[Athen] Alternate and Assistive

[Ron]

Good morning Cyrus I would recommend looking at the AIM commission report.
I think it provides good terminology and definitions.

Ron

On Tuesday, July 28, 2015, Cyrus Hamilton <ch286 at cornell.edu> wrote:


>  Good Afternoon:

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> I am researching alternate phrases for, “assistive technology”, and

> “alternate formats”, and thought this would be an excellent forum for the

> discussion. There’s a lot of meaning in words, and I feel that “assistive”

> and “alternate” are words that can have the unintended consequence of

> further stigmatizing individuals. I understand that technically, all

> technology is assistive, but I think there has to be a better way to

> identify technologies like VoiceDream, Kurzweil 3000, and Dragon Naturally

> Speaking.  Am I over thinking this, or do others share my concern? Thanks!

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