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 Number 6, May 2003
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publisher: Isoph (http://www.isoph.com/)
editor in chief: Celisa Steele | senior editor: Jeff Cobb
sophist@isoph.com
This issue of The Sophist focuses on accessibility, an important issue for the society at large and the third sector in particular.
Most of us think we know what's meant by accessibility--we tend to define it as related to people with disabilities and information technology. But that definition unnecessarily limits the term. If we look at the big picture, everything the third sector does is about accessibility. More >>
"Accessing Accessibility" examines two separate but interrelated perspectives on accessibility, the individual and the social. The social perspective is fundamentally about change, overthrowing the status quo; the individual perspective is about figuring out how the status quo can accommodate accessibility within its framework. More >>
In "Monolog," a standing column, we ask one person to share his or her point of view on issues pertinent to those involved with socially-focused organizations. This issue features Ed Batista, executive director of Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network (N-TEN). More >>
Sharron Rush, executive director of Knowbility; Susan Tenby, online community manager at CompuMentor; and Nelson Layag, technology director at CompassPoint Nonprofit Services offer their take on what what accessibility means. More >>
This issue's "In Brief" features several resources and some recommended reading on accessibility issues and the digital divide. More >>
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