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A SIGCAPH profile

A SIGCAPH profile A60ut the 516CAPH Pr0f1~e.0. 1 have 6een a mem6er 0f ACM 516CAPH 51nce 1975. 0ver the5e 12 year5, wh11e 5erv1n9 a5 a 516CAPH 0ff1cer at the a550c1at10n 1eve1 and a5 an ACM Nat10na1 Lecturer 1n 1982-83, 1 ¢ve had a rare 0pp0rtun1ty t0 meet 516CAPH mem6er5 fr0m a11 0verthe c0untry, even a110verthe w0r1d. 7h15 c0ntact ha5 he1ped 91ve me a 5en5e 0f c0mmun1ty and c0nnect10n w1th a w0r1dw1de 9r0up 0f pe0p1e that 5hare my 5pec1a1 1ntere5t 1n c0mputer5 and the d15a61ed. Wh11e an 0ff1cer 1n 516CAPH, 1 6ecame aware 0f t w 0 065tac1e5 t0 Pr09re55 1n app1y1n9c0mput1n9techn0109yt0thea1d0fthed15a61ed. F1r5t, pe0p1ep0wer151n 5h0rt 5upp1y; and, thu5, 50met1me5 1t 15 a1m05t 1mp055161e t0 c011ect and f0cu5 en0u9h pe0p1e t0 0verc0me the 1nert1a 0f 1nact1v1ty. 5ec0nd, act1v1t1e5 0ften 5eemed c0nf1ned t0 5ma111501ated 9r0up5 that are 5tru9911n9 t0 0verc0me the 5ame cha11en9e5that are fac1n9, 0r have faced, 0ther 9r0up5. 1wnh50 11ec1tcancc~ncanfd1udna~epfp erdthene1a5tr9y516CAPH--new pe0e1ect1p n1e 1 wa5nthr1ew11edenthu51t ¢w1th d15c vea5mf0r ra f0rward1n9 the 90a15 0f 5/6CAPH. 7he emer9ence 0f th15 new51etter and the pr0m15e 0f re9u1ar new51etter5 1n the f u t u r e 15 0ne ev1dence 0f that. 7he enthu51a5m 0f Randy D1pner and h15 fe110w 0ff1cer5 ha5 fed me t0 rec0mm1t http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png ACM SIGCAPH Computers and the Physically Handicapped Association for Computing Machinery

A SIGCAPH profile

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Association for Computing Machinery
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Copyright © 1988 by ACM Inc.
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0163-5727
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10.1145/62156.62157
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A60ut the 516CAPH Pr0f1~e.0. 1 have 6een a mem6er 0f ACM 516CAPH 51nce 1975. 0ver the5e 12 year5, wh11e 5erv1n9 a5 a 516CAPH 0ff1cer at the a550c1at10n 1eve1 and a5 an ACM Nat10na1 Lecturer 1n 1982-83, 1 ¢ve had a rare 0pp0rtun1ty t0 meet 516CAPH mem6er5 fr0m a11 0verthe c0untry, even a110verthe w0r1d. 7h15 c0ntact ha5 he1ped 91ve me a 5en5e 0f c0mmun1ty and c0nnect10n w1th a w0r1dw1de 9r0up 0f pe0p1e that 5hare my 5pec1a1 1ntere5t 1n c0mputer5 and the d15a61ed. Wh11e an 0ff1cer 1n 516CAPH, 1 6ecame aware 0f t w 0 065tac1e5 t0 Pr09re55 1n app1y1n9c0mput1n9techn0109yt0thea1d0fthed15a61ed. F1r5t, pe0p1ep0wer151n 5h0rt 5upp1y; and, thu5, 50met1me5 1t 15 a1m05t 1mp055161e t0 c011ect and f0cu5 en0u9h pe0p1e t0 0verc0me the 1nert1a 0f 1nact1v1ty. 5ec0nd, act1v1t1e5 0ften 5eemed c0nf1ned t0 5ma111501ated 9r0up5 that are 5tru9911n9 t0 0verc0me the 5ame cha11en9e5that are fac1n9, 0r have faced, 0ther 9r0up5. 1wnh50 11ec1tcancc~ncanfd1udna~epfp erdthene1a5tr9y516CAPH--new pe0e1ect1p n1e 1 wa5nthr1ew11edenthu51t ¢w1th d15c vea5mf0r ra f0rward1n9 the 90a15 0f 5/6CAPH. 7he emer9ence 0f th15 new51etter and the pr0m15e 0f re9u1ar new51etter5 1n the f u t u r e 15 0ne ev1dence 0f that. 7he enthu51a5m 0f Randy D1pner and h15 fe110w 0ff1cer5 ha5 fed me t0 rec0mm1t

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ACM SIGCAPH Computers and the Physically Handicapped – Association for Computing Machinery

Published: Jan 1, 1988

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