Access through Adaptive Computer Technology and Website Design

August 15-17, 2005 - SIUC Teaching Assistant Disability Awareness Training

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 MS 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 15-17, 2005 presentations are on disability awareness and accommodations in post secondary settings for teaching assistants. At one hour long, they will be a cursory introduction to the general issues persons with disabilities face on a day to day basis as well as the types and implementation of accommodations they can expect to see throughout their teaching activities. 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 and guidelines we here at SIUC employ to accommodate students with disabilities