ADA Assignment

Rania Sayed
What is ADA?

● ADA (American with Disabilities Act) is a civil rights law

established in 1990 that protects disabled individuals
from discrimination in many areas.
● ADA provides disabled people the same opportunities in
life as those that are not disabled.
What is ADA? cont.

● These civil rights laws apply to school, work, and public

areas.
● The disabilities covered by ADA can range from mental
to physical.
Title ll Of the ADA

● The purpose of Title ll of the ADA is to assist people with

disabilities to access the same job or employment
opportunities that non-disabled people have.
 Title ll of the ADA example

Opportunity for disabled to work in office

Examples of disabilities covered by ADA

● Autism
● Blindness
● Deafness
● Muscular Dystrophy
● Cerebral Palsy

More Disabilities covered by ADA

Assistive Technology at School
● Assistive technology are devices used to help people with disabilities
complete or perform tasks and activities in their daily lives.
● Assistive technology can help with tasks requiring motor abilities, decent
vision, hearing, and more.
Examples of Assistive technology

● Hearing aids allow people with ● Bigkeys keyboard can help

hearing impairment to be able to students with visual impairment
listen to their teachers at school. see the keys and letters more
clearly to complete their
homework.
Helpful Technology

Hearing Aid Big Keys

Alt Tags

● Alt tags are text descriptions that can be added to images.

● It is important for people who cannot see the image because it is not
available on their browser.
● The alt tags can let the viewer know what the image is and its source.
Flashing Content

● Blinking or flashing content should be avoided in documents or

presentations because it can trigger seizures for people that have PSE
(photosensitive epilepsy).
Photosensitive Epilepsy Statistics
Ghotit
Technology

● This technology
helps students with
dyslexia or other
reading and writing
disabilities correct
their spelling,
grammar, or
punctuation
mistakes.
crxMouse

● This mouse helps

students with motor
disabilities be able to
use their fingers to
navigate their
screens.
Sip and Puff Technology

● Sip and Puff is an assistive technology that helps disabled people who are
unable to move or work with their hands operates computers.
● By sipping and puffing into a mouth tube, students with motor disabilities
can use their school equipment.