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People with physical disabilities have limited capabilities in moving, performing manual tasks and taking participation in some life activities. Muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injuries, head injuries, amputations, arthritis, etc., are some causes of physical disabilities. Since that physical impairments can significantly make tedious, even in some cases quite disable using of information technology, it is required to make adaptations that will be enabling the full communication with computers by persons with this kind of disabilities. In this article, some issues about communication between computers and persons with physical impairments are discussed, and are presented a review of available assistive computer technology that make this communication possible. As information education is fundamental education in modern society, the special accent is given to the communication problematic between physically handicapped persons and computers.
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Skejié, E., Durek, M. (2007). Assistive Technologies for Physically Handicapped Persons. In: Sobh, T. (eds) Innovations and Advanced Techniques in Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6268-1_32
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