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Writing about accessibility

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Vicki L. Hanson,

Anna Cavender,

Shari TrewinAuthors Info & Claims

Interactions, Volume 22, Issue 6

Pages 62 - 65

https://doi.org/10.1145/2828432

Published: 28 October 2015 Publication History

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In this forum we celebrate research that helps to successfully bring the benefits of computing technologies to children, older adults, people with disabilities, and other populations that are often ignored in the design of mass-marketed products. --- Juan Pablo Hourcade, Editor

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DOI:10.1145/2840151

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