With a Little Help from My Friends: Empowering Students with Disabilities with Commercially Available Technologies (271752969)

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Amy Borggaard ndash Assistant Director of Disability Services Assumption College

Ricardo Poza ndash Instructional Technology Manager Assumption College

MARCH 31 - 2015

With a little help from my friends Empowering students with disabilities with commercially available technologies



Agenda

Assumption College at glance

Disability Services at Assumption College

Case study

iOS devices and accessibility eBooks



Assumption College

Established in 1904

Roman Catholic liberal arts college

Located in Worcester MA

Undergraduate Graduate and Associate degrees CCE programs

2200+ students



Disability Services

In 1992 only 13 students self identi1047297ed as having some type of disability(undergraduate population was approx 1650)

As of the Spring 2015 semester 224 undergraduate students have selfidenti1047297ed (undergraduate population is approx 2200)

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Disability Services

Types of disabilities Visual impairment

Learning disabilities (language based) (dyslexia ADHD autism spectrum)

Physical Mobility

Psychiatric (PTSD Anxiety depression)

Hearing impairment

Chronic medical conditions

TBI - Traumatic Brain injury

Accommodations

Notetakers

Textbooks in alternate formats

Testing Accommodations



Disability Services

Common considerations for use of alternate text formats

Blindlow vision

Deafhard of hearing

Print related disabilities

Reading ComprehensionReading Fluency de1047297cits

Physical Disabilities

Attention De1047297cit

Injuries



Case StudyDiagnosis Dyslexia amp Anxiety

Processing speed 7

Long term retrieval 4

Short term memory 14

Reading skills 37 grade level

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uency 38 grade levelMath skills 8th9th grade level

Written expression 98 grade level

Extreme difficulty self-advocating as

parents were no longer there to assist



Disability Services

Approved accommodations A reader and a scribe for all exams

Extended time on exams

Study guides provided in advance

Permission to record lecture

Notes from a volunteer note-taker

Not to be called on to read aloud in class

Academic progress

Freshman

Sophomore

Junior (277 GPA) She uses alternate format texts such as PDFePub(iBook) for all of her required texts each semester Her success is directlyrelated to her ability to successfully access the technologies provided toher



iOS devices and accessibility (ebooks)

HALF OF US HOMES OWN APPLE PRODUCTS

By Jodi Grainick 03282012

Tere are more than 55 million US homes with at least one iPhone iPadiPod or Mac computer according to CNBCs All-America Economic survey

Apple devices have very strong built-in accessibility features




iBooks is an ebook application developed by Apple Inc for both desktopsand mobile devices (FREE)

Formats ePubPDF

Highlighting

Note taking

Look up

Fully searchable

Bookmarks

Text to speech

Mobile device gesturestoggle shortcut

iBooks Store

Search books by ISBN




ePub format Authoring software

iBook author (FREE)

Pages

Multimedia content Assessments

AudioVideo

Simulations

HTML able

Widgets




Additional Tips

Mac OS App Shortcuts

Start Speaking

Stop Speaking

Dictation and Speech

iOS

Accessibility shortcut

VoiceOver (settings)

Bold Text

iBooks gestures One 1047297nger tap

Two 1047297nger swipe



Bridging Te Gap Empowering Students with Disabilities Trough the Useof Commercially Available and Customized Technologies



Troughout all my years of education I have alwayshad to 1047297nd alternate ways to cope with mydisabilities in order to keep up working double as

hard as other students just for half theresultsSophomore year I was made aware of thisalternate text format accommodation and to putsimply not only did I manage to stay caught up withthis help but I am now on the Deans List andexcelling All I needed was an easy-to-use tool that Ican use for any of my course readings and it allowsme to be able to read at an average or faster speedand also replay material as many times as needed



THANK YOU

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Agenda

Assumption College at glance

Disability Services at Assumption College

Case study

iOS devices and accessibility eBooks



Assumption College

Established in 1904




2200+ students



Disability Services



070

9930

1018

8982

1992 2015

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Disability Services



Physical Mobility


Hearing impairment



Accommodations

Notetakers





Disability Services


Blindlow vision

Deafhard of hearing





Injuries




Processing speed 7




Reading1047298







Disability Services







Academic progress

Freshman

Sophomore













Formats ePubPDF

Highlighting

Note taking

Look up

Fully searchable

Bookmarks

Text to speech


iBooks Store






iBook author (FREE)

