Dinah Murray, Ann Aspinall

Getting It

Using Information Technology to Empower People with Communication Difficulties

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Information technology (IT) has great potential to be an effective and empowering means of communication for people with communication difficulties. Getting IT explores how IT can help such people increase their independence, communicate in more direct ways and express themselves as part of society. Authors Dinah Murray and Ann Aspinall examine common problems faced by people with learning and communication difficulties ? being judged on appearances, encountering impatience from communication partners, problems identifying and understanding key information and difficulties communicating decisions. They show how IT can help solve these problems: for example internet search tools for accessing information at home, typing and email as socially neutral, universally acceptable modes of expression, anonymous, non-judgmental internet chatrooms and discussion forums. Getting IT shows the power of IT to help people with communication difficulties satisfy the universal human need to communicate.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 159mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 299g
• ISBN-13: 9781843103752
• ISBN-10: 1843103753
• Artikelnr.: 21859004

Autorenporträt

Dinah Murray has a PhD in linguistics, is currently a tutor for Birmingham University's distance learning course in autism and has published widely on the topic. She is the editor of Coming Out Asperger: Diagnosis, Disclosure and Self-Confidence, also published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Ann Aspinall has over seven years' experience of working with information communication technology (ICT) with adults with learning disabilities. She has an MA in community care (learning disabilities) and is currently project manager for TATE (Through Assistive Technology to Employment), UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Getting IT: the why and what of this book. 1. Inclusion in
the 21st Century: the argument for ensuring access to IT. 2. Beginning to
Take Control. 3. Telling Your Own Story. 4. Asking and Telling. 5.
Connecting and Exploring. 6. Living and Learning. 7. Getting together. 8. A
Year or so Later.... 9. Taking control of Time: a step by step guide to
making an Interactive calendar. 10. Getting IT Right: tackling the
technical aspects of using computer equipment. Appendix 1 Hints and Tips.
Appendix 2 Relevant Websites. Appendix 3 Resources. Appendix 4 Helpsheets.
References. Subject index. Author index.