ADA

also known as American

Disabilities Act
BY: MEGAN ACOSTA
What does this Mean?

WELL THIS ACT BECAME LAW IN 1990 AND IT PROTECT PEOPLE’S RIGHTS WITH
DISABITY AGAINST DISCRIMINATION.
 Title 2
TITLE 2 PART IS FOR THE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
BASICALLY IT ENFORCES TO MAKE SURE HOSPITAL AND SCHOOLS
ETC.. DEPARTMENTS THAT RECEIVE FUNDS FROM THE GOVERNMENT
HAVE THE RIGHT TOOLS AND ACCESSES TO THE THINGS THEY NEED
TO HELP THEM.
 Types of disabilities coverage by the ADA and
title 2

DEAFNESS BLINDNESS
 Types of disabilities coverage by the
ADA and title 2

 Speech/Talking  Walking/Wheel chair

confinement
Types of disabilities coverage by
the ADA and title 2

Learning disability
What is Assistive Technology?

Assistive technology is a tool for people with a

disability to do things more independent to
help them in areas such as...
• Reading
• Writing
• Math
• Listening
• Organizing and memory
 Some studies have
Studies were found that in a certain age found that Americans
group between 15 with disability are
To 64 some responded to 3 categories either employed not as
severe much compared to
Disability, non-severe disability and no American with non
disabilities disability but its still a
great number.

ages 15-64 employed

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34%
34% 33% severe
non severe
no disabilties 66%

33%

with disability no disability

 Captioning
 It ensures your video is accessible to students, Employes and people who
are deaf or hard of hearing.
 It helps non English speakers to understand the video, They can search for
the content in the video.
 Helps students learn the technical terms spelling in the video.
 YouTube is the biggest video go to website so captioning on this can spark
interest on the younger generation.
 "Alt" Tagging
 An Alt text is describing a photo breaking it down
 It adds accessibility to web pages especially for the blind they can use
screen readers and hear what the text is saying.
 This helps the visual impaired people better understand the pictures and
can appreciate it
 Avoid flashing or
Blinking !!

1.YOUDON’T WANT TO HAVE FLASHING OR BLINKING VIDEOS IT CAN

TRIGGER AND CAUSE SEIZURES
2.IT'S
ANNOYING AND DISTRACTING AND TAKES AWAY FROM THE
LEARNING PROCESS.
 "Read&Write"

 Read and write is a cool tool you can Some things read and write does:
install in your computer It helps when you
open a word doc or reading a book  Text to speech
online, you click on the paragraph you  Speech to text
want to read and it reads it out loud for
you.  Talk dictionary
 Also it helps with spelling or clicking on  Picture dictionary
words you don’t understand and can  Audiobooks
google search it, show pictures.
 Vocabulary list
 Translator
 Spell check
 ECT...
 "Ghotit"
This is specifically for people with What "GHOTIT" does:
dyslexia and dysgraphia it spells checks
for you but in a more significant way then  Talking word prediction
just spell checker itself.
 Quick spelling word
It helps read write and understand text
prediction
Its accessibly to the phone to.
 Reading assistance
 Resources
 https://adata.org/learn-about-ada
 https://www.dol.gov/general/topic/disability/ada
 https://civilrights.findlaw.com/discrimination/the-americans-with-disabilities-act-
overview.html
 http://www.readingrockets.org/article/assistive-technology-kids-learning-disabilities-
overview
 https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/miscellaneous/cb12-134.html
 https://www.washington.edu/accessibility/videos/
 http://uca.edu/disability/read-write-gold/
 https://www.boia.org/blog/how-does-ghotit-help-people-with-dyslexia-access-the-
internet