The following is a list of books and conference proceedings related to the use of computer technologies by persons with disabilities. All proceeds earned from the purchase of books from this Web site will be donated to Project Pursuit, a project started at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign designed to encourage persons with disabilities to pursue careers in Engineering, Science and Mathematics. For more information about this bookstore, see this special message from the president of Amazon.com.

Recommended Books:

 Adapting PCs for Disabilities by Joseph J. Lazzaro -- This book discusses how to set up computer systems for those with vision, speech, hearing and motor disabilities. A good resource for designing accessible computer labs.

 Adaptive Technology for Special Human Needs (Suny Series, Computers in Education) by Arlene Brett & Eugene F. Provenzo -- This book looks at adaptive technology for those with vision, speech, hearing, motor and cognitive disabilities. Also includes a special section on hypermedia and special needs.

 Alternative Computer Access: A Guide to Selection by Denis K. Anson -- Primarily for the rehabilitation and special education specialist, this book is a good resource for helping these professionals identify assistive technologies for their clients and students with disabilities to use.

 Computer Resources for People With Disabilities: A Guide to Exploring Today's Assistive Technology by Stephen Hawking & The Alliance for Technology Access -- A down-to-earth guide written with the goal of helping people with disabilities achieve their goals through the use of assistive technology.

 Information Access and Adaptive Technology (American Council on Education/Oryx Press Series on Higher Education) by Carmela Cunningham & Norman Coombs -- This book addresses accessibility issues and solutions for using the Internet and instructional technologies in the classroom and university computer labs.

Additional Resources:

• Access to Information: Materials, Technologies, and Services for Print-Impaired Readers (Lita Monographs, 2) by Tom McNulty & Dawn M. Suvino
• Adaptive Technologies for Learning & Work Environments by Joseph J. Lazzaro
• Adaptive User Interfaces : Principles and Practice (Human Factors in Information Technology, No 10) by Matthias Schneider-Hufschmidt, Thomas Kuhme, & Uwe Malinowski (Editor)
• Careers, Computers, and the Handicapped by Michael Bender, Nancy M. Pinson-Millburn, & Lee Joyce Richmond (Editor)
• Computer Technology for the Handicapped: Applications '85: Selected Proceedings of Closing the Gap's 1985 National Conference
• Computers and Cultural Diversity: Restructuring for School Success (Suny Series, Computers in Education) by Robert A. Devillar & Christian J. Faltis
• Computers and Exceptional Individuals by Jimmy D. Lindsey (Editor)
• Computers and the Americans with Disabilities Act: A Manager's Guide by John McCormick
• Computers for Handicapped Persons: 4th International Conference, Icchp '94 Vienna, Austria, September 14-16, 1994: Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Co) by Wolfgang L. Zagler, Geoffrey Busby, & Roland R. Wagner (Editor)
• Computers for the Disabled (Computer Awareness - First Books) by Robert Cattoche
• Computers in the Special Education Classroom by Johnson D.Lamont (Editor)
• Computers: New Opportunities for the Disabled by Harold Remmes
• Considerations in the Design of Computers and Operating Systems to Increase Their Accessibility to Persons With Disabilities Version 4.2, May 1988
• Enabling Technology: Disabled People, Work, and New Technology (Disability, Human Rights, and Society) by Alan Roulstone
• Exploring Computer Careers for the Handicapped (Careers in Depth) by Marilyn Jones
• Financing Adaptive Technology: A Guide to Sources and Strategies for Blind and Visually Impaired Users by Steven Mendelsohn
• From Toys to Computers: Access for the Physically Disabled Child by Christine Wright
• IEEE Computer Society Workshop on Computers in the Education and Employment of the Handicapped (Proceedings) by IEEE Computer Soc Workshop
• Independence Day: Designing Computer Solutions for Individuals With Disabilities by Peter Green & Alan Brightman
• Johns Hopkins National Search for Computing Applications to Assist Persons with Disabilities (Proceedings), February 1-5, 1992, Laurel, Maryland
• Learning Difficulties and Computers: Access to the Curriculum by David Hawkridge & Tom Vincent
• Library Technology for Visually and Physically Impaired Patrons (Supplements to Computers in Libraries, Vol. 26) by Barbara T. Mates
• Making an Exceptional Difference: Enhancing the Impact of Microcomputer Technology on Children With Disabilities by Harvey Pressman (Editor)
• Microcomputer Technology for Special Education and Rehabilitation
• Personal Computers and the Disabled by Peter McWilliams
• Personal Computers and Special Needs by Frank G. Bowe
• Personal Computers for Persons With Disabilities: An Analysis, With Directories of Vendors and Organizations by William Roth
• The Second Beginner's Guide to Personal Computers for the Blind and Visually Impaired by D.L. Croft
• Special Technology for Special Children: Computers to Serve Communication and Autonomy in the Education of Handicapped Children by Ernest Paul Goldenberg
• Solutions: Access Technologies for People Who are Blind by Olga Espinola
• Teaching and Training the Handicapped Through the New Information Technology: Computer-Aided Special Education by Jorgen Hansen
• Technology for Disabled Persons: Conference Papers by Christopher Smith (Editor)
• Telecommunications and Developmentally Disabled People: Evaluations of Audio Conferencing, Personal Computers, and Computers Conferencing by Robert Johnansen, Barbara Nyhan, & Micheal McNeal
• Third Annual Workshop on Computers and the Handicapped (Proceedings) (November 8-9, 1984, Canterbury Inn Wichita, Kansas)
• Uses of Computers in Aiding the Disabled by Josef Raviv (Editor)
• Using Computers and Speech Synthesis to Facilitate Communicative Interaction With Young and Severly Handicapped Children by Linda J. Burkhart
• Access to Standard Computers, Software, and Information Systems by Persons With Disabilities by G. Vanderheiden