ADA Technology Corporation

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Example 1

Imagine Sarah, a 16-year-old high school student with cerebral palsy, starts her school day. She has a computer attachable to her wheelchair with several key adaptations making it easier for her to use. Her hands and fingers have restricted movement, so she turns on the computer using a special on-off switch that requires little force. She uses a mouth wand, which acts as her fingers, to help her to navigate the computer's interfaces, and the Magic Wand Keyboard, a keyboard that requires no arm movement or strength. In her biology class, Sarah's computer and a computer in her teacher's classroom are connected to the fully accessible ADA Tech learning web network. Her teacher does not need the network's accessibility features and turns them off. Sarah, however, uses the web network's interfaces with the accessibility features turned on. As class starts, Sarah sees an ADA Tech web network welcome page that can be navigated with her wand keyboard and keyboard shortcuts. She chooses the "biology interactive" link on her interface and opens a page where she can read the class materials, as well as receive commands from the teacher, and respond in real time. She answers her teacher's questions and writes a brief essay. She receives her homework and saves it to her computer. Sarah is ready to go to another class.

Example 2

Nick, a quadruplegic freshman, is at home in his bedroom. He prepares to do a homework assignment. His dad helps him attach a computer to his wheelchair and turn it on. He places a thin tracking dot on his son's forehead. Nick uses a head-controlled computer access. His computer is wirelessly connected to ADA Tech learning web network. After the computer is turned on, Nick can see the network's interface with an on-screen keyboard that works together with his forehead tracking dot to help to read and navigate interfaces and web pages. Nick can work on the web and do his homework by himself, though his dad also likes to participate. They work together on a project called "Our city's history". Nick has difficulty concentrating his eyes on text for long stretches of time so he turns on the additional accessibility feature, "talking page". Nick does not need to read, he can hear about the materials he found from ADA Tech network's library. Dad puts headphones on his son. Dad does research on the Internet using his son's computer while Nick hears the text. They collect material for the project and attach photos; then Nick writes his project and emails it to his teacher.

Example 3

Anita, a student with multiple sclerosis, is in the hospital; tomorrow will be the day she's discharged. Doctors allow her to use her computer, and the computer attached to her bed is wirelessly connected to the ADA Tech learning web network. Anita has difficulties using her hands, her hearing is not good and she has blurred vision but she is able to navigate ADA Tech's fully accessible learning web network interfaces. They are compatible with her assistive devices and provide her with capturing information for multimedia presentations (the text of the video is captioned under the moving pictures). All texts on the interfaces are seen in large letters. Anita opens the link "friends" and chooses her best friend's name. Here is her friend's image in the movie, she tells Anita, "get well soon" and "welcome home". Anita opens an email interface and sends an email to her friend. She already has some email from her friend in addition to some from other peers and teachers. Anita feels good; she wants to play interactive chess with her friend. She found the game from ADA Tech network's library. Her friend sends a message saying that she'll be back at home in two hours and will play interactive chess then. Her friend does not have disabilities but prefers to be a member of ADA Tech network so she can use online video to communicate with Anita as well as access and play games with her.