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- From: Gleason Sackman <sackman@plains.nodak.edu>
- Subject: EUITNEWS Vol. 1, No. 19 (fwd)
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- Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 15:27:47 EDT
- From: Steve Gilbert <EUITEDIT@bitnic.bitnet>
- To: Multiple recipients of list EUITINQS <EUITINQS@bitnic.bitnet>
- Subject: EUITNEWS Vol. 1, No. 19
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- EDUCOM's Educational Uses of Information Technology Program
- EUITNEWS Volume 1, No. 19 October 7, 1992
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- Project EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information) is one of the
- many project working groups that will be meeting at the EUIT
- Preconference Working Sessions on October 27-28, 1992 in Baltimore,
- Maryland. EASI is dedicated to assisting higher education in
- developing computer support services for people with disabilities.
-
- PUBLICATIONS--(all available in ASCII): EASI currently has four
- publications available. COMPUTERS AND STUDENTS WITH
- DISABILITIES: NEW CHALLENGES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION is a
- detailed overview of how individuals with disabilities can use
- computers in post-secondary education. COMPUTER ACCESS FACTS
- gives basic information on disability legislation, demographics and
- adaptive computer technology. EASI FIXES covers computer access
- considerations in software development. The EASI OUTREACH
- brochure talks about EASI activities and how to become involved.
- EASI is currently developing a legal issues brochure and a publication
- on how to convert electronic text to Braille documents.
-
- ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT SERVICE: EASI has established an
- electronic document service that offers several documents about
- disabilities and computer use by individuals with disabilities. Among
- the documents available are an introduction to the EASI library, a sign-
- up flyer for people who want to become more involved, various EASI
- brochures, facts about the Americans with Disabilities Act, information
- on electronic access to library systems, and a document on how
- computers can be designed to be more accessible.
-
- ELECTRONIC LINK-UP: EASI has an e-mail list, hosted by the
- University of Michigan, which allows people to send questions or
- information to the entire EASI e-mail list. This is often used by people
- who are looking for specific answers to questions on what type of
- hardware or software is available to help individuals with disabilities.
- Join the e-mail list by contacting Jim_Knox@um.cc.umich.edu.
-
- For more information, contact EASI@educom.
-
- COMING SOON: A look at the new EASI Seminar Series.
-
- REPEAT WELCOME: Welcome to EUITNEWS, a listserv for EUIT
- participants and an experiment in providing short, frequent updates
- directly to you (by e-mail or fax). EUIT staff will receive your message if
- you send e-mail to EUITEDIT@BITNIC.EDUCOM.EDU or
- EUITEDIT@BITNIC. Let us know if you missed previous messages and
- want copies. Let us know if you have colleagues who also want to
- receive EUITNEWS. Please allow us two weeks for updating our lists.
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