American with

Disabilities Act
Presentation
CIS 221-02
Merrylynne
Patterson
What is a disability?

▪ a physical or mental ▪ to learn more, go to

condition that limits a https://adata.org/faq
person's movements, /what-definition-
senses, or activities disability-under-ada
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What is the ▪ prohibits discrimination against
Americans
with those with disabilities
Disabilities ▪ covers areas like employment,
Act (ADA)? transportation, public
accommodations, communication,
and access to state and local
government programs ad services
▪ protects the rights of employees and
those seeking employment
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Why is the ADA
important?
▪ it protects every human
from discrimination if
they happen to have a
disability or gain a
disability during their
lifetime
▪ the disabled person will
have the same rights and
opportunities as an able-
bodied person in any
place provided to the
general public 4
What is ▪ covers nondiscrimination based on
Title ll of
the disability in state and local
Americans government services
with ▪ protects individuals with disabilities
Disabilities in all programs, activities, and
Act? services of public entities in any/all
state and local government
departments or agencies
▪ to learn more, go to
https://www.ada.gov 5
Why is Title II
important?
▪properly outlines the
administrative process
that must be followed
for making
modifications to those
with disabilities, so that
they will not be
discriminated against
▪title is regulated and
enforced by the U.S.
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What are some
1. Visual Disabilities
disabilities that are
protected by ADA 2. Mobility Disabilities
and Title II? 3. Communication (Oral)
Disabilities

4. Sitting or Standing
Disabilities

5. Learning Disabilities

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What is
Assistive ▪ provides students with
Technology
? learning enhancement
by any device, software,
or equipment to work
around any of their
learning or disability
challenges 8
What are some
examples of 1.Hearing Aids
Assisted
Technology? 2.Voice
Recognition
Software
3.Closed
Captioning

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How does
captioning ▪allows people with a
adds to
accessibility hearing disability to
of YouTube
videos? understand the video
being played by
reading it
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Why is closed
captioning
important?

▪allows the
student or
individual to still
understand and
retain the
information
being given 11
What is an
“Alt” tab? ▪specifies an alternate text if
the image cannot be
displayed due to the
individual using a screen
reader
▪image will be described to
the reader who cannot view
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Why is
flashing
lights or ▪can trigger
blinking a
hinderance
?
seizers in
individuals who
are susceptible.
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What is
“Read&Writ
▪comprehensive literacy
e” on a
Chrome
toolbar capable of
Web reading text aloud,
Browser?
highlighting text, and
exporting to an audio
format, just to name a
few of its features 14
What is
“crxMouse” ▪ a browser that
on the
Chrome
Web
allows you to
Browser?
create shortcuts
while using
the mouse 15