Disability and Technology

Name: Thi Mai

Course: IT 103 Section 003

Date: 10/05/2010

Title: Disability and Technology

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Signature: Thi Mai

Introduction

Over decades, we have fought for our rights, against discriminations to give everyone equal opportunities in this society. However, there is still one problem that holds some of us from those prospects: Disability. As technology comes along, it helps people with impairments overcome their difficulties and as successful as everyone else.

Background

According to online periodical (Stover, D. & Pendegraft, N. 2005), out of one thousand babies, three are born with hearing-impairment. This affects the child’s ability to learn and participate in daily activities, especially in classrooms.

Bibliography Citations

Burker, T., De Paor, A., & Coyle, E. (2010). Disability and Technology: Engineering a More Equitable Ireland. Technology and Society Magazine, IEEE, 29(1), 35-41.

Myers, E. L. I. (2004). Disability and Technology. Montana Law Review, 65, 289.  

            *Annotation: I chose this article because it contains many Federal Acts that are related to helping people with impairments.

Stover, D. & Pendegraft, N. (2005). Revisiting Computer-aided Notetaking: Technological Assistive Devices for Hearing-impaired Students. The Clearing House, 79(2), 94-97.  Retrieved September 20, 2010, from Education Module. (Document ID: 977221751). Proquest. http://mutex.gmu.edu:2048/login?url=http://proquest.umi.com.mutex.gmu.edu/pqdweb?did=977221751&sid=2&Fmt=4&clientId=31810&RQT=309&VName=PQD

            *Annotation: This online periodical gives information about hearing impairment and special education with the help of technology.

Yang, H., Lay, Y., Liou, Y., Tsao, W., & Lin, C. (2007). Development and evaluation of computer-aided music-learning system for the hearing impaired. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 23(6), 466-476. Wiley Online Library. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2729.2007.00229.x/full