Q&As

  • Are Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles curricula accessible to students with disabilities? [1]
  • Are frames accessible? [2]
  • Are funds available specifically for captioning? [3]
  • Are peer review tools accessible? [4]
  • Are postsecondary institutions required to purchase adaptive software for a specific course if only one student needs it? [5]
  • Are some fonts more accessible than others? [6]
  • Are text-only websites an accessible alternative? [7]
  • Are there any web-based tutorials on web accessibility? [8]
  • Are there electronic mentoring programs for students with disabilities? [9]
  • Are there Hour of Code activities that are accessible to students with visual impairments? [10]
  • Are there organizations that support students with disabilities interested in computer science? [11]
  • Are there resources to help individuals who are blind build hardware devices? [12]
  • Are there screen readers that can read math equations? [13]
  • Are there standards or guidelines for providing audio description? [14]
  • Are there standards or guidelines for providing captions? [15]
  • Are there tools that can be used to check for accessibility issues in a Canvas course? [16]
  • Are there voice recognition programs students can use to do math? [17]
  • Are there web browsers that have been developed specifically for use by people with disabilities? [18]
  • Are touch screens accessible? [19]
  • Can all television sets display closed captions? [20]
  • Can captions be generated automatically using speech recognition? [21]
  • Can I borrow captioned media for free? [22]
  • Can I make accessible web pages using a web authoring tool such as Dreamweaver? [23]
  • Can impairments that are episodic or in remission be considered disabilities? [24]
  • Can the information contained in graphs, charts, drawings, and three-dimensional models be made accessible to students with disabilities? [25]
  • Do I need to change my exam procedures to accommodate a student with a disability? [26]
  • Do postsecondary institutions have to provide assistive technology (for example, screen enlargement or voice recognition software) to students with disabilities who enroll in distance learning courses? [27]
  • Do TTY, TDD, and TT mean the same thing? [28]
  • Does the provision of accommodations guarantee student success? [29]
  • Does the website developed by a professor for a particular course at a university or college have to meet accessibility standards? [30]
  • How accessible are Microsoft Word documents? [31]
  • How are the terms "dwarf," "little person," and "person of short stature" commonly used? [32]
  • How are the terms deaf, deafened, hard of hearing, and hearing impaired typically used? [33]
  • How are the terms low vision, visually impaired, and blind defined? [34]
  • How can computing courses be made more accessible to students with specific learning disabilities? [35]
  • How can data tables be made accessible? [36]
  • How can digital content help students with learning disabilities that affect their ability to process math? [37]
  • How can educational entities determine if their websites are accessible? [38]
  • How can I accommodate students with low vision? [39]
  • How can I better understand what it鈥檚 like to have a learning disability? [40]
  • How can I create a conference poster that is accessible to people with disabilities? [41]
  • How can I create math and science documents that are accessible to students with visual impairments? [42]
  • How can I design a school computer lab to be accessible to all students? [43]
  • How can I easily open my most often used programs in Windows? [44]
  • How can I ensure that a student who is deaf can access the content in my podcasts? [45]
  • How can I get started in making my distance learning course accessible to all students? [46]
  • How can I help students who need accommodations but refuse to use them? [47]
  • How can I include people with disabilities in the broader impacts statement of my NSF grant proposal? [48]
  • How can I integrate disability-related topics into the classes that I teach? [49]
  • How can I make web page navigation accessible? [50]
  • How can I test my website for accessibility? [51]
  • How can I use my learning management system to make my course more accessible to everyone? [52]
  • How can instructors make courses more accessible to students who are deaf or hard of hearing? [53]
  • How can my educational entity deliver accessible webcasts? [54]
  • How can Office for Civil Rights resolutions help guide campuses in making information technology accessible? [55]
  • How can people who are blind access video and multimedia products? [56]
  • How can people who are blind operate computers? [57]
  • How can people who are deaf access video and multimedia products? [58]
  • How can people who have low vision operate a computer? [59]
  • How can people with mobility impairments operate computers? [60]
  • How can programming be made more accessible to people with disabilities? [61]
  • How can students with disabilities arrange for accommodations at a postsecondary institution? [62]
  • How can students with disabilities arrange for accommodations in an online course? [63]
  • How can universal design be applied in educational settings? [64]
  • How can universal design be applied to instruction? [65]
  • How can you include individuals with disabilities in broadening participation activities for other underrepresented groups? [66]
  • How can you integrate accessibility into your syllabus? [67]