Pages


AudioVideo

Simulations

HTML able

Widgets




Additional Tips


Start Speaking

Stop Speaking


iOS



Bold Text












THANK YOU




Assumption College

Established in 1904




2200+ students



Disability Services



070

9930

1018

8982

1992 2015

$amp )

+- $0$123 456

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amp ) ( (

) + (amp (

+ ( ((- (

( (( (-

(( ( )- (++

( (- -amp (

(- ( (++amp (

( ( (+++



Disability Services



Physical Mobility


Hearing impairment



Accommodations

Notetakers





Disability Services


Blindlow vision

Deafhard of hearing





Injuries




Processing speed 7




Reading1047298







Disability Services







Academic progress

Freshman

Sophomore













Formats ePubPDF

Highlighting

Note taking

Look up

Fully searchable

Bookmarks

Text to speech


iBooks Store






iBook author (FREE)

Pages


AudioVideo

Simulations

HTML able

Widgets




Additional Tips


Start Speaking

Stop Speaking


iOS



Bold Text












THANK YOU




Disability Services



070

9930

1018

8982

1992 2015

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+- $0$123 456

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) + (amp (

+ ( ((- (

( (( (-

(( ( )- (++

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Disability Services



Physical Mobility


Hearing impairment



Accommodations

Notetakers





Disability Services


Blindlow vision

Deafhard of hearing





Injuries




Processing speed 7




Reading1047298







Disability Services







Academic progress

Freshman

Sophomore













Formats ePubPDF

Highlighting

Note taking

Look up

Fully searchable

Bookmarks

Text to speech


iBooks Store






iBook author (FREE)

Pages


AudioVideo

Simulations

HTML able

Widgets




Additional Tips


Start Speaking

Stop Speaking


iOS



Bold Text












THANK YOU




Disability Services



Physical Mobility


Hearing impairment



Accommodations

Notetakers





Disability Services


Blindlow vision

Deafhard of hearing





Injuries




Processing speed 7




Reading1047298







Disability Services







Academic progress

Freshman

Sophomore













Formats ePubPDF

Highlighting

Note taking

Look up

Fully searchable

Bookmarks

Text to speech


iBooks Store






iBook author (FREE)

Pages


AudioVideo

Simulations

HTML able

Widgets




Additional Tips


Start Speaking

Stop Speaking


iOS



Bold Text












THANK YOU




Disability Services


Blindlow vision

Deafhard of hearing





Injuries




Processing speed 7




Reading1047298







Disability Services







Academic progress

Freshman

Sophomore













Formats ePubPDF

Highlighting

Note taking

Look up

Fully searchable

Bookmarks

Text to speech


iBooks Store






iBook author (FREE)

Pages


AudioVideo

Simulations

HTML able

Widgets




Additional Tips


Start Speaking

Stop Speaking


iOS



Bold Text












THANK YOU





Processing speed 7




Reading1047298







Disability Services







Academic progress

Freshman

Sophomore













Formats ePubPDF

Highlighting

Note taking

Look up

Fully searchable

Bookmarks

Text to speech


iBooks Store






iBook author (FREE)

Pages


AudioVideo

Simulations

HTML able

Widgets




Additional Tips


Start Speaking

Stop Speaking


iOS



Bold Text












THANK YOU




Disability Services







Academic progress

Freshman

Sophomore













Formats ePubPDF

Highlighting

Note taking

Look up

Fully searchable

Bookmarks

Text to speech


iBooks Store






iBook author (FREE)

Pages


AudioVideo

Simulations

HTML able

Widgets




Additional Tips


Start Speaking

Stop Speaking


iOS



Bold Text












THANK YOU













Formats ePubPDF

Highlighting

Note taking

Look up

Fully searchable

Bookmarks

Text to speech


iBooks Store






iBook author (FREE)

Pages


AudioVideo

Simulations

HTML able

Widgets




Additional Tips


Start Speaking

Stop Speaking


iOS



Bold Text












THANK YOU






Formats ePubPDF

Highlighting

Note taking

Look up

Fully searchable

Bookmarks

Text to speech


iBooks Store






iBook author (FREE)

Pages


AudioVideo

Simulations

HTML able

Widgets




Additional Tips


Start Speaking

Stop Speaking


iOS



Bold Text












THANK YOU






iBook author (FREE)

Pages


AudioVideo

Simulations

HTML able

Widgets




Additional Tips


Start Speaking

Stop Speaking


iOS



Bold Text












THANK YOU





Additional Tips


Start Speaking

Stop Speaking


iOS



Bold Text












THANK YOU











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With a Little Help from My Friends: Empowering Students with Disabilities with Commercially Available Technologies (271752969)