Access through Adaptive Computer Technology and Website Design

February 18, 2005 - SIUC Rehb 513 Adaptive Tech and Panel Discussion

Your presenter for this event is:

Bryan Dallas

Bryan Dallas heads the adaptive technology text conversion program at Disability Support Services. In addition to his MS in Rehabilitation, Dallas has years of experience implementing appropriate adaptive technologies for students with disabilities.

Expected Topics of Discussion and Presented Technologies

Our February 18, 2005 presentation is an update of adaptive computer technology that will be given as an instructional opportunity. With a panel style discussion integrated into a technological presentation, it will be a cursory introduction to the technology we employ and the concerns about equal access to information that dictate our work here at SIUC-DSS. Our goals for this presentation are as follows:

• Make the general populace aware of the issues we in the disability support field deal with
• Inform people who need to know of our country and state's legislative push towards accessibility of new technologies
• Expose participants to adaptive technology trends
• Expose students with the issues persons with disabilities face in academia
• Expose the students with strategies utilized in the disability support field to enable a person with a disability with the means to overcome barriers
• Expose students to accessibility guidelines
• Expose up and coming professionals to technologies and practices that can enable persons with disabilities

Technologies Covered

• Dragon Naturally Speaking dictation system
• Read Please reading system
• Arkenstone Open Book scanning system
• Jaws screen reader
• Co:Writer 4000 word prediction
• Microsoft Screen Magnification
• Switch technologies
• Alternative mice
• Sip-N-Puff Mouse
• Microsoft On-Screen Keyboard
• Cyberlink Brainfingers Brain Actuated Technology