  • How can you make your presentation accessible? [68]
  • How do I best communicate text and graphics I write on the board or present in PowerPoint during lectures to a student who is blind? [69]
  • How do I create online math content that is accessible to students who are blind? [70]
  • How do I make my online PowerPoint presentation accessible? [71]
  • How do I make sure that an alternate form of an exam is equivalent to the standard form? [72]
  • How do I make websites accessible? [73]
  • How do I navigate around Microsoft Windows using only a keyboard? [74]
  • How do I turn on captions and audio description in my media player? [75]
  • How do scripting languages affect accessibility? [76]
  • How does accessible web design benefit all web users? [77]
  • How does my choice and use of color affect the accessibility of my website? [78]
  • How does unintended or unconscious bias affect students with disabilities? [79]
  • How long can an "alt" attribute be? [80]
  • Is Flash content accessible? [81]
  • Is Google Apps Accessible? [82]
  • Is instructional software typically accessible to students with disabilities? [83]
  • Is it appropriate for me to ask a postsecondary student what type of disability he has? [84]
  • Is it better to caption or transcribe educational multimedia? [85]
  • Is it legal to copy material that is copyrighted in order to make the print accessible to low-vision or blind patrons? [86]
  • Is Java accessible? [87]
  • Is PDF accessible? [88]
  • Is the information regarding a student's disability and her need for academic accommodations confidential? [89]
  • Is there a way to add captions to a video that is already published? [90]
  • May I fail a student with a disability? [91]
  • What access challenges might visitors to a web page experience? [92]
  • What accessibility features are available within the Macintosh operating system? [93]
  • What accessibility features are provided with the Windows operating system? [94]
  • What alternative pointing systems are available for someone who cannot use a mouse? [95]
  • What are "mitigating measures" with respect to a disability? [96]
  • What are challenges to increasing the participation of students with disabilities in computing? [97]
  • What are cochlear implants, how do they work, and who typically gets them? [98]
  • What are examples of psychiatric diagnoses? [99]
  • What are language preferences regarding autism? [100]
  • What are relay services, and how do I access them? [101]
  • What are some assignments that could be used in lieu of tests to help students with disabilities demonstrate mastery of content? [102]
  • What are some examples of accessible programming languages? [103]
  • What are some examples of online simulations for science labs? [104]
  • What are some guidelines for creating attractive and functional open or closed captions? [105]
  • What are some hints for communicating with individuals who have disabilities? [106]
  • What are some of the barriers students with disabilities face in distance learning courses? [107]
  • What are some of the functional limitations related to mental illness? [108]
  • What are some steps that distance learning program administrators can take to ensure the accessibility of their courses? [109]
  • What are specific computer applications that can assist students with learning disabilities? [110]
  • What are specific types of learning disabilities? [111]
  • What are speech-to-text services? [112]
  • What are tactile graphics? [113]
  • What are the benefits of universal design of a distance learning course for students without disabilities? [114]
  • What are the options for someone who cannot operate a standard keyboard? [115]
  • What are tips for creating accessible social media posts? [116]
  • What are typical accommodations for students who are deaf or hard of hearing? [117]
  • What are typical accommodations for students with blindness? [118]
  • What are typical accommodations for students with health impairments? [119]
  • What are typical accommodations for students with learning disabilities? [120]
  • What are typical accommodations for students with low vision? [121]
  • What are typical accommodations for students with mobility impairments? [122]
  • What are typical challenges and accommodations for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder? [123]
  • What can conferences do to be more accessible to participants with disabilities? [124]
  • What can professional organizations do to increase the participation of individuals with disabilities in their field? [125]
  • What challenges do individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing have in operating computers? [126]
  • What challenges do individuals with speech impairments face in operating computers? [127]
  • What challenges do people with disabilities face in accessing standard consumer products? [128]
  • What considerations should be made in order to develop accessible web-based distance learning courses? [129]
  • What constitutes good alt text? [130]
  • What do distance learning professionals need to know about accessibility? [131]
  • What does word prediction software do? [132]
  • What efforts exist to track the participation of students with disabilities in K-12 computer science education? [133]
  • What federal laws in the U.S. protect the rights of people with disabilities? [134]
  • What if a student with a disability disrupts my college class? [135]
  • What is a "qualified student with a disability"? [136]
  • What is a "qualified" individual with a disability? [137]
