Technology for Students with Disabilities
Some things to keep in mind about potential website users:
* They may not be able to see, hear, move, or understand easily.
* They may be in a situation where their eyes, ears, or hands are busy or interfered with; for example, working in a loud environment.
* They may have difficulty reading or comprehending text.
* They may not have or be able to use a keyboard or mouse.
* They may have an early version of a browser, a different browser entirely, a voice browser, or a different operating system.
* They may have a slow connection, a small screen, a text-only screen, etc.
* They man not speak or understand fluently the language in which the document is written.
100+ First ASL words: www.handspeak.com/word/most-used/
The 300 most commonly used signs in American Sign Language (SL)
AFB (American Foundation for the Blind): http://www.afb.org/default.aspx
"Expanding Possibilities for People with vision loss"
ACCESS: YouTube: http://accessyoutube.org.uk/
A switch accessible YouTube site.
ASL Storytelling Online Library Stories: www.pinterest.com/aslstorytelling/asl-storytelling-online-library-stories/
"...a collection of ASL stories produced by the Educational Resource Center on Deafness (ERCOD) at the Texas School for the Deaf."
American Institutes for Research: http://www.air.org/
"AIR’s mission is to conduct and apply the best behavioral and social science research and evaluation towards improving peoples’ lives, with a special emphasis on the disadvantaged."
ACN latitudes: http://latitudes.org/
Association for Comprehensive Neurotherapy
Bridge4Kids: http://www.bridges4kids.org/
"Building Partnerships Between Families, Schools, and Communities"
Call Scotland: http://www.callscotland.org.uk/home/
"Communication and Assitive Technology for People with Disabilites
CAST: http://www.cast.org/
Description and definition for Universal Design for Learning and much more.
Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access: http://www.catea.gatech.edu/
from Georgia Tech
Center on Online Learning and Students with Disabilities: http://centerononlinelearning.org/
"CRL’s work centers on solving the problems that limit individuals’ quality of life and their ability to learn and perform in school, work, home, or the community. CRL specifically studies problems in education and work to place solutions that make a difference into the hands of educators, learners, employers, and policy makers."
College for Students with Disabilities: https://online.maryville.edu/disabilities-guide/
"A Guide for Students, Families and Educators" from Maryville University
Communication Strategies for Children with Autism: Unlocking Language Through Technology: http://www.cafierocommunications.com/
The Complete Guide to Scholarships for Students with Disabilities: https://turbo.intuit.com/blog/relationships/scholarships-for-students-with-disabilities-3580/
Computer Activities: http://www.ianbean.co.uk/programs
From Ian Bean Company: "Over 100 free accessible activities to run on your computer. our activities have been carefully designed to help our studetns develo and build access skills using switches, touch-screens or po9inting devices such as joysticks or eye gaze."
Cornerstones: http://pbskids.org/lions/cornerstones/
"Offering literacy unites for teachers of young students who are deaf and hard of hearing"
Curb Cuts: 99percentinvisible.org/episode/curb-cuts/
The history of Curb Cuts, the importance of Ed Roberts in the movement to demand society see disabled people in a new way, and many other interesting facts in this podcast by 99% Invisible.
Disability resources for college Students: https://www.learnhowtobecome.org/college/resources-for-students-with-disabilities/
"Campus and community Support, Expert Advice, & Rights for Students with Disabilities"
DO-IT: http://www.washington.edu/doit/
"Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology"
Graduate School success for Students with Disabilities: https://www.gograd.org/resources/students-with-disabilities/
Scholarships, support Resources, and Expert Insight for Achieving an Advanced Degree"
How to have your iPhone or iPad highlight text as it reads your screen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GB-VntNWbY&feature=youtu.be
Inclusive Technology: http://www.inclusive.co.uk/
Indianapolis Public Library: Video Read Alouds for kids in American Sign Language: www.indypl.org/blog/for-parents/read-alouds-for-kids-in-asl
LDonline: http://www.ldonline.org/
"The educator's guide to learning disabilities and ADHD"
NVDA (NonVisual Desktop Access): http://www.nvaccess.org/
"NVDA (NonVisual Desktop Access) is a free “screen reader” which enables blind and vision impaired people to use computers. It reads the text on the screen in a computerised voice. You can control what is read to you by moving the cursor to the relevant area of text with a mouse or the arrows on your keyboard."
NVDA can also convert the text into braille if the computer user owns a device called a “braille display”.
