Hello All, 

Please keep in mind that most mobile devices are not accessible to many
individuals with disabilities. The most enticing feature to most people,
which is the tiny portability of these devices, leaves them virtually
useless to many people who are visually impaired. Most cell phones on the
market have flat panels for dialing and accessing the phone. This prohibits
individuals with visual impairments from having any type of tactile access.
Most mobile devices have no audio output which does not allow a person with
a visual impairment to access the device. There are some (very few) mobile
phone companies that offer a software that allows access, but in general
these access software are several hundred dollars and not usable by most
cell phones. 

Additionally, many people with physical disability or mobility impairments
cannot use these devices, or will have great difficulty trying to use the
devices.  

It would seem to be ideal for a person  with a disability to have access to
mobile devices, because in many cases transportation and physical barriers
would pose obstacles to health care, but what happens in many cases is that
the mobile access.....is not accessible. How interesting.

Valerie

		"Let the shameful walls of exclusion finally come tumbling
down"
			
			Preamble to the Americans with Disabilities Act	
					George Bush, 1990


Valerie Lewis, Director
Long Island Talking Book Library
Administrator of Outreach Services
Suffolk Cooperative Library System
P.O. Box 9000
Bellport, NY 11713-9000
Phone: (631)286-1600, X1365
FAX:   (631)286-1647
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-----Original Message-----
From: healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Mindy Domb
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 8:58 AM
To: The Health and Literacy Discussion List
Subject: [HealthLiteracy 2043] Re: Wednesday Question: Writing and Texting

FYI MobileActive is "an all-volunteer community of people and organizations
using mobile phones for social impact, committed to increasing the
effectiveness of NGOs around the world who recognize that the 3.5 billion
mobile phones provide unprecedented opportunities for organizing,
communications, and service and information delivery."
 
In terms of texting and health literacy and promoting health, here are some
interesting links for those interested:
 
See http://mobileactive.org/lets-talk-about-sex-baby-sexual-health-info-sms
<http://mobileactive.org/lets-talk-about-sex-baby-sexual-health-info-sms> 
http://mobileactive.org/ask-about-sex-text-teenagers-learn-about-living-nige
ria
<http://mobileactive.org/ask-about-sex-text-teenagers-learn-about-living-nig
eria> 

Lots of stuff here: http://mobileactive.org/wiki/Health
<http://mobileactive.org/wiki/Health>  - for example:
http://mobileactive.org/wiki/Dial-up_information_on_demand_via_mobile
<http://mobileactive.org/wiki/Dial-up_information_on_demand_via_mobile> 
and see the entire section on health in this recent report:
http://mobileactive.org/wireless-technology-social-change-trends-ngo-mobile-
use
<http://mobileactive.org/wireless-technology-social-change-trends-ngo-mobile
-use> 

And finally, projects using mobiles for health info, patient monitoring,
etc: http://mobileactive.org/taxonomy/term/1553
<http://mobileactive.org/taxonomy/term/1553>  from MobileActive's
database....


 
 
 
Mindy Domb 
Director, SPHERE and The Statewide Homeless/HIV Integration Project (SH/HIP)
programs of Health Care of Southeastern Massachusetts, Inc. 
PO Box 285 
Amherst, MA 01004 
Phone: 1-(800)-530-2770 ext.224 or (413)256-3406 
Fax: (413)256-6371 
E-Mail: mdomb at hcsm.org 
www.hcsm.org/sphere 
www.hcsm.org/shhip

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From: healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov on behalf of Jan Potter
Sent: Thu 5/22/2008 2:30 PM
To: healthliteracy at nifl.gov
Subject: [HealthLiteracy 2032] Wednesday Question: Writing and Texting



 

2 interesting articles on different aspects of this topic:

 

Nagging texts help teens remember to take meds

USA Today, 5/13/08

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2008-05-12-text-message-na
gging_N.htm

 


>From literacy to digiracy


May 16th 2008
The Economist,  5/16/08

http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11392128 

 

 

Jan Potter, MSTC

Communications Specialist

Partnership for Health and Accountability

770-249-4549

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