August 4, 2004 - Land of Lincoln Americorp pre-service training at Rend Lake Conference Center
Your Coordinators 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.
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 August 4, 2005 presentation is an update of adaptive computer technology that will be given as an instructional opportunity scheduled to run from 11:00 to 12:00 a.m. At one hour long, it will be a cursory introduction to the general issues persons with disabilities face on a day to day basis as well as the types of technology we employ and the concerns about equal access to information that dictate our work here at SIUC-DSS. Goals for this presentation are as follows:
- Make the general populace aware of various disabilities and the issues (personal, societal, environmental, etc..) that are commonly attached to the disabilities
- Expose participants to the practices we here at SIUC-DSS employ to help enable students with disabilities in their daily lives
- Present common adaptive technologies utilized by persons with disabilities
- Inform people of our country and state's legislative push towards accessibility of new technologies
Technologies Covered
- Dragon Naturally Speaking dictation system
- Read Please reading system
- Arkenstone Open Book scanning system
- Jaws screen reader
- Microsoft Screen Magnification
- Switch technologies
- Alternative mice
- Sip-N-Puff Mouse
- Microsoft On-Screen Keyboard
- Cyberlink Brainfingers Brain Actuated Technology
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