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Enabling Devices
Ablenet Inc.
Pacer Center

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A Resource GuideFor Teachers andAdministratorsAbout Assistive Technology

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A Resource GuideFor Teachers andAdministratorsAbout Assistive Technology

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IATP

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Switch Access - Access computer or tablet using switches 

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Switch Access - Access computer or tablet using switches 

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Switch Access for Android lets you interact with your Android device using one or more switches instead of the touch screen. Switch Access can be helpful for people with dexterity impairments that prevent them from interacting directly with the Android device. Learn more about Switch Access: https://support.google.com/accessibility/android/answer/6122836

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Wisconsin Assistive Technology Assessment

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In this video, you will see an advertisement for an iPad environmental control system. You will see that an individual can control their entire home environment from an iPad.

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Introducing evoassist from RSLSteeper. This software application allows you to operate: lights, entertainment devices, doors, curtains and more from your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch. For more information visit: www.assistive-technology.co.uk

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Disability Impacts All of Us [PDF - 742 KB]
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Title: Disability Impacts all of us

61 million adults in the United States live with a disability

26 percent (one in 4) of adults in the United States have some type of disability. Graphic of the United States.

The percentage of people living with disabilities is highest in the South.

Percentage of adults with functional disability types:

13.7 percent of U.S. adults have a mobility disability with serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs.

10.8 percent of U.S. adults have a cognition disability with serious difficulty concentrating, remembering or making decisions.

6.8 percent of U.S. adults have an independent living disability with difficulty doing errands alone.

5.9 percent of U.S. adults are deaf or have serious difficulty hearing

4.6 percent of U.S. adults have a vision disability with blindness or serious difficulty seeing even when wearing glasses.

3.6 percent of U.S. adults have a self-care disability with difficulty dressing or bathing.

Disability and communities.

Disability is especially common in these groups, older adults, women and minorites.

2 in 5 adults age 65 years and older have a disability

1 in 4 women have a disability.

2 in 5 non-Hispanic American Indians/ Alaska Natives have a disability.

Disability and Health

Adults living with disabilities are more likely to be obese, smoke, have heart disease and diabetes:

38.2 percent of adults with a disability are obese while 26.2 percent of adults without a disability are obese.

28.2 percent of adults with a disability smoke while 13.4 percent of adults without a disability smoke.

11.5 percent of adults with a disability have heart disease while 3.8 percent of adults without a disability have heart disease.

16.3 percent of adults with a disability have diabetes while 7.2 percent of adults with a disability have diabetes.

Disability and Health Care Access

Health care access barriers for working-age adults include

1 in 3 adults with disabilities 18 to 44 years do not have a usual health care provider

1 in 3 adults with disabilities 18 to 44 years have an unmet health care need because of cost in the past year

1 in 4 adults with disabilities 45 to 64 years did not have a routine check-up in the past year

Making a difference

Public health is for all of us.

Join CDC and its partners as we work together to improve the health of people living with disabilities.
CDC and its partners work together to improve the lives of people with disabilities by:

Promoting healthy living,

Monitoring public health data

Researching and reducing health disparities

Building inclusive health program

Improving access to health care.

Brought to you by the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

View infographic and references at: www.cdc.gov/disabilities/

Contact us: disabilityandhealthbranch@cdc.gov
Twitter: @cdc_ncbddd
References

1. Okoro CA, Hollis ND, Cyrus AC, Griffin-Blake S. Prevalence of Disabilities and Health Care Access by Disability Status and Type Among Adults - United States, 2016. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2018;67:882-887. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6732a3.

2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Disability and Health Data System (DHDS) [Internet]. [updated 2018 May 24; cited 2018 August 27]. Available from: http://dhds.cdc.gov

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Disability Impacts All of Us Infographic | CDC

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Disability Impacts All of Us [PDF - 742 KB] 61 million adults in the United States live with a disability 26 percent (one in 4) of adults in the United States have some type of disability. Graphic of the United States. The percentage of people living with disabilities is highest in the South.

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Maya DiMeo (Minnie Driver) is a mother who is willing to do anything for her family. Her son, JJ (Micah Fowler) has cerebral palsy and she will fight for justice in order to give him what he deserves. From the creators of Fresh Off The Boat, comes Speechless on ABC.

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Kenneth (Cedric Yarbrough) and JJ (Micah Fowler) begin to work together and get better acquainted. Hilarity ensues when Kenneth asks JJ personal questions! Watch this scene from Speechless 1x2 (Season 1, Episode 2) Subscribe: http://goo.gl/mo7HqT

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Scroll down and click on the Snap & Read iPad App

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Snap&Read offers the most complete reading toolkit available to meet the different ways students learn today.

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iOS 7 Switch Control - Two Switch Step Scanning Demo

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This video demonstrates how individuals with severe physical disabilities can use the Blue2 switch with iOS 7 Switch Control and step scanning to access the iPad.

