From: Teri Wahl
     Date: 8/9/96  10:54:51PM
     To: warr
     Subject: Fw: Online Training Opportunity re Adaptive
Technology: Access forPersons With Disabilities

     Hi Bruce   This might be of interest to you..

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     > From: PROF NORM COOMBS <[log in to unmask]>
     > To: Multiple recipients of list DEOS-L <[log in to unmask]>
     > Subject: Online Training Opportunity re Adaptive Technology:
     Access
     forPersons With Disabilities
     > Date: Friday, September 06, 1996 12:44 PM
     >
     > Adapt-it: EASI's original online workshop on making
     information
     > technology systems more accessible to persons with
     disabilities.
     > Starting Sept. 23, $125
     >
     > Using e-mail and taken from anywhere and at any time, previous
     > workshops have reached more than 500 subscribers in two dozen
     >    countries.
     >
     >    ADAPT-IT  beginning September 23 1996
     >
     >    This three-week course is ideal for administrators,
     teachers,
     >    librarians, computer support staff, ADA compliance
     officers and
     > service providers. It focuses on how to set up computing
     technology
     > and services for individuals with disabilities. There are
     components
     > on the law, workstation access, compensatory computing tools,
     making
     > computers accessible and planning services. This workshop
     also teaches
     >  participants how and where to locate the most recent,
     relevant
     > information on disabilities located on the Internet. Taught
     by  people
     > who have written and    consulted extensively on adaptive
     technology and
     > information access. The course registration is $125.
     >
     > For more information or to register, send e-mail to
     [log in to unmask]
     >
     > This course will be offered again several times during the
     coming
     > academic year.
     >
     >    EASI also provides day and half-day on-site workshops that
     can be
     > delivered at a college campus or at a conference.
     >
     > Science, Engineering and Math pose unique access problems for
     students
     > and professionals with disabilities.  EASI-sem beginning
     Sept. 30 will
     > focus on this topic.
     >
     >  EASI's new online workshop, EASI-SEM,  focuses on how to get
     past
     > access barriers and provide accommodations that will make it
     easier for
     > students with disabilities to study the technical fields.
     The course is
     > a basic primer on access to science, engineering and
     mathematics.  It is
     > aimed at faculty, administrators, service providers and
     students.  In
     > this course, we'll discuss computing, laboratory and text
     access
     > barriers and  simple access solutions.  We'll explore new and
     developing
     > technologies such as Triangle, AsTeR, Dotsplus, the Nemeth
     Code,  and
     > laboratory accommodations.
     >
     >  We'll also look at professor and administrator attitudes
     about students
     > with disabilities, and we'll look at accessible computerized
     testing.
     > We'll talk about teaching and learning strategies for people
     with
     > learning disabilities and software programs that allow a
     person to
     > provide captioning for videotapes.
     >
     >  This course is a good general introduction to problems and
     access
     > solutions for people with disabilities who want to study and
     work in the
     > technical fields.
     >
     >  The course development was funded by a National Science
     Foundation
     > grant and includes videotapes and manuals developed for the
     project.
     > The next three-week course will begin September 30.  The cost
     is $95 for
     > the course plus $75 for three accompanying videotapes.
     >
     >  For further information or to register for the course,
     contact Carmela
     > Cunningham at [log in to unmask] or (714) 830-0301.
     >
     >
     > EASi (Equal Access to Software and Information), an affiliate
     of the
     > American Association for higher Education, has developed a
     series of
     > disability-reelated workshops that are delivered entirely
     online over
     > the internet.  You can find more details on the EASI web:
     > http://www.rit.edu/~easi
     >
     >
     >
     >

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