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The following item is extracted from: Edupage, November 24, 2003
INCREASING ACCESS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
Congress is considering legislation to expand programs that increase
access for students with disabilities to include distance education. An
existing grant program is designed to support various programs that
allow students with learning or physical disabilities to participate in
higher education, and the new legislation explicitly adds
distance-education programs to that program. Peter Hoekstra (R-Mich.),
author of the legislation, said, "The flexibility and access
facilitated through distance education and electronic delivery methods
also holds tremendous promise for eliminating barriers ... for students
with disabilities." The National Technical Institute for the Deaf,
established in 1965 by the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT),
uses technology tools to improve access for students with disabilities,
and, according to Joeann Humbert, director of online learning at RIT,
such tools sometimes benefit all students. The university developed a
tool to search captions of video clips, according to Humbert, and the
tool has become a favorite of all students.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 28 November 2003 (sub. req'd)
http://chronicle.com/prm/weekly/v50/i14/14a03401.htm
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EASI's December, month-long online courses:
Beginner Barrier-free Web Design: http://easi.cc/workshops/easiweb.htm
:Barrier-free Information Technology: http://easi.cc/workshops/adaptit.htm
Learning Disabilities and Accessible IT: http://easi.cc/workshops/ld.htm
(a package of five courses will earn the Certificate in Accessible
Information Technology)
http://easi.cc/workshop.htm
Norman Coombs, Ph.D.
CEO EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information)
22196 Caminito Tasquillo
Laguna Hills CA 92653
home: (949) 855-4852
Cell: (949) 922-5992
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http://www.rit.edu/~nrcgsh
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EASI November courses are:
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