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**Hello my name is Joetta Sieglock, I work at Eastern Washington University in the Disability Support Services** **department. I work with students who use various types of assistive and or adaptive technologies to assist** **in their education. I plan to teach classes that identify various types of technologies available to both educators and students.**

Adaptive and Assistive Technology Resources


Software training videos and tutorials are available to all EWU students, faculty, and staff that need support udsing adaptive and assistive technologies.

Assistive technology training videos

A variety of are widely available through EWU's general access computing environments. The intended goals of their distribution is to improve access to printed and electronic materials, and enhance information technology (IT) resources using universal design principles. These workstations are simple, intuitive, flexible in use, and promote equal access regardless of a user's ability. They can also be implemented without compromising general access. Students and employees are able to utilize these accessibility and productivity software tools to convert/generate alternative text documents (or other web and electronic documents). These files can be further manipulated, controlled, or enhanced on computer workstations that have pre-installed screen readers (text-to-speech); screen magnification tools for low-vision and blind/color blind users; cognitive and learning support; as well as speech controlled dictation and computer navigation (speech-to-text) technologies.

Universal Design Principles

Universal Design DO-IT

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Access to Technology ...........Education and the Future of Technology
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