Americans with Disabilities Act

Title II of the Americans With Disabilities Act

Zeinab Mokh
CIS 212
29 August 2018
What is the Americans with Disabilities
Act?

 Forbids discrimination against people with disabilities.

 Secures the rights of job seekers, and employees.
 The ADA protects areas of disabilities.
 Institutes necessity for telecommunication relay services.
Title II of the Americans with Disabilities
Act
 Forbidsdiscrimination in programs/ activities
provided by State and Local government.
 Protects ALL activities provided to the public by
state and local government, but Public
transportation services are excluded.
 Protection is enforced regardless of whether
federal financial assistance is included.
Examples of Types of Disabilities

ADA
 Speech and Hearing
impairments
 Down syndrome
 Mental retardation
 Bipolar disorder
 Spinal injury
The five Titles of ADA

 Title I: Employment
 Title II: State and Local Government
 Title III: Public Accommodations
 Title IV: Telecommunications
 Title V: Miscellanies Provisions
Assistive Technology

 Assistive/ adaptive technology Examples include:

devises for people with disabilities.  Proofreading software.
 Makes it easier to learn.  Microphone; brings sound to the
 More convenient for people with ear.
disabilities to learn with.  Draft : Builder.
 Independent learning.  Text Magnification; easier to read
 Helpful learning tools. texts.
 Screen reader
Captioning

Adding Captioning to YouTube

Videos:
 Some words may be hard to
hear.
 Some words may be hard to
comprehend.
 Some people remember more
visually.
Alt Tag

Describes an image.

Means alt attribute on an image.

Used by screen reader.

Listeners, rather than readers can interact.

Blinking/ Flashing Content in Documents

MUST BE Can trigger

Overall
AVOIDED seizures in
Distracting.
BECAUSE… some people.
How many people are disabled in the
US?

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Sip and Puf

 Assistive Technology.
 Used by people who cannot use hands.
 Sends signals to a device.
 Signals include inhaling/ sipping, or puffing.
 Used on a straw-like wand.
Crxmouse

 Free browser extension.

 Creates easier ways to browse.
 Customizable to own preference and needs.
Read & Write

 Photo Dictionary
 Study Tools
 Talking Dictionary
 Text to Speech
 Vocabulary Tools
Ghotit Technology

 Assistive Technology Software

 Corrects spelling
 Corrects grammar
 Corrects punctuation mistakes
Works Cited

 https://www.ghotit.com/
 https://otswithapps.com/2012/11/23/read-write-app-for-google-docs/
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sip-and-puff
 https://crxmouse.com/faq/
 https://legaldictionary.net/americans-with-disabilities-act/
 https://www.ada.gov/ada_title_II.htm
 https://adata.org/learn-about-ada