Accessibility Services
FERPA
What is Family & Educational Rights & Privacy Act?
A disorder that causes blood glucose levels to be higher than usual. Healthy diet, medication, and exercise are common treatment.
Type II Diabetes
This is a commonly known Screen Reader.
What is
JAWS, NVDA, Apple Voiceover, Microsoft Narrator?
What are words we should not use?
or (words we should not say) when speaking to someone or about someone who may have a documented diability
Words like "the disabled" or "handicapped?
If something is not designed to be accessible, a student can request A. Reasonable Accommodation B. Disability Studies C. To be moved to another classroom
What is a Reasonable accommodation?
No otherwise qualified handicapped individual shall, solely by reason of his handicap, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance
What is Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Definition: the degree to which a person with a disability can get to, enter, and use a building or area.
What is accessibility
This helps people who are blind or visually impaired access the content on their computer screen that is NOT a screen reader.
What is
Braille?
When asking someone with a disability a question you should... A. speak to them directly. B. speak to their companion. C. pretend you did not hear them.
What is speaking to them directly?
When speaking to someone with a disability you should speak to them directly. They are no different than us or any other individual on this earth.
During the pandemic the SAS/OARS office was closed to the public but the services remain open for staff, students, and faculty through these avenues.
What is Zoom, Phone Meetings and Email?
This insures that all student information and supports cannot be shared with anyone without the student's consent.
What is confidentiality?
Any physical, medical, mental or psychological impairment, or a history or record of such impairment.
What is a Disability?
allows an individual to take notes while simultaneously recording classroom lectures or discussions.
What is a Smart Pen?
A professor asks you why they should provide the accommodations listed on your Accommodation Letter and asks you about your diagnosis.
What do you do?
- You can politely let them know that they are legally obligated to provide accommodations to ensure equal opportunity to all students.
- If they still have questions, you can put them in contact with SAS/OARS
- The professor isn't entitled to know your confidential information, only what accommodations you receive. If you wish to self-disclose, that is your choice, but you should never feel pressured to.
This volunteer position is available on both campuses, to students with the accommodations that require the assistance of class materials and lecture transcriptions in written form.
What are Notetakers?
is a process that enables and empowers a diverse population by improving human performance, health and wellness, and social participation? A. Universal Design B. Accommodation C. Accessibility
What is Universal Design?
Discrimination in favor of able-bodied individuals is?
What is Able-ism?
This is a commonly known Speech-to-Text Software.
What is
Dragon, Alexa, Siri, Kurzweil 3000
If you meet a person with a service animal, how do you interact?
A.) Address the person?
B.) Address the Animal?
C.) Ask what exactly does the animal do for you?
A.) Address the person because technically the service animal, is working.
Platform used for SAS/OARS
Accommodate
AIMS
This accessibility law is a broad civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, architectural design, transportation, examinations and courses, and other services offering "public accommodation." This law says nothing about web accessibility explicitly, but many of the web accessibility lawsuits in the United States invoke it as the basis of a legal complaint, because of the language about "public accommodation."
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
IEP
What is Individual Education Plan?
FM Systems, Sound-Field Systems, Assistive Listening Systems
Who are individuals with hearing impairments?
These tips are great for those with this condition: Speak naturally slow, do not cover your mouth when speaking, reduce background noise, and allow enough time for the listener to respond.
What is Hearing Loss or a Hearing Impairment
Directors of SAS/OARS
Dekendrick Murray
Wanda Kellyman