Oh, The Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss - ASL version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO9JRRHdiS0
With available English subtitles
PPR: Koester Performance Research: http://www.kpronline.com/index.php
"Koester Performance Research works to enhance computer access for people with disabilities, particularly for people who are not well-served by the typical keyboard and mouse."
Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology: http://www.qiat.org/index.html
"Guiding the Provisions of Quality AT Services
The QIAT Community is a nationwide grassroots group that includes hundreds of individuals who provide input into the ongoing process of identifying, disseminating, and implementing a set of widely-applicable Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology Services in school settings that can be used as a tool to support:
RESNA: http://www.resna.org/
Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America
SENICT Software: http://www.senictsoftware.com/index.html
"Accessible software and online teaching activities"
Sign Language Resource Online: http://www.handspeak.com/
Specialbites: http://www.specialbites.com/index.html
"On Specialbites you will find switch games to download and now tons of 'online switch games' which are also great on a touchscreen and for learning early mouse skills."
Special education: history, resource, advice: https://www.wgu.edu/blog/special-education-history-resources-advice2001.html
Western Governors University has curated a guide to some of the most popular resources for children and parents with disabilities. Additionally the guide takes a look at the history of Special Education in America. From Lyndon Johnson’s ESEA in 1966 to the ECSA of 2015 the guide examines what each piece of legislation materially did for those with disabilities as well as explaining what the bureaucratic bodies that enforce them do.
Symbolworld.org: http://symbolworld.org/
Tips for Online Shopping With Disabilities: A Website Accessibility Guide: https://couponfollow.com/research/online-shopping-with-disabilities
This site has useful information about customizing browsers for easier navigation, web browser disability extensions add-ons, as well as software and hardware which can assist people with disabilities.
United Nations Division for Social Policy and Development Disability: https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/
Video Read Alouds for Kids in American Sign Language (ALS): www.indypl.org/blog/for-parents/read-alouds-for-kids-in-asl
Web Accessibility Initiative: http://www.w3.org/WAI/
Part of W3C: http://www.w3.org/
* They may not be able to see, hear, move, or understand easily.
* They may be in a situation where their eyes, ears, or hands are busy or interfered with; for example, working in a loud environment.
* They may have difficulty reading or comprehending text.
* They may not have or be able to use a keyboard or mouse.
* They may have an early version of a browser, a different browser entirely, a voice browser, or a different operating system.
* They may have a slow connection, a small screen, a text-only screen, etc.
* They man not speak or understand fluently the language in which the document is written.
100+ First ASL words: www.handspeak.com/word/most-used/
The 300 most commonly used signs in American Sign Language (SL)
AFB (American Foundation for the Blind): http://www.afb.org/default.aspx
"Expanding Possibilities for People with vision loss"
ACCESS: YouTube: http://accessyoutube.org.uk/
A switch accessible YouTube site.
ASL Storytelling Online Library Stories: www.pinterest.com/aslstorytelling/asl-storytelling-online-library-stories/
"...a collection of ASL stories produced by the Educational Resource Center on Deafness (ERCOD) at the Texas School for the Deaf."
American Institutes for Research: http://www.air.org/
"AIR’s mission is to conduct and apply the best behavioral and social science research and evaluation towards improving peoples’ lives, with a special emphasis on the disadvantaged."
ACN latitudes: http://latitudes.org/
Association for Comprehensive Neurotherapy
Bridge4Kids: http://www.bridges4kids.org/
"Building Partnerships Between Families, Schools, and Communities"
Call Scotland: http://www.callscotland.org.uk/home/
"Communication and Assitive Technology for People with Disabilites
CAST: http://www.cast.org/
Description and definition for Universal Design for Learning and much more.
Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access: http://www.catea.gatech.edu/
from Georgia Tech
Center on Online Learning and Students with Disabilities: http://centerononlinelearning.org/
"CRL’s work centers on solving the problems that limit individuals’ quality of life and their ability to learn and perform in school, work, home, or the community. CRL specifically studies problems in education and work to place solutions that make a difference into the hands of educators, learners, employers, and policy makers."
College for Students with Disabilities: https://online.maryville.edu/disabilities-guide/
"A Guide for Students, Families and Educators" from Maryville University
Communication Strategies for Children with Autism: Unlocking Language Through Technology: http://www.cafierocommunications.com/
The Complete Guide to Scholarships for Students with Disabilities: https://turbo.intuit.com/blog/relationships/scholarships-for-students-with-disabilities-3580/
Computer Activities: http://www.ianbean.co.uk/programs
From Ian Bean Company: "Over 100 free accessible activities to run on your computer. our activities have been carefully designed to help our studetns develo and build access skills using switches, touch-screens or po9inting devices such as joysticks or eye gaze."
