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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