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The document discusses accessibility and assistive technology for individuals with disabilities as outlined by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The ADA prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities and requires public programs and transportation to be accessible. Assistive technologies like screen readers, communication programs, and electronic devices help students with disabilities focus on their strengths by bypassing areas of difficulty. Captions, alt tags, and text-to-speech programs improve understanding for those with visual, hearing, or cognitive impairments. Technologies like sip-and-puff and Ghotit provide alternative access methods for individuals unable to use standard inputs. The goal is to ensure all students can learn and succeed through accessible formats and assistive technologies as protected by the ADA.

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The document discusses accessibility and assistive technology for individuals with disabilities as outlined by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The ADA prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities and requires public programs and transportation to be accessible. Assistive technologies like screen readers, communication programs, and electronic devices help students with disabilities focus on their strengths by bypassing areas of difficulty. Captions, alt tags, and text-to-speech programs improve understanding for those with visual, hearing, or cognitive impairments. Technologies like sip-and-puff and Ghotit provide alternative access methods for individuals unable to use standard inputs. The goal is to ensure all students can learn and succeed through accessible formats and assistive technologies as protected by the ADA.

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ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL

Nadine Hamadeh
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
• Established in 1990
• Civil Rights Law
• Protects all people with disabilities
from discrimination
• American with disabilities act
TITLE II OF THE AMERICANS WITH
DISABILITIES ACT
• Prohibits discrimination against individuals with
disabilities.
• From all places and public programs.
• Applies to all state and local government officials
• Applies to departments and agencies also.
TITLE II OF ADA ACT CONTINUED

• Public transportation systems must be ADA


compliant.
• Cannot exclude individual because of disability.
TYPES OF DISABILITIES COVERED BY
ADA & TITLE II
• Physical impairments:
• Visual (Blind)
• Speech Impairments
• Hearing Impairments
• Mental impairments:
• Emotional or Mental illness
• Specific learning disabilities

• List of Disabilties
ADA CHART
Disability (by the millions)
• According to Interactive
7.6
accessibility

19.9
• This chart is based on millions of
people with disabilities
8.1

15.2
• This is of 57 Million Americans

Lifting Cognitive Vision Hearing


WHAT'S ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY?
AND ITS RELATION TO STUDENTS & LEARNING?
• AT is any device or software program.
• Used to improve learning for persons with
disabilities.

• Examples:
• screen readers and communication
programs
• electronic devices, wheelchairs, walkers,
braces
A.T. RELATION TO STUDENT LEARNING?

• AT helps students with learning all kinds disabilities.


• Focuses on strengths and bypass areas of difficulty.
CAPTIONING ON YOUTUBE
• Captions are texts on the same screen of video.
• They are in sync with the audio.
• Helps students with disability understand content better.
• People with hearing disabilities will catch all information.
"ALT" TAG
• ALT Tag Refers to alternative text
• Mainly used to describe an image on a page.
• Visually impaired users using screen readers will
better understand images.
• Describes images helps improve understanding.
• Fills in the blanks.
BLINKING & FLASHING
• Flashing images/texts should be avoided in presentations
• Causes seizures to certain students with disability.
• Be aware of students with epilepsy, flickering causes
discomfort.
• Also try avoid using animation,
• Irritates or triggers students.
READ & WRITE
• "Read and write" is an extension from Google Chrome.
• It reads the text out loud.
• It writes what you say.
• Comes with built in dictionary and pictures.
• It can show more depth information on a word.
SIP AND PUFF TECHNOLOGY
• Sip and puff is another type of assistive technology.
• It’s a devise made for users who can't use their hands.
• The device uses air pressure from inhales and exhales.
• It has a tube or straw to receive the pressure.
• Helps navigate with computer screens.
GHOTIT
• "Ghotit" Is another type of assistive technology.
• It's for people who have Dyslexia Disability.
• It can be used as a text editor.
• Ghotit can predict words you might use ahead of time
• This helps from complicated/ distracting words as well!
WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF THE
PRESENTATION! I HOPE THAT THE POWER OF THIS
NEW KNOWLEDGE WILL HELP CHANGE LIVES FOR
THE BETTER. THANKS TO THE ADA WE CAN MAKE
SURE EVERY STUDENT IS SUCCESSFUL!

Nadine Hamadeh

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