EASI Street to Science, Engineering and mathematics:
                        A Guide to Math and Graphics

This video is now available on the web.  At EASI's webcast page, select
the video on "Creating a World of Opportunity Math and Graphics"
Go to http://www.rit.edu/~easi/audio/listen.html

Here is a short write-up about this video.

   Most people who have been through high school have struggled with
   mathematical equations or scratched their heads trying to figure out
   exactly what a molecular structure is supposed to look like. While
   math and science are challenging to most people, they can be
   especially difficult for people with disabilities. The scientific and
   mathematical representation of numbers and graphics causes specific
   problems for people with disabilities. In particular, people with
   vision impairments have difficulty accessing mathematical and
   scientific notation, graphs, charts, drawings and three-dimensional
   models that are prevalent in the science, engineering and mathematics
   fields.

   EASI's Guide to Math and Graphics, the second videotape in the "EASI
   Street to Science, Engineering and Mathematics" trilogy is an overview
   of special hardware and software that people with disabilities can use
   to enhance their study and work in the technical fields.

   This 15-minute captioned video demonstrates hardware and software that
   can produce tactile graphics including the Nomad Pad and Dotsplus. It
   includes a demonstration of AsTeR: Audio System for Technical
   Readings, a system that uses musical tones and pitches to make
   mathematical equations more comprehensible for blind people, and on
   the Nemeth Code for Braille, which is a system of symbols that aids in
   the Brailled reading of complex equations.

EASI believes that people with disabilities have the same right to
access information as everyone else.

Norman coombs
chair of EASI