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This famous Canadian started the Marathon of Hope after he lost his leg to cancer. To this day the marathon has millions of participants and his foundation supports vital cancer research.
Who is Terry Fox?
This digital assistant can help you search, set timers, and send texts easily without having to find the application. It was initially developed to give access to people with disabilities.
What is Siri/Cortana?
SAS is the acronym for this department that coordinates services and facilitates the provision of academic accommodations for students with temporary/or permanent disabilities/medical conditions.
What is Student Accessibility Services?
This is a neurodevelopmental disorder and a lifelong condition affecting the brain and its executive functioning. It is often stereotyped as a disorder for school age boys.
What is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder?
This 80’s heartthrob starred in Back to the Future and was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1991 and has since been an outspoken advocate for people living with the disease through his foundation. He continued acting for a number of years after his diagnosis in the hit TV show Spin City.
Who is Michael J. Fox?
This website/app allows users to access thousands of audiobooks, which are an assistive technology for people with vision disabilities but can also be enjoyed by auditory learners or anyone who prefers listening to a story rather than visual reading.
What is Audible?
Note takers, recordings of lectures, and textbooks in an alternate format are considered this kind of accommodation.
What are In Class Accommodations?
An FM system, closed captioning, and ASL Interpreters are examples of assistive technologies that might be used for a person with this kind of disability.
What is Deaf or Hard of Hearing?
This American influencer has spoken openly about his struggles with OCD. He has a popular podcast where he interviews celebrities called Therapuss.
Who is Jake Shane?
This Assistive technology is often used when watching TV shows and movies in another language or just to ensure you get all the dialogue. It was developed for people with hearing disabilities to be able to access auditory content, but it is now used universally for concentration, retention, and visual processing.
What is Closed Captioning/ Subtitles?
Any device, software, or equipment that increases, maintains, or improves the functional capabilities of people with disabilities to perform tasks they might otherwise find difficult or impossible is considered this type of support and can range from low-tech items like pencil grips to high-tech solutions like adaptive software.
What is Assistive Technology?
A person in a cast, or who has recently had surgery, could apply to SAS for these kinds of accommodations.
What is Temporary?
This influencer creates videos about her disability and her experience losing her vision and is a public speaker and a guide dog user. Her most popular videos include videos about her guide dog and moving from Canada to the US. Her current guide dogs name is Elton John.
Who is Molly Burke?
This tool was developed for people with mobility disabilities and blindness to transcribe spoken words, it is now available on most personal devices to text without typing.
What is Voicenotes/ Dictation?
Students seeking academic accommodations for permanent or temporary disabilities and/or medical conditions must provide SAS with this to be eligible for accommodations.
What is Documentation?
ADHD, Learning Disabilities, and Mental Health conditions are examples of what category of Disability?
What are Invisible Disabilities?
This couple make videos about their relationship and how they interact when one has ADHD and the other does not. Topics include things like mirroring, parallel play and ADHD paralysis.
Who are Rick and Rox / AHDH_love
This home-use device became commonly available during the 1980s. They were marketed to consumers as affordable and accessible, and for the first time were intended for the use of a single, non-technical user. They are now an everyday device for work, home, and school.
What is the Computer?
Collaboration with Students, staff, and faculty in the development of strategies for a successful learning experience while maintaining the academic standards and integrity of the university is the responsibility of these SAS staff members.
What are Accessibility Advisors?
Amputation, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, down syndrome, Tourette's syndrome: These are all examples, but is not a complete list, of this kind of disability
What are Visible Disabilities?