EASI Quick Survey on Your Institution's Readiness for Users with Disabilities: (While this survey focuses on the needs in educational settings, it has broad applicability.) 1. Does your institution have a mechanism to provide adaptive technology for students, faculty or employees with disabilities? yes no don't know 2. Does your institution ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) compliance officer have a plan to guarantee that your institution provides adaptive technology for this population? Yes No Don't know 3. Does your institution computing center have a designated technician to provide know-how about and support for adaptive technology? Yes No Don't know 4. Does your Disabled Student Services Office or HR department provide information and support on adaptive technology to its clients? yes no don't know 5. Does your institution's library have an active program to provide access to its information technology systems for students, faculty or employees with disabilities? yes no don't know 6. Does your institution webmaster (or some other designated person) check official institution web pages for their accessibility to users with disabilities? yes no don't know 7. Does your institution information technology staff consider the adaptive technology needs of students when giving support and training to faculty? yes no don't know 8. Do faculty or trainers using educational technology or distance learning technology in their courses take the adaptive technology needs of students into consideration when designing their materials? yes no don't know 9. When people or departments make equipment purchases, does your institution require them to consider whether that equipment is compatible with adaptive technology hardware and software? yes no don't know 10. When people or departments make software purchases, does your institution require them to consider whether that software is compatible with adaptive hardware and software? yes no don't know For every 'yes' that you marked above, give yourself 10 points; for every 'no' give yourself 0, and for every 'don't know' give yourself 5 points. If your total is 80 or above, excellent. Please contact EASI so we can learn from what you are doing. If your total is 60-79, you have made a good start, and EASI would like to assist you in becoming even more proactive and moving forward. This course may be the place to begin: http://easi.cc/workshops/adaptit.htm If your grade is below 60, EASI recommend that you consider taking several of EASI's online courses and interactive clinics <http://easi.cc/workshop.htm> and also that you having an EASI diagnostic visit to your institution. If you marked several "don't knows," you need to research services on your institution to determine your institution' ability to serve the needs of students, faculty and staff with disabilities and to comply with the mandates of disability legislation. ------------------ EASI Online Course: Barrier-free Information Technology <http://easi.cc/workshops/adaptit.htm> September 2-26 entirely online with interaction with course colleagues and with instructors. Lesson 1: Introductions and definitions Lesson 2: Four reasons to provide barrier-free educational technology Lesson 3: computer input problems and solutions Lesson 4: Computer output problems and solutions Lesson 5: Compensatory Strategies and Disability Etiquette Lesson 6: Access to print information Lesson 7: Access to physical facilities and staff training Lesson 8: Planning for an Accessible Campus or Institution ------------------------ EASI September Courses http://easi.cc/workshop.htm Advanced Barrier-free Web Design Barrier-free Information Technology Learning Disabilities and Accessible IT . .. . . . . . . . Norman Coombs CEO EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information) (949) 922-5992 (cell) ----------------------- September online courses on accessible information technology: Barrier-free Information Technology http://easi.cc/workshops/adaptit.htm Advanced Barrier-free Web Design http://easi.cc/workshops/advwbsyl.htm LD and Information Technology http://easi.cc/workshops/ld.htm EASI Home Page http://www.rit.edu/~easi CCourses and Clinics http://easi.cc/workshop.htm To sign off this list send e-mail to [log in to unmask] saying signoff easi