Working Together: Computers and People with Mobility Impairments

This article, from the DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology) website, discusses computer accommodations for people with mobility impairments. The article discusses the importance of assistive technologies and then provides a descriptive list of computing tools "... that have been effectively used by individuals with mobility impairments." The tools and technologies discussed include facility access, furniture, keyboard access, word prediction alternative pointing systems, speech recognition, switch keyboard and mouse access using scanning Morse code, reading systems, low-tech tools, and video. A list of additional website resources is also included.