Assistive technology
Language access
Disabilities
Design best practices
Laws
100
Name the screen reader technology found in all Apple iOS technology.
Apple VoiceOver
100
Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act requires what three things must be provided to voters with Limited English Proficiancy (LEP)
Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act requires election officials to provide
1.bilingual registration
2. election materials
3. personal assistance to language minorities.
100
These similar sounding learning disabilies make reading and writing difficult.
Dyslexia is a learning disorder characterized by reading, spelling, and writing difficulty despite "normal" intelligence and adequate instruction.
Dysgraphia is a term for trouble with writing. Many experts view dysgraphia as a challenge with a set of skills known as transcription.
100
This ratio ensures there is enough difference to separate foreground from background in text and images of text.
What is the color contrast ratio (4.5:1; 3:1 for large text)?
100
Signed in 2006 the _________ became the first binding international human rights instrument that specifically addresses the rights of people with disabilities. It includes the right to employment, housing, free movement, and participation in civc life
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD)
Note: The US has not ratified it, please call your congressperson.
200
Name one way a user can navigate a desk/laptop without a keyboard
1. Keyboard
2.Switch
3. Voice
200
The voting rights act requires language support at the ___ level.
or
What levels of government must support language minorities that meet the legally defined threshold?
Federal, state, and local governments must provide language access resources to communities that meet the predetermined threshold.
200
According to the World Health Organization, what is the global population of people with disabities?
1.3 billion people have a significant disability.
This represents 16% of the world's population or 1 in 6 people.
200
These two design features help video and film more accessible to people with auditory disabilities
What is adding captions or providing audio descriptions?
200
Name two key pieces of legislation that improved voting for people with disability in the United States
1. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
2. Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA)
3. National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA)
4.Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA)
300
This common document format is not generally accessible
What is a PDF?
300
Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act covers what three language categories?
Section 203 targets those language minorities that have suffered a history of exclusion from the political process: Spanish, Asian, Native American, and Alaskan Native.
Arabic and Haitian Creole are among the languages advocates want to be included in federal voter protections.
300
Name at least three models or theories of disability
1. Social model
2. Medical model
3. Economic model
4. Biopsychosocial
5. Charity model
300
You should add these to make your graphics or images accessible to screen readers
What is alternative text?
300
Residents of these five US territories vote in presidential primaries and elect non-voting representatives to congress.
Residents of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands can vote in the presidential primary and elect representatives to congress.
400
These assistive devices are used by 4 billion people daily
Glasses and contact lenses.
400
What are the three factors used to determine if a jurisdiction is covered under Section 203 of the voting rights act?
>10,000 Limited English Proficient voting-age citizens speak the same language, or
5% of Limited English Proficient voting-age citizens speak the same language, and
- Their illiteracy rate exceeds the national average.
400
What are the leading causes of vision loss globally?
Globally, the leading causes of vision impairment are uncorrected refractive errors and cataracts.
Note: Most of these can be corrected through surgery and medical treatment
400
This is the name for the global standards for digital accessibility best practices
WCAG
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
400
People with felony convictions never lose their right to vote in what three "states"?
Maine, Vermont, and the District of Columbia
People with past felony convictions, including those currently incarcerated, can vote in Maine, Vermont, and the District of Columbia.
500
This piece of assistive technology was created in 1877....and is now a 2.5 billion dollar industry
What is the audiobook (talking books were one of the first applications of the phonograph when it was invented in 1877
500
In 2020 Spanish was included among the 6 languages covered by Section 203 in this state.
Alaska
500
Name the five categories of dsiability used by the WHO
1. Auditory
2. Cognitive and learning
3. Physical
4. Speech
5. Visual
500
People-first language (PFL), is a linguistic style that prioritizes the person over their disability or diagnosis. It describes what a person has, rather than who they are, and avoids labels or adjectives that stigmatize or dehumanize people.
What is the The "people first" way to refer to "the Blind"
What are People who are blind, partially sighted, or visually impaired?
500
What state was the first to formally allow astronauts to cast their ballots from space?
Houston, we have a solution!
In 1997, the Texas Legislature passed a bill that allowed NASA astronauts to vote from space. That year, NASA astronaut David Wolf became the first American to vote from space on the Mir Space Station.
