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The American with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a 1990 law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities. It has 5 titles that prevent discrimination in employment (Title I), public services (Title II), public accommodations (Title III), telecommunications (Title IV), and miscellaneous provisions (Title V). The law defines a disability as a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits major life activities. It requires employers not to discriminate in hiring or employment practices. It also requires that state and local governments provide equal access to programs for those with disabilities.

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The American with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a 1990 law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities. It has 5 titles that prevent discrimination in employment (Title I), public services (Title II), public accommodations (Title III), telecommunications (Title IV), and miscellaneous provisions (Title V). The law defines a disability as a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits major life activities. It requires employers not to discriminate in hiring or employment practices. It also requires that state and local governments provide equal access to programs for those with disabilities.

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American With Disabilities Act

By:
Ebtisam Althibani
Background Information
In 1990 the ADA law signed by president George Bush

The law was described as a historic citified rights edict

The law came effective on July 1992


What ADA law states ?

the law is contain of five titles


that prevent discrimination
versus disabled people within
the USA

Title 1 and 2 are the primary


sections that impact domestic
government
Title 1 and Title 2
Title 1:

The law prevents employers from discriminating against the disabled


workers or job applicants and it covers all aspects of employment .

Title 2:

It prohibits state and local government from discriminating against


disabled people in their programs and activities . it also, determines
forth the viable structural accessibility requirement for public existence
Title 3

Prevents discrimination on the base of disability in the


activities of places of public accommodations such as
companies that are open to the public such as movies heaters,
schools, restaurantsact.
Title 4 and 5

Title 4:

It requires the communications companies to provide special devices


and services for the people who are the hearing and speech impaired

Title 5:

Consists of some various provisions that linked to the construction


and application of the ADA
Who is considered disabled?

A person who has a physical or mental obstruction that


hinders the person from doing his/her major life
activities.

A person who has a registered of such an obstructions


or if he/she is considered as having such an impairment

The employee or applicant with a disability


Who is covered by title II ?

Public entities : for example, states, local government, department,


agencies, and other instrumentalist.

All services, activities, and programs of public entities.

Private entities that work for public Amenities and entertainment such
as retail stores, dry cleaners, restaurants, movies theater, and doctors
offices.

Public transportation services operated by state and local government.


Percent with disabilities in Michigan:

Series 1
24
23.5
23
22.5
22
21.5
21
20.5
20
19.5
19
2001-03 2002-04 2003-05 2004-06 2005-07 2006-08 2007-09
Series 1
Purpose of this act?

- To achieve the balance between the rights and needs of disabled citizen
with the private companies to implement

- To eliminate illegal discrimination on the level of disabled people.

- To open jobs opportunities and services to

57 million disabled Americans


Assistive technology

Assistive technology available to help the disabled children


promote them with their education

Some problems does assistive technology help with are :

- Listing - Math

- Organizing and memory

- Reading - Writing
The available assistive technology tools:

Alternative keyboard : special Keys which has a color location,


Adds graphics that makes the learning easier

Audio books and publications:


Allow people to listen.
The device helps the blind people with their education.

3 - Speech Recognition programs.

4 - Speech synthesizers / Screen readers

5 - Talking calculators.
The alt tag:
What is the alt tag?

It is a brief description for the image in web

should be brief, meaningful, and specific

How alt tag adds accessibility?

alt tag adds


accessibility
Adding captions to YouTube videos:

There are three ways to do it ,but for all three you must be the owner of
the video.:

Using the YouTube caption editor.

outsource

Do it by yourself

I. Log in to YouTube , then go to video manger.

II. Find the video you want to add captions to

III. upload your caption file


How chrome helps disabled students?

It has read and write chrome which

highlight the important information with different color

converts on screen text to speech


Refernces

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

http://www.washington.edu/accessibility/checklist/flashing-content/

http://accessibility.psu.edu/microsoftoffice/microsoftalttags/

https://www.google.com/search?q=assistive+technology+tools+for+ld&c
lient=safari&channel=mac_bm&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0a
hUKEwjuyvnt4KDWAhWs5oMKHb38BBAQ_AUIDCgD&biw=1278&
bih=663#imgrc=s-nsUs6DGQ-JNM:

https://uca.edu/disability/faculty-resources/captioning/

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