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will provide you with tools and insights that transparency. People with Disabilities
• Working Together: People with Disabilties and
are accessible to the broadest audience. As an Together: People with Disabilities and
Computer Technology
extra benefit, you will find that being sensitive The following hand- • World Wide Access: Accessible Web Design
• Meet the Speakers in the Videotape: World
to the needs of people with disabilities can outs are in your Wide Access
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1973 Rehabilitation Act, Public Law 93:112; The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), Public Law 101:336.
transparency.
munication” in this contest mean
transfer of information, including
s the providing access to
(but
not limited to) the verbal presentatio
a lecture, resources of the Intern
nof electronic resources, the letter states:
et.”
2
56 Federal Register 35703.
3
United States Department of Education Office of Civil Rights Case Docket No. 09-97-2002 Letter of April 7, 1997
addressed to Dr. James Rosser, President, California State University, Los Angeles. Available http://www.rit.edu/~easi/
law/csula.html. Related information is available at http://www.rit.edu/~easi/law.html.
As libraries increasingly provide electronic The examples listed here are conditions which
resources, they are legally obligated to ensure limit people’s abilities to perform specific
accessibility for people with disabilities. tasks. Some of these conditions are readily
apparent; some are invisible. Some require
that we provide special accommodations in
Definitions and Statistics the library; some do not. Additionally, some
So, what exactly does “person with a disabil- people who have conditions with the same
ity” mean? label may have very different abilities when it
comes to performing specific tasks. For
example, one student who has cerebral palsy
Person with a disability = Put up overhead may have difficulty walking. For another
any person who: transparency. student, cerebral palsy may result in no func-
• has a physical or mental tional use of her/his hands or voice.
impairment which
substantially limits one or
more major life activities.
“Person with a disabil- Now that we discussed the definition of
• has a record of such an
impairment. ity” means “any person disability according to the ADA, let’s consider
• is regarded as having such some statistics to gain a better understanding
an impairment. who has a physical or
mental impairment which of this service population.
substantially limits one or more major
life activities including walking, seeing,
hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, and Put up overhead
working; has a record of such an impairment; transparency. 1 in 10 Americans
or is regarded as having such an impairment.” has a severe disability
that limits at least one
major life activity.
According to surveys
Put up overhead Examples of Disabilities
conducted in 1991-1992,
transparency. • spinal cord injuries • speech impairments 9.6% or 1 in 10 Americans
• loss of limbs • specific learning
• multiple sclerosis disabilities
• head injuries
has a severe disability that substan-
• muscular dystrophy
• cerebral palsy • psychiatric disorders
• diabetes
tially limits at least one major life activity. 19.4
• hearing impairments
4
Ibid.
5
“Americans With Disabilities: 1991-1992”. Current Population Reports, Series P70-33. Information also available at
http://www.census.gov/
The aging of the baby boomer generation will The rest of today’s presentation will help you
cause a significant demographic shift in our develop an understanding of adaptive tech-
society, increasing the number of people with nology and of universal design principles so
low vision, hearing impairments, and other that you can help develop accessible services
disabilities related to the aging process. and resources for your library.
6
Facts You Can Use. “College Freshman with Disabilities.” Information from HEATH. Vol. 14, No. 2,3 June/July 1995.
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Americans With Disabilities. Bureau of the Census Statistical Brief. SB/94-1, January 1994. Bureau of the Census, U.S.
Department of Commerce. Available at http://www.census.gov/