Accessible Design: Problems and Solutions
A Literature Review to Support the ITTATC Needs Assessment

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This is a publication of the Information Technology Technical Assistance and Training Center that is funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research of the U.S. Department of Education under grant number H133A000405. The opinions contained in this publication are those of the grantee and do not necessarily reflect those of the Department of Education.

The research reported in this document was performed for the Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access (CATEA). Ms. Mimi Kessler of Georgia Tech's CATEA is the Project Director for the Information Technology Technical Assistance and Training Center (ITTATC) project, under which the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) has received tasking to perform a needs assessment and to provide engineering support. W. Bradley Fain of GTRI is the Principal Investigator for GTRI's portion of the project. Researchers in GTRI's Electronic Systems Laboratory (ELSYS) performed the work documented in this report. Those researchers include W. Bradley Fain, Tonya M. Whaley, Anna Cianciolo, Dennis J. Folds, and Jeffrey M. Gerth.

This document was reviewed and updated in August - September of 2003. Additional sources were added to the document to clarify key points or to address the concerns of the reviewers. However, the literature review has not been substantially updated since its original publication date of April 2001.



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Brad Fain
Georgia Tech Research Institute
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