The American with Disabilities

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The American with Assistive Technology P.2

Disabilities act is Captioning and
Title11 Accessibility
ADA and Title 11 Read and Write
coverage CrxMouse
Recent lawsuits Sip-n-Puff
Lawsuits in numbers Ghotit
(2016) ATL
Change in numbers References
2016-2017
Assistive Technology
 The American with Disabilities Act is

ADA is a Civil Rights law Employment

that was passed by Transportation
George H. W. Bush in Public Accommodations
July 26th, 1990.
Communications
This law prohibits
discrimination and
retaliation against people
with disabilities in
several areas:
 Title ll

prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability

in all services, programs, and activities provided to
the public by State and local governments, except
public transportation services.
Title 11 is a part of ADA; theyre about the same
thing.
 ADA and Title ll Coverage

Public Entities such as

State and Local government
State legislatures
Courts
Police
Fire department
Motorcycle vehicle licensing
Employment

https://www.ada.gov/t2hlt95.htm
 Recent lawsuits

According to Denver Posts

Hickenlooper appointee sues 64 small businesses over alleged
disability violations
This is 64 lawsuits in 2 months.

Sources say, not only has denver came down with

tons of lawsuits,Florida, Texas, New York and states
in between are now suffering from ADA lawsuit
contagion.
WPTV says, Cohan has sued more than 1,200
Florida business owners over ADA violations.
 Number of lawsuits

1800
1600
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400 Lawsuits as of 2016
200
0
 Change Since Last Year

2017 Federal ADA Title III Lawsuit Numbers

are now 18% Higher than 2016

2800
2600
2400
2200
2000

2016
2017
 Assistive technology

A device for people with Hearing aids

disabilities to further Prosthetic devices
assist them as if they Screen enlargement
could themselves, more applications
so used to enhance their
Screen readers
mobility.
Wheelchairs, scooters,
walkers
Ramps, automatic doors
 Assistive Technology

Children deserve to have the same capability at

school, as any other child should. Having
interpreters, hearing aids, brail, ramps, elevators
help and they learn to cope with their disability for
when theyre in the real world.
 Captioning and Accessibility

Captioning adds accessibility to Youtube videos

because if someone is hard of hearing or cannot hear
at all, they have capability of knowing what has been
said.
 is an extension that provides
comprehensive reading and writing supports for
Google Docs and the web as well as PDFs, ePubs, and
KES files stored in Google Drive.
Support..
Reading
Writing
Dyslexia
And other learning difficulties
 CrxMouse

helps with
Productivity

Intuitive
 Sip-n-Puff

The Sip-n-Puff device is a type of mouthpiece

technology that allows the patient to send signals to
any device designed for switch scanning using air
pressure by inhaling and
exhaling.
 This software is used for cognitive disabilities
Dyslexia

Dysgraphia
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 References

https://adata.org/learn-about-ada
https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/publications/fs-ada.cfm
https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/h
q9805.html