AMERICANS DISABILITY

ACT
BY MILIRA AKRA-COLLINS
 American Disability Act

Title II of ADA
INTRODCUTION
Assistive Technology

Sip & puff Technology

Ghotit Technology
WHAT IS ADA?

• ADA is The Amercians with Disability Act, ADA prohibits discrimination

for people with disabilities when it comes to employment,
transportation, public accommodations, and may other areas
TITLE II OF ADA

• Title II is the rights that protect people with disabilities from

discrimination based on disability in services, programs and activities
provided by the state and local government
AMERICANS • Examples of disabilities protected under
DISABILITY ADA

ACT • deafness
• Blindness
• Cancer
• Epilepsy
• diabetes
• Meaning you are protected in such public places TITLE II OF
as listed below from discrimination
• Police station
ADA
• Fire station
• Parks
• Courts
• schools
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY

• IS ANY DEVICE OR SOFTWARE THAT CAN

HELP PEOPLE WITH DISABILITES WORK
AROUND THEIR CHALLENGES
• Assistive technology relates to students and
learning because it allows those with
disabilities to have the same access and
opportunities as the other students
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY EXAMPLES

TALKING VIDEOTAPED VARIABLE ELECTRONIC HEARING AIDS

CALCULATORS SOCIAL SKILLS SPEED WORKSHEETS
RECORDERS
CAPTIONING ON YOUTUBE VIDEOS

• Adding captions to Youtube

videos gives students access
to help them if they are
earing impaired, this way the
captions can allow them
access to read the material

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC

“ALT” TAG
TEXT THAT IS ADDED TO AN IMAGE TO PROVIDE
DESCRIPTION

IT PROVIDES ACCESSIBILITY TO WEB PAGES

BECAUSE IT ALLOWS DESCRIPTION OF THE IMAGE
POSSIBLY FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT NOW WHAT
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA
THAT IMAGE IS
AVOID • Flashing and blinking content should be
FLASHING/BLINKIN avoided because it can cause problems such
G CONTENT as seizures
SIP & PUFF TECHNOLOGY

• Is assistive technology used for people who usually don’t have access
to their hands, its used to puff or blow into a straw for air pressure
GHOTIT TECHNOLOGY

• Is an umbrella term that includes assistive technology, adaptive, and

rehabilitative devices for people with disabilities
SIP & PUFF
TECHNOLOGY

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

RESOURCES

HTTPS://ADATA.ORG/LEARN HTTPS://WWW.GOOGLE.CO
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