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Congress Just Reintroduced a Bill That Would Require Streaming Services and Video Apps to Work Better for People with Disabilities. Here's What Families Need to Know.
...shown online and set audio description requirements...online and set audio description requirements for a small...face no such mandate. Audio description requirements...no such mandate. Audio description requirements remain limited...need closed captions and audio description, not just...closed captions and audio description, not just content that...
Education > Online Learning
Universal Design for Learning: What Parents Need to Know About Accessible Online Education
...A video has captions and a transcript. Instructions appear as text and audio. Diagrams include text descriptions. Multiple means of engagement: Students...transcript. Instructions appear as text and audio. Diagrams include text descriptions. Multiple means of engagement: Students can interact with content in...
Special Needs > Dyslexia
Dyslexia and College: How Accommodations Change and What Students Need to Know
You spent high school with extended time on tests, audio textbooks, and a case manager who checked in every quarter. Now you're heading to college, and you assume the same support system follows you. It doesn't...
Special Needs > Visual Impairments
Braille and Technology: Why Your Child with Visual Impairment Needs Both
...from another: Braille is essential for literacy. Audio alone won't develop the reading and writing skills...independence, and literacy than those who rely on audio alone. What Screen Readers Do Well. Screen readers...isn't the same as literacy. What Braille Does That Audio Can't. Braille teaches children to read actively,...
Assistive Tech > Software
Assistive Technology Software for Learning Disabilities: A Complete Guide
...Text-to-Speech Support. Text-to-speech software converts written text into spoken audio, letting students who struggle to decode print access content through listening....reading aloud, which helps students who benefit from visual tracking alongside audio. Learning Ally provides human-narrated audiobooks aligned to school curricula,...
Global Insights > Advocacy
Empowering Students with Disabilities Through Inclusive Education
...Accommodations and modifications help them access the same learning as their classmates. For example: Extra time on tests Copies of teacher notes Audio books Adaptive equipment like special desks or communication devices Accommodations change how a student learns, but not what they learn. The goal...
Special Needs > Asperger Syndrome
Blessing in Disguise by Robin Flutterby Borakove
Robin, diagnosed with Asperger's at 48, experienced a unique audio-visual perception, challenging her listening and interaction abilities.
Education > Tutoring
Win this $797 Awaken the Scholar Within Program!
...the last 35+ years. I've put those exercises into our Awaken the Scholar Within VAK Visual Auditory Kinesthetic Program. The program has video and audio lessons that come to you every week for 12 weeks. Doing the simple activities and exercises will improve visual processing, auditory processing, and...
News > Lifestyle
Love, Marilyn on HBO
...unique documentary about Marilyn mostly in her own words from documents and audio tapes that have recently surfaced. She wrote in journals and notebooks her...In this documentary, which consists of commentary, journal readings, and audio and video clips, the dichotomy that was Marilyn Monroe surfaces in a more...
Assistive Tech > Apps
Special Needs App of the Day: Scene & Heard
...users to create "scenes" from photos. Hotspots on the photos can launch audio, video or links to other scenes. You can use your own photos or photos downloaded...iPad. When he touches an area of the picture, the iPad can play pre-recorded audio: "Hi, I'm Tim...
Assistive Tech > Apps
Special Needs App of the Day: i See-quence ... My Schedules at School
...behind Wynsum Arts' distinguished apps. "Our apps are designed to help children understand social situations. We use real photos, text and audio, and the apps help to reduce anxiety, as well as offer support for children to recall, retain and retell what they did with ease." – Amy Criscuolo,...
Assistive Tech > Apps
Special Needs App of the Day: ReacTickles
ReactTickles Magic is interactive software designed for children on the autism spectrum. This app uses touch, gesture, and audio input to facilitate interactive communication. And what's even better? It's free. ReacTickles' philosophy is that anyone can use the software without...