California State University Northridge, Students with Disabilities Resources

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Sue Cullen, M.S. Assistive Technology
Specialist Part-time Faculty, Department of
Special Education

• California State University Northridge, Students
  with Disabilities Resources
• Center on Disabilities, 18111 Nordhoff Street,
  Northridge, California
• 91330-8264, [phone]

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Compliance

• Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act
• goal to eliminate barriers in information
  technology, to make available new opportunities
  for people with disabilities, and to encourage
  development of technologies that will help
  achieve these goals.
• Senate Bill 302 was passed by the California
  Legislature in 2003

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Why is 508 important?

• 20 of the American population has a disability.
  (the elderly included) Thats approximately 49
  million.
• You or a loved one may need access to technology
  due to a disability.
• Money matters, and these individuals control
  approximately 175 Billion in discretionary funds

Source Webaim.org
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Source Webaim.org
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General Types of Assistive Technology

• Computer Input and Output Devices
• Voice Activated Control - Speech to Text
• Text to Speech
• Screen Readers Software
• Speech Synthesizers
• Braille and Raised Line Graphics
• Physical Input Devices trackballs, mouth sticks,
  head wands, pencil grips
• Organizational Software Tools
• Flow charts, Brainstorming, Overlays

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Resources

• Webaim.org http//www.webaim.org/intro/
• Visual, Hearing, Motor and Cognitive
• Flash Accessibility Overview
• http//www.webaim.org/techniques/flash/flashoverv
  iew
• Tools listed on Webaim
• http//www.webaim.org/products/
• http//www.cvc3.org/
• W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
• http//www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/
• Examples http//www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/Gu
  idelines
• California Virtual Campus
• http//www.cvc3.org/
• Accessibility Features of Dreamweaver MX and MX
  2004 http//www.webaim.org/techniques/dreamweaver/
  
• Web-based Intranet and Internet Information and
  Applications
• http//www.access-board.gov/sec508/guide/1194.22
  .htm

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Source Webaim.org
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Key Concepts for Blindness Continued
Source Webaim.org
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Captioning What is it? What software can do it?
http//www.webaim.org/techniques/captions/
Source Webaim.org
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Source Webaim.org
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If you create graphics with text in them, make
the text as legible as possible. In broad terms,
the closer the text resembles either Times New
Roman or Arial, the more readable your text will
be.
Source Webaim.org
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• Design Considerations/listed under cognitive
• Contents
• Site navigation
• Site search
• Site map/ site index
• Document organization and structure
• Structural organization
• Visual organization
• White space
• Supplemental illustrations, icons, video, audio,
  etc.
• Clear and simple writing
• Fonts
• Serif fonts
• Sans-serif fonts
• Choosing a font

Source Webaim.org
These design tips are useful to making a site
more useful for many of us!
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More Alternative Resources

• http//rdf.pair.com/checker.htm has a quick
  reference that displays the rating Web Content
  Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Conformance
  Logos.
• It includes a Webliography (meaning Resource
  list) that appears useful. However, I do not
  know the author of this site so do not use it as
  your only source.

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Legal Sites

• Legislation Resources
• Americans with Disability Act of 1990
  http//www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm Section
  508 Standards http//www.access-board.gov/sec508/
  508standards.htm
• The Telecommunications Act http//www.fcc.gov/tel
  ecom.html
• Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act
• http//www.section508.gov/index.cfm?FuseActionCo
  ntentID3
• To locate a technical assistance center in your
  state or region, consult http//www.resna.org/tapr
  oject/at/statecontacts.html or http//www.adata.or
  g/dbtac.html, respectively.

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