TY - JOUR
T1 - A level playing field for Internet opportunities? Issues for rural and city blind and visually impaired people
AU - Williamson, Christina
AU - Albrecht, A.
AU - Schauder, D.
AU - Bow, A.
N1 - Imported on 12 Apr 2017 - DigiTool details were: Journal title (773t) = Rural Society: the journal of research into rural and regional social issues in Australia. ISSNs: 1037-1656;
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Qualitative research investigated the attitudes to, and experiences of, 20 visually impaired people in rural and urban areas of Australia to accessing information via the Internet. The views of professionals working in this area were also ascertained. The present role of the Internet in assisting visually impaired people was gauged, as were reasons for them not using it. Also studied was the role in this area for support organisations for visually impaired people. While many of the findings of the research apply to a wide spectrum of visually impaired people, specific issues for people living in rural areas are included in the article.
AB - Qualitative research investigated the attitudes to, and experiences of, 20 visually impaired people in rural and urban areas of Australia to accessing information via the Internet. The views of professionals working in this area were also ascertained. The present role of the Internet in assisting visually impaired people was gauged, as were reasons for them not using it. Also studied was the role in this area for support organisations for visually impaired people. While many of the findings of the research apply to a wide spectrum of visually impaired people, specific issues for people living in rural areas are included in the article.
M3 - Article
SN - 1037-1656
VL - 12
SP - 57
EP - 71
JO - Rural Society: the journal of research into rural and regional social issues in Australia
JF - Rural Society: the journal of research into rural and regional social issues in Australia
IS - 1
ER -