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Go to https://app.mycoughdrop.com/ and scroll down to the bottom and click on 1-2 of the communication boards.

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A brief intro into what CoughDrop is and what makes it different. CoughDrop is a simple, flexible, cloud-based AAC app that also happens to be open source. It's used to help struggling communicators get their words out using technology, and you should really just watch the video because it explains it all just fine.

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Boardmaker Online - Scroll down to Book Bridge and Click on View Samples

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Save valuable time and find already created activities, from the Boardmaker Community and Premium Activities, to meet all your students’ individual needs.

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Assistive Technology in Action - Meet Joseph

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Special Education

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Assistive Technology in Action - Meet Jean

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Assistive Technology in Action - Meet Brody

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Assistive Technology in Action - Meet Sam

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Assistive Technology in Action - Meet Nick

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Understanding Assistive Technology: Simply Said

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Meet Jared - Switch Access/Computer Access

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Meet Jared - Switch Access/Computer Access

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Assistive Technology in Action - Meet Jared

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Elementary Ed/Early Childhood Group

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Assistive Technology in Action - Meet Elle

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White Paper: Individuals with Cognitive Disabilities: Barriers to and Solutions for Accessible Information and Communication Technologies Best Practices to Promote Effective Access to and Usability of ICT Products and Services for Americans with Cognitive Disabilities FCC Issues Reminders and Recommendations to Make Televised Emergency Information Accessible to People with Disabilities (Public Notice)
Word FCC Summit on Telecommunication Needs of People with Cognitive Disabilities (October 28, 2015) https://www.fcc.gov/news-events/events/2015/10/summit-on-telecommunication-needs-of-people-with-cognitive-disabilities FCC Remarks at Coleman Institute Conference On Cognitive Disabilities And Technology, Broomfield, Co. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HckpnPSvAqU
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The FCC's Disability Rights Office helps facilitate telecommunication needs of people with cognitive disabilities and effective means of meeting those needs. "Cognitive disabilities" is a term that refers to a broad range of conditions that include intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorders, severe, persistent mental illness, brain injury, stroke, and Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. According to the website of the Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities, an estimated 28.5 million Americans, more than 9% of the U.S. population, had a cognitive disability in 2012.

2017: Televised Emergency Information Accessible to Viewers with Disabilities

2016: Televised Emergency Information Accessible to Viewers with Disabilities

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White Paper: Individuals with Cognitive Disabilities: Barriers to and Solutions for Accessible Information and Communication Technologies Best Practices to Promote Effective Access to and Usability of ICT Products and Services for Americans with Cognitive Disabilities FCC Issues Reminders and Recommendations to Make Televised Emergency Information Accessible to People with Disabilities (Public Notice) Word FCC Summit on Telecommunication Needs of People with Cognitive Disabilities (October 28, 2015) https://www.fcc.gov/news-events/events/2015/10/summit-on-telecommunication-needs-of-people-with-cognitive-disabilities FCC Remarks at Coleman Institute Conference On Cognitive Disabilities And Technology, Broomfield, Co.

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Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities

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The Rights of People with Cognitive Disabilities to Technology and Information Access - Extended

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Boardmaker Instructional Solutions - The Power of Accessible Curriculum

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Watch as teachers at Broward County Schools in Florida talk about the use of Boardmaker Instructional Solutions in their special needs classrooms. They explain how these solutions, Current Events, Book Bridge, and Expedition Education, were easy to implement and how these solutions have made such a profound difference in their students' lives.

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The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos

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Live news, investigations, opinion, photos and video by the journalists of The New York Times from more than 150 countries around the world. Subscribe for coverage of U.S. and international news, politics, business, technology, science, health, arts, sports and more.

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Read2Go

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Read2Go is an accessible e-reader app for the Apple iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch that allows readers with print disabilities to access books with powerful features like: * High quality text-to-speech voices * See and hear words read as they are highlighted * Adjust reading speed, font size, highlight and background colors * Connect and read with Braille displays via bluetooth * And for readers with qualified print disabilities, download and read books directly from Bookshare (www.bookshare.org), the largest accessible library of copyrighted content for people with print disabilities!

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Boardmaker Launches Complete Online Learning System for Special Education

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AAC to Social Media

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Why the world needs more filmmakers with disabilities

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Why the world needs more filmmakers with disabilities

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Strategy that uses communication partner to scan and access communication system.

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A demonstration of a person with ALS using Partner Assisted Auditory Scanning as a form of low tech communication.

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Wego AAC/Speech Device - Trevor Switch Scanning

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In this video, you will see a news story about the same system but with someone who utilizes one switch to control her entire environment.

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Sarah Ezekiel, Tobii PC Eye & RSLSteeper Assistive Technology

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A video case study on Sarah Ezekiel, who was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease, in 2000. At the time, Sarah, had a new born baby and a three year old child. Unfortunately, she was unable to care for her children. By 2001, Sarah lost complete usage in her hands.

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Assistive Technology in Action - Meet Sam