Introducing a special issue of Information Technology and Disabilities
PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES: ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Guest Editor: Steve Noble
Policy Analyst, Kentucky Assistive Technology Service Network
Steve.Noble@mail.state.ky.us

It is a distinct pleasure to introduce the first installment of ITD’s two-part special series on public policy issues. This collection of articles, and those that will follow in the upcoming issue, are part of our special theme to address the public policy aspects relating to the emerging civil right of access to information. In a world so dependent upon the flow of information and the operation of information technology, it is clearly a social imperative that all people are afforded equal access to this vital resource. In particular, those who help shape public policy must collectively safeguard this right and ensure that individuals with disabilities do not find themselves on the wrong side of the “digital divide.”

On behalf of EASI, Equal Access to Software and Information, I would like to say a special “thank you” to all the authors who contributed to this series.

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Special Theme Articles