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At several occasions in the past details of ongoing standardisation activities in the field of Assistive Technology and Design for All have been reported at the ICCHP conference. In this contribution several recent important changes and additions are brought under the attention of this year’s ICCHP delegates too.
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Engelen, J. (2008). AT and DfA Standardisation: What Is Currently Going on?. In: Miesenberger, K., Klaus, J., Zagler, W., Karshmer, A. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5105. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70540-6_23
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