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STC Usability SIG Topics in Usability: Accessibility
STC Usability SIG articles on "Accessibility, Ergonomics, and Special Audiences" at http://www.stcsig.org/usability/topics/
Alertbox: Current Issues in Web Usability Bi-weekly column by Dr. Jakob Nielsen, principal, Nielsen Norman Group
Futures Laboratory The Argonne Futures Lab performs basic and applied research in advanced communications, collaboration, and visualization technologies (for example, teleimmersion) to enable [...]

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"A Review of Myofascial Pain and Fibromyalgia—Factors That Promote Their Persistence", by Robert D. Gerwin, MD ()
American Academy of Pain Management
American Pain Foundation
"A ‘Stealth’ Cause of Shoulder Pain", by Steven R. Shannon, MD ()
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) information from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS).
Computer Ergonomics and Repetitive Strain Injury Provides many resources about [...]

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Applied Ergonomics Conference and Virtual Community
Ergonomics information provided by IBM.
Ergonomics At Work, Department of Occupational Health and Safety (DOHS)
Ergonomics & Safety Research Institute (ESRI) [United Kingdom]
"Ergonomics of human-system interaction — Guidance on accessibility for human-computer interfaces"
Healthy Computing information provided by IBM. Topics include Setting up your workstation, Workstation aids, Mobile computing, Comfort, Vision, Display, Input [...]

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Accessibility: CHI 2001 and Beyond, Ariadne Issue 28
Action for Dystonia, Diagnosis, Education & Research (ADDER)
Artsline provides information on all the arts and leisure services available, both as audience or participants. The Artsline database provides updated data on the access to the arts and leisure venues and pursuits in the capital city of London. See their [...]

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We received an inquiry from a student about the shape of the human field of vision. The following Web sites provide information about this.

How We See: The First Steps of Human Vision
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/CC/vision_background.html
Newton’s Apple teacher guides: Human Eye. How does the human eye see? How does the eyeball work? http://www.newtonsapple.tv/TeacherGuide.php?id=1539
Sensitivity for global shape detection
http://journalofvision.org/3/10/4/article.aspx
Glossary of Lasik [...]

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