e Learning - solutions to challenging activities
solutions to challenging activities
Return to your list of the challenging activities, which you updated in ‘Discussing disability’.
Add notes on possible solutions to as many of the challenges as you can.
You might like to share your ideas in the Comments section below and discuss the similarities and differences.
Resources
General
OU Knowledge Network, ‘Guidelines for describing visual teaching material’ http://kn.open.ac.uk/ public/ index.cfm?wpid=2709
US National Public Website on Assistive Technology
Deafness
Deafblind, ‘Refreshable Braille displays’
RNID, ‘Facts and figures about deafness’
RNID, ‘Deafblind people’ factsheet
Dyslexia
British Dyslexia Association, ‘What is dyslexia?’, http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/whatisdyslexia.html (no longer accessible)
British Dyslexia Association, ‘Study skills’, http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/studyskills.html (no longer accessible)
Sight impairment
Deafblind, ‘Refreshable Braille displays’
RNIB, ‘About sight loss – changing the way we think about blindness.
RNIB, ‘Using a computer with low vision’ and ‘Using a computer without vision’
RNID, ‘Deafblind people’ factsheet
Simulations
Simulation of magnification and certain visual impairments
WebAIM screen reader simulation
WebAIM visual impairment simulation
Sources of funding for disabled students
UK Disabled Students' Allowances (DSAs)
Scotland Disabled Students' Allowances (DSAs)
European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education
StudentAid BC
ICDRI, USA
Assistive technology software
Screen magnification
SuperNova Magnifier (formerly known as Lunar) from Dolphin Computer Access
SuperNova from Dolphin Computer Access
ZoomText from Ai Squared www.aisquared.com/ Products/ zoomtextmag/ index.cfm
Screen readers
SuperNova Screen Reader (formerly known as Hal) from Dolphin Computer Access
JAWS from Freedom Scientific
WindowEyes
Tools to support dyslexic people
ReadandWrite and Wordsmith
References
BBC (2005) ‘Men's health’, London, British Broadcasting Corporation, http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/mens_health/index.shtml (Accessed 31 July 2007).
British Dyslexia Association (2005) ‘What is dyslexia?’. Reading, British Dyslexia Association, http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/extra329.html (Accessed 31 July 2007).
RNIB (2005) ‘About sight loss – changing the way we think about blindness’ [online], London, Royal National Institute of the Blind (Accessed 31 July 2007).
RNID (2005) ‘Facts and figures about deafness’, London, Royal National Institute for Deaf People (Accessed 31 July 2007).
