lazzaro lazzaro@world.std.com ONLINE INFORMATION AND NETWORKING (ITDV02N3 ONLINE) Editor: Steve Noble slnobl01@ulkyvm.louisville.edu Copyright (c 1994) by (_ITD_) _Information Technology and Disabilities_. Authors of individual articles retain all copyrights to said articles, and their permission is needed to reproduce any individual article. The rights to the journal as a collection belong to (_ITD_) _Information Technology and Disabilities_. _ITD_ encourages any and all electronic distribution of the journal and permission for such copying is expressly permitted here so long as it bears no charge beyond possible handling fees. To reproduce the journal in non- electronic format requires permission of its board of directors. To do this, contact the editor. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Tom McNulty, New York University (mcnulty@acfcluster.nyu.edu) EDITORS Dick Banks, University of Wisconsin, Stout Carmela Castorina, UCLA Daniel Hilton-Chalfen, PhD, UCLA Norman Coombs, PhD, Rochester Institute of Technology Lois Elman Michael Holtzman, St. John's University Joe Lazzaro, Massachusetts Commission for the Blind Mohamad Neilforoshan, Wentworth Institute of Technology Ann Neville, University of Texas, Austin Steve Noble, Recording for the Blind Anne L. Pemberton, Nottoway High School, Nottoway, VA Sheila Rosenberg Linda Scott Bob Zenhausern, PhD, St. John's University EDITORIAL BOARD Melissa Anderson, University of Southern California Dick Banks, University of Wisconsin, Stout Carmela Castorina, UCLA Danny Hilton-Chalfen, PhD, UCLA Norman Coombs, PhD, Rochester Institute of Technology Alistair D. N. Edwards, PhD, University of York, UK Joe Lazzaro, Massachusetts Commission for the Blind Mohamad Neilforoshan, Wentworth Institute of Technology Ann Neville, University of Texas, Austin Steve Noble, Recording for the Blind Anne L. Pemberton, Nottoway High School, Nottoway, VA Lawrence A. Scadden, PhD, National Science Foundation Yolanda L. Thompson, New Mexico Commission for the Blind Bob Zenhausern, PhD, St. John's University ABOUT EASI (EQUAL ACCESS TO SOFTWARE AND INFORMATION) Since its founding in 1988 under the EDUCOM umbrella, EASI has worked to increase access to information technology by persons with disabilities. EASI affiliated with AAHE (the American Association for Higher Education) in 1994. Volunteers from EASI have been instrumental in the establishment of _Information Technology and Disabilities_ as still another step in this process. Our mission has been to serve as a resource primarily to the education community by providing information and guidance in the area of access to information technologies. We seek to spread this information to schools, colleges, universities and into the workplace. EASI makes extensive use of the Internet to disseminate this information, including three discussion lists: EASI@SJUVM.STJOHNS.EDU (a general discussion on computer access), AXSLIB-L@SJUVM.STJOHNS.EDU (a discussion on library access issues) and ABLE-JOB (a discussion on disabilities and employment). To join any of these lists, send a "subscribe" command to LISTSERV@SJUVM.STJOHNS.EDU including the name of the discussion you want to join plus your own first and last name. EASI also maintains several items on the St. John's (New York) University gopher under the menu heading "Disability and Rehabilitation Resources." For further information, contact the EASI Chair: Norman Coombs, Ph.D. NRCGSH@RITVAX.ISC.RIT.EDU or the EASI office: EASI, c/o American Association for Higher Education One Dupont Circle, Suite 360 Washington, D.C. 20036-1110 Phone: (714) 830-0301 (Pacific Time) E-Mail: EASI@EDUCOM.BITNET or Internet: EASI@EDUCOM.EDU EASI gratefully acknowledges receiving special and significant financial and/or institutional support from: the American Association of Higher Education (AAHE) Apple Computer, Inc. Arkenstone, Inc. The Bell-Atlantic Charitable Foundation EDUCOM The National Science Foundation The NEC Foundation of America Rochester Institute of Technology St. John's University University of California, Irvine University of California, Los Angeles University of Michigan University of Washington