Cornerstones: http://pbskids.org/lions/cornerstones/
"Offering literacy unites for teachers of young students who are deaf and hard of hearing"
Curb Cuts: 99percentinvisible.org/episode/curb-cuts/
The history of Curb Cuts, the importance of Ed Roberts in the movement to demand society see disabled people in a new way, and many other interesting facts in this podcast by 99% Invisible.
Disability resources for college Students: https://www.learnhowtobecome.org/college/resources-for-students-with-disabilities/
"Campus and community Support, Expert Advice, & Rights for Students with Disabilities"
DO-IT: http://www.washington.edu/doit/
"Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology"
Graduate School success for Students with Disabilities: https://www.gograd.org/resources/students-with-disabilities/
Scholarships, support Resources, and Expert Insight for Achieving an Advanced Degree"
How to have your iPhone or iPad highlight text as it reads your screen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GB-VntNWbY&feature=youtu.be
Inclusive Technology: http://www.inclusive.co.uk/
Indianapolis Public Library: Video Read Alouds for kids in American Sign Language: www.indypl.org/blog/for-parents/read-alouds-for-kids-in-asl
LDonline: http://www.ldonline.org/
"The educator's guide to learning disabilities and ADHD"
NVDA (NonVisual Desktop Access): http://www.nvaccess.org/
"NVDA (NonVisual Desktop Access) is a free “screen reader” which enables blind and vision impaired people to use computers. It reads the text on the screen in a computerised voice. You can control what is read to you by moving the cursor to the relevant area of text with a mouse or the arrows on your keyboard."
NVDA can also convert the text into braille if the computer user owns a device called a “braille display”.
Oh, The Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss - ASL version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO9JRRHdiS0
With available English subtitles
PPR: Koester Performance Research: http://www.kpronline.com/index.php
"Koester Performance Research works to enhance computer access for people with disabilities, particularly for people who are not well-served by the typical keyboard and mouse."
Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology: http://www.qiat.org/index.html
"Guiding the Provisions of Quality AT Services
The QIAT Community is a nationwide grassroots group that includes hundreds of individuals who provide input into the ongoing process of identifying, disseminating, and implementing a set of widely-applicable Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology Services in school settings that can be used as a tool to support:
- school districts as they strive to develop and provide quality assistive technology services aligned to federal, state and local mandates
- assistive technology service providers as they evaluate and constantly improve their services
- consumers of assistive technology services as they seek adequate assistive technology services which meet their needs
- universities and professional developers as they conduct research and deliver programs that promote the development of the competencies needed to provide quality assistive technology services
- policy makers as they attempt to develop judicious and equitable policies related to assistive technology services."
RESNA: http://www.resna.org/
Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America
SENICT Software: http://www.senictsoftware.com/index.html
"Accessible software and online teaching activities"
Sign Language Resource Online: http://www.handspeak.com/
Specialbites: http://www.specialbites.com/index.html
"On Specialbites you will find switch games to download and now tons of 'online switch games' which are also great on a touchscreen and for learning early mouse skills."
Special education: history, resource, advice: https://www.wgu.edu/blog/special-education-history-resources-advice2001.html
Western Governors University has curated a guide to some of the most popular resources for children and parents with disabilities. Additionally the guide takes a look at the history of Special Education in America. From Lyndon Johnson’s ESEA in 1966 to the ECSA of 2015 the guide examines what each piece of legislation materially did for those with disabilities as well as explaining what the bureaucratic bodies that enforce them do.
Symbolworld.org: http://symbolworld.org/
Tips for Online Shopping With Disabilities: A Website Accessibility Guide: https://couponfollow.com/research/online-shopping-with-disabilities
This site has useful information about customizing browsers for easier navigation, web browser disability extensions add-ons, as well as software and hardware which can assist people with disabilities.
United Nations Division for Social Policy and Development Disability: https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/
Video Read Alouds for Kids in American Sign Language (ALS): www.indypl.org/blog/for-parents/read-alouds-for-kids-in-asl
Web Accessibility Initiative: http://www.w3.org/WAI/
Part of W3C: http://www.w3.org/