ADA

Nuts and Bolts: It’s Not Just About “Compliance”: Accessibility in eLearning by Jane Bozarth : Learning Solutions Magazine

Accessibility in eLearning may be something that’s just isn’t on your radar—yet. Your eLearning materials really should be accessible to everyone, including those with challenges like low vision and blindness, hearing loss and deafness, learning disabilities, and mobility problems. Here is a quick rundown on things you should be addressing in your design standards, and some help getting started.

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Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Adv

Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy http://ow.ly/ItU0G #law #special_ed #advocate #sped #ADA #accessibility #resources

Parents, educators, advocates, and attorneys come to Wrightslaw for accurate, reliable information about special education law, education law, and advocacy for children with disabilities. – See more at: http://wrightslaw.com/?__scoop_post=f9b24b70-abfb-11e4-dace-90b11c3998fc&__scoop_topic=3007162#__scoop_post=f9b24b70-abfb-11e4-dace-90b11c3998fc&__scoop_topic=30071

 

Let Your Finger Do The Reading With This

Let Your Finger Do The Reading With This Great Device From MIT Media Lab | Big Think | Design for Good http://ow.ly/CVHfT #braille #read

Let Your Finger Do The Reading With This Great Device From MIT Media Lab

by TEODORA ZAREVA

OCTOBER 14, 2014, 3:00 PM

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Trace a page with your finger and Finger Reader will read it out loud for you. The device, currently in development by the MIT Media Lab, fits on your index finger like a ring. It can be used to assist children, the elderly, visually-impaired people, and second-language learners with reading labels, business cards, menus in a restaurant, prescriptions, or any other type of printed text….

Go to http://bigthink.com/design-for-good/let-your-finger-do-the-reading-with-this-great-device-from-mit-media-la for more info!!!

Virtual Ability – a Blog for Disability Community & Support in Virtual Worlds

Virtual Ability  – Check out this very interesting Blog… They’re having a virtual conference in Second Life – information is posted below.

Sunday, September 7, 2014

SAVE THE DATE!

You’re invited to the Oct. 3-4, 2014 International Disability Rights Affirmation Conference (IDRAC), sponsored by Virtual Ability®,Inc. This international conference will be held in Second Life®.

The theme for 2014 is “Technically, we’re accessible… right?” Exploring True Inclusion in the Digital World.

Join colleagues, friends, and community members for presentations on web accessibility, advances in assistive technology, creating an accessible user experience, accessible gaming, emerging standards for technology, and more! Presenters from Spain, U.K., U.S., and Australia will join us at The Sojourner Auditorium on Virtual Ability Island within Second Life.
Why don’t you join us, too?

Questions? Contact sister@virtualability.org or Sister Abeyante

Keep your eyes on Virtual Ability’s blog for more information!

http://blog.virtualability.org/

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Do Not Sign Your IEP! http://ow.ly/BnwJa

Do Not Sign Your IEP! http://ow.ly/BnwJa #IEP #school #adminstration #SpEd #Education

Do Not Sign Your IEP!

by Kimberly Kaplan

You do not have to sign your IEP immediately at the end of the IEP meeting!

 

IEP meetings are exhausting. They can last as long as three hours, or longer! I have heard of ones that lasted six hours. I’m sure there are ones that have lasted even longer than that and have covered more than one day.

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