Access through Adaptive Computer Technology and Website Design

February 24, 2004 Appropriate Adaptive Technologies for Athletes

Our February 24, 2004 presentation for the SIUC Athletics Department is an informative overview of adaptive computer technologies utilized by athletes with print media difficulties. For directions to the presentation in Woody Hall B-154 please contact Michael Whitney at DSSsiu@siu.edu.

Your presenters for this event are:

Michael Whitney

Michael Whitney heads adaptive technology and accessible web creation for Disability Support Services at SIUC and is also the coordinator of the Adaptive Computer Technology & Website Design HECA grant project. In addition to his MA in Rehabilitation, Whitney has completed training on designing universally acceptable web resources and an assistive technology applications certificate program offered by the State University of California Northridge. He will discuss and demonstrate some of the common adaptive technologies utilized by students with disabilities.

Kathleen Plesko

Kathleen Plesko, M.S. Rehabilitation, directs SIUC's Office of Disability Support Services. Plesko is an expert in disability accommodations in higher education settings.

Topics of Discussion and Presented Technologies

Technologies used by students in order to access academic information

• Dragon Naturally Speaking dictation system
• Read Please reading system
• Arkenstone Open Book scanning system
• Omnipage scanning system