Alyssa Gabbard

ADA (1990)
Civil rights law that protects Americans with disabilities
from discrimination in all places that are open to the general
public
ADA Title II
Prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities by
public entities

Public entities include any state or local government

departments, agencies, or other instrumentalities. All
activities, services, and programs of public entities, such
as town meetings and employment.
Disabilities Covered by ADA
Autism

Cerebral Palsy

HIV Infection

Muscular Dystrophy

Bipolar Disorder

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Disabilities Covered by Title II
No reasonable modifications to rules, policies, or practices

Removal of architectural barriers, communication barriers

or transportation barriers

Provision of auxiliary aids and services

Assistive Technology Devices
Any piece of equipment that is used to maintain, increase, or
improve the functional capabilities of children with
disabilities

Does not include surgically implanted devices

Very broad definition in order to give IEP flexibility needed

to make a decision about appropriate assistive technology
devices for individual students
Assistive Technology Services
Directly assists a child with a disability in the selection,
acquisition, and use of an assistive technology device

Evaluation of needs for a child

Purchasing and providing for the acquisition of devices

Selecting, designing, customizing, adapting, repairing or

replacing devices

Coordination and other therapies with devices

Captioning
Provides an illustration with title or explanation

Adds accessibility to videos by allowing for hearing

impaired people to watch the video and understand visually
ALT Tag
Includes text with an image

Provides a clear text alternative of the image for screen

reader users
Avoid Blinking or Flashing
Can cause seizures

Might not know if your audience has epilepsy or other

disabilities that this could cause a problem for them
Ghotit Technology
Reading and writing solution technology

Helps people with dyslexia (and similar disabilities) read

and write
Sip-and-Puff Technology
Assistive technology used to send signals to a device using
air pressure

Primarily used by people who do not have the use of their

hands
References
www.disabilityrightswi.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/ada-title-2.PDF

Www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/tool-and-samples/hr-
qa/pages/cms_011495.aspx

www.gpat.org/georgia-project-for-assistive-technology/pages/assistive-
technology-definition.aspx