Public policy issues in augmentative and alternative communication technologies a comparison of the U.K. and the U.S.

Public policy increasingly plays a role in influencing the work that we do as HCI researchers, interaction designers, and practitioners. "Public policy" is a broad term that includes both government policy and policy within non-governmental organizations, such as standards bodies. The Interacting with Public Policy forum focuses on topics at the intersection of humancomputer interaction and public policy.