Notes from 52nd International STC Conference
Seattle, Washington, May 8-12, 2005

Secondary Disabilities:
The Vicious Circle (How One Impairment Can Cause Another

(One of seven topics presented in an AccessAbility SIG panel discussion entitled
"Making Products – and the World – More Accessible)"

Dan Voss, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Orlando, FL
Ria Voss, clinical psychologist and medical social worker
Lori Gillen, technical writer, McKesson Health Solutions

(Latter two were not on the panel but co-authored the paper and the presentation, respectively)

Session Description: In addition to the discussion of secondary disabilities, this thought-provoking panel discussion included discussions on visual impairment, deafness, mobility restrictions, a dual disability (blindness and deafness), emotional disabilities, and attention deficit disorder (ADD).

• Notes are not available from this session because I was a presenter. Links are provided below to the materials from this session, which are posted on the conference materials web site.
   
• Paper in Proceedings
• Briefing charts from round-table presentation
• The conference materials web site also includes materials from the several other tables in this progression and another AccessAbility SIG progression on web site accessibility (Section 508). Look for the material under the following authors' names: Chisnell, Ells, Gillen, Hogg, Marty, Murray, Pappas, Redish, Reece, Selix, Vais, and Voss. In all, 14 accessibility-related files are housed there.
• Be sure to check out the AccessAbility SIG's comprehensive web site (rapidly becoming a definitive resource on accessibility), our acclaimed online newsletter, Achieve!, and articles and publications from previous conferences and in other forums.