Academic Accommodations and Accessibility

Academic Accommodations and Universal AccessBy: Toni Howard- Director Andrea Engle- Academic Accommodation Specialists E-text

1ADA/ Section 504Civil Rights Legislation Provide equal access Equivalent ease of use

Undue burden Fundamental alteration

Faculty Advocacy Notification MemoTONI2What is Accessibility?Accessible means that individual with disabilities are able to independently acquire the same information, engage in the same interactions, and enjoy the same services within the same timeframes as individuals without disabilities, with substantially equivalent ease of use. DOE, OCR, University of Montana No. 1012218

Equally effective means that the alternative format or medium communicates the same information in as timely a fashion as does the original format or medium.

TONI3DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIESHigh SchoolCollegeLaw- IDEALaw- ADA & Section 504 of the Rehabilitation ActSchool district/teachers are responsible for identifying students with disabilitiesStudent is responsible to self-identify and self-disclose as a person with a disability School/family develops an IEP No IEPSpecial Education- fundamental alterations to the curriculum are madeNo Special Education - No fundamental alterations to the curriculum are madeFERPA FERPA applies only to universities. TONI4Course Material SelectionsSelecting TextbooksSelect EarlyConsider a suggested publisherGraphic NovelsSelect Captioned materialsFrontline/PBS- Most captionedwww.22frames.comwww.moviesubtitles.netwww.amara.org Audio described video materialshttp://acb.org/adp/index.html

TONI5Course materials3rd party softwareother materialsAleks MyLabsConnectLecture ToolsApliaMastering LabsAdobe ConnectBlackboard (Collaborate)Video Conferencing

PDFWordPowerPointYouTube VideosLecture CapturesLibrary ReservesTalk about VPATS and how to obtain one

Talk about lecture capture in class and online- My labs and mastering difference between LD and Blind/LV

ANDREA6ExampleInaccessible PDF/ accessible PDFWord TipsE-text Example of NVDA ReadingYouTube CaptioningAuto CaptionedClosed Captioned

ANDREA7Training Dates

ANDREA8Links to WebsiteTutorials can be found at http://www.utoledo.edu/offices/student-disability-services/access.htmlGeneral Accessibility information http://www.utoledo.edu/offices/student-disability-services/faculty.htmlAssistive Technology InitiativeANDREA9Suggested PublishersMCGPearsonPrentice HallWesleyAllyn & BaconBedford, Freeman & Worth PublishingCQ PressElsevierF.A. Davis CompanyJohn Wiley & SonsJones & Bartlett LearningLynne Rienner PublishersCengage LearningHoughton MifflinMarinerThompsonWadsworthSpringer Publishing W.W. Norton

ANDREA10Questions

ANDREA/ TONI11Thanks

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