Re: COPUS was Re: alternative content for cognitive disabilities

Jonathon,

	I would think the simple summaries on those pages would be too difficult
for most of your people to read/understand. Am I wrong?

				Anne

At 08:38 AM 4/21/01 +0100, Jonathan Chetwynd wrote:
>It remains a fact that unless content is summarised in a suitable form it
>remains inaccessible.
>
>In the UK a significant part of scientific budgeting is set aside for
>'copus' http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/scforall/copus.htm
> The Committee on the Public Understanding of Science (COPUS) . No one is
>expecting all members of the public to understand all the details, that is
>naturally unachievable. However it is recognised that the public has a right
>to understand what is being funded.
>
>jonathan chetwynd
>IT teacher (LD)
>j.chetwynd@btinternet.com
>http://www.signbrowser.org.uk
>
>
Anne Pemberton
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