  • What is a mental illness? [138]
  • What is a mobility impairment? [139]
  • What is a physical or mental impairment? [140]
  • What is a reading system? [141]
  • What is a refreshable Braille display? [142]
  • What is a speech impairment? [143]
  • What is a traumatic brain injury? [144]
  • What is a virtual keyboard? [145]
  • What is Asperger's Disorder? [146]
  • What is assistive technology? [147]
  • What is audio description? [148]
  • What is Autism? [149]
  • What is braille translation software? [150]
  • What is ClassAct? [151]
  • What is computer-based speech recognition? [152]
  • What is Cyberlearning? [153]
  • What is DotsPlus Braille? [154]
  • What is InftyReader? [155]
  • What is MathSpeak? [156]
  • What is Nemeth Code? [157]
  • What is NIMAS? [158]
  • What is real-time captioning? [159]
  • What is sign language? [160]
  • What is the Access Board? [161]
  • What is the Americans with Disabilities Act? [162]
  • What is the difference between accessible, usable, and universal design? [163]
  • What is the difference between open and closed captioning? [164]
  • What is the National Center on Accessible Educational Materials? [165]
  • What is the National Instructional Materials Access Center (NIMAC)? [166]
  • What is the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)? [167]
  • What is the Quorum programming language? [168]
  • What is the Rehabilitation Act of 1973? [169]
  • What is the United States Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and what do they do? [170]
  • What is the World Institute on Disability (WID)? [171]
  • What is universal design? [172]
  • What is video remote interpreting? [173]
  • What is wrong with using HTML tables for layout? [174]
  • What is XML and how does it relate to accessibility? [175]
  • What language should I use to talk about people with disabilities? [176]
  • What laws worldwide relate to digital accessibility? [177]
  • What legal issues are associated with access to video products for students with sensory impairments? [178]
  • What proportion of postsecondary students have disabilities? [179]
  • What should I do when a student informs me of a disability and requests an accommodation for a distance learning course? [180]
  • What specific challenges make it difficult for people with mobility impairments to operate computers? [181]
  • What statement can I put on my syllabus for students with disabilities? [182]
  • What steps can be taken to promote more accessible and inclusive hiring? [183]
  • What steps can developers take to ensure that online learning tools are usable by people with disabilities? [184]
  • What strategies can disability and information technology (IT) professionals implement to encourage accessibility of webpages, videos, and documents on their campuses? [185]
  • What strategies used to recruit other underrepresented groups could be repurposed for use in recruiting students with disabilities to your program, institution, or department? [186]
  • What technology can be helpful for teaching students with invisible disabilities? [187]
  • What U.S. federal legislation protects the rights of students with disabilities? [188]
  • What web accessibility evaluation and repair tools are available? [189]
  • What web-based resources tell how to make STEM accessible to people with disabilities? [190]
  • Where can I find a glossary of disability-related terms? [191]
  • Where can I find a list of publisher contacts to request electronic text formats? [192]
  • Where can I find employment resources for students with disabilities? [193]
  • Where can I find guidelines for making online learning projects more accessible? [194]
  • Where can I find information about the current state and future of cyberlearning? [195]
  • Where can I find information on Cyberlearning Synthesis and Design Workshops? [196]
  • Where can I find online resources for learning about accessible information technology? [197]
  • Where can I find resources about legal, social, and political issues related to disability? [198]
  • Where can I find resources for making distance learning courses accessible? [199]
  • Where can I find resources related to brain injuries? [200]
  • Where can I find resources related to health impairments? [201]
  • Where can I find resources related to hearing impairments? [202]
  • Where can I find resources related to learning disabilities and Attention-Deficit Disorder? [203]
  • Where can I find resources related to mobility impairments? [204]
  • Where can I find resources related to visual impairments? [205]
  • Where can I find statistics about education and career attainment for individuals with disabilities? [206]
  • Where can I find tips on making math accessible to students with disabilities? [207]
  • Where can I find vendors who provide captioning services? [208]
  • Where can I learn about best practices for making accessible mobile and web apps? [209]
  • Where can I learn about incorporating accessibility topics in computing/IT courses? [210]
  • Where can I locate statistical data answering questions about students with disabilities and educational services? [211]
  • Which set of web accessibility standards or guidelines should I comply with? [212]
  • Which web browsers are most accessible? [213]
  • Who benefits from captions on videos? [214]
  • Who is a "person with a disability?" [215]
  • Who offers training on assistive technology and the design of accessible technology? [216]
  • Whom should I contact in my state if I have a question about assistive technology? [217]