Q&As

A college student needs a computer accommodation to take her exam. How can I ensure the test is properly supervised? [1]
A student in my college course needs computer accommodations for test taking. Doesn't this give her an unfair advantage over other students? [2]
Are campuses required to provide tutoring for students with disabilities throughout their college career? [3]
Are electronic whiteboards accessible to people with disabilities? [4]
Are funds available specifically for captioning? [5]
Are peer review tools accessible? [6]
Are postsecondary institutions required to purchase adaptive software for a specific course if only one student needs it? [7]
Are some fonts more accessible than others? [8]
Are there any web-based tutorials on web accessibility? [9]
Are there computer keyboards designed to be used with only one hand? [10]
Are there electronic mentoring programs for students with disabilities? [11]
Are there employment resources specifically designed to serve neurodivergent job seekers? [12]
Are there fume hoods that are accessible to people with mobility impairments? [13]
Are there guidelines for describing complex images? [14]
Are there Hour of Code activities that are accessible to students with visual impairments? [15]
Are there resources to help individuals who are blind build hardware devices? [16]
Are there scientific and graphing calculators that can be used by students who are blind? [17]
Are there screen readers that can read math equations? [18]
Are there standards or guidelines for providing captions? [19]
Are there tools that can be used to check for accessibility issues in a Canvas course? [20]
Are there voice recognition programs students can use to do math? [21]
Are there web browsers that have been developed specifically for use by people with disabilities? [22]
Are touch screens accessible? [23]
As a faculty member, can I use grant funds to pay for job accommodations for a graduate student? [24]
Can a faculty member forbid a student with a disability to use a tape recorder in class? [25]
Can all television sets display closed captions? [26]
Can chemistry be taught to students with disabilities? [27]
Can I borrow captioned media for free? [28]
Can I make accessible web pages using a web authoring tool such as Dreamweaver? [29]
Can impairments that are episodic or in remission be considered disabilities? [30]
Can people who have visual impairments work in a machine shop? [31]
Can students with autism be successful in college? [32]
Can the information contained in graphs, charts, drawings, and three-dimensional models be made accessible to students with disabilities? [33]
Do all postsecondary students with disabilities use disability services? [34]
Do I need to change my exam procedures to accommodate a student with a disability? [35]
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? [36]
Do TTY, TDD, and TT mean the same thing? [37]
Does a postsecondary institution have to provide specific hardware or software (known as assistive technology) that an individual with a disability requests so that they can access information technology used on campus? [38]
Does a student who is blind need accommodations to benefit from class discussions? [39]
Does making our school web content accessible mean I cannot use multimedia on my site? [40]
Does the provision of accommodations guarantee student success? [41]
Does the website developed by a professor for a particular course at a university or college have to meet accessibility standards? [42]
How accessible are Microsoft Word documents? [43]
How are instructors informed that a student needs an academic accommodation? [44]
How are the terms "dwarf," "little person," and "person of short stature" commonly used? [45]
How are the terms deaf, deafened, hard of hearing, and hearing impaired typically used? [46]
How are the terms low vision, visually impaired, and blind defined? [47]
How can a student with a disability develop college survival skills? [48]
How can a student with a health impairment maintain participation in classroom discussions when she is frequently absent? [49]
How can computing courses be made more accessible to students with specific learning disabilities? [50]
How can conferences, meetings, presentations, and events be made accessible? [51]
How can data tables be made accessible? [52]
How can digital content help students with learning disabilities that affect their ability to process math? [53]
How can engineering departments be welcoming and accessible to students with disabilities? [54]
How can engineering labs and machine shops be made more accessible to students with disabilities? [55]
How can I accommodate students with low vision? [56]
How can I better understand what it’s like to have a learning disability? [57]
How can I create a conference poster that is accessible to people with disabilities? [58]
How can I create math and science documents that are accessible to students with visual impairments? [59]
How can I ensure that a student who is deaf can access the content in my podcasts? [60]
How can I get involved with undergraduate research? [61]
How can I get started in making my distance learning course accessible to all students? [62]
How can I help a student record and analyze data in a science lab? [63]
How can I help a student who is blind or has low vision make measurements in a science lab? [64]
How can I help a two-year college student transition to a four-year school? [65]
How can I help students who need accommodations but refuse to use them? [66]
How can I include people with disabilities in the broader impacts statement of my NSF grant proposal? [67]
How can I integrate disability-related topics into the classes that I teach? [68]
How can I make my chemistry labs accessible to students with disabilities? [69]
How can I make my computing department more accessible to students with disabilities? [70]
How can I test my website for accessibility? [71]
How can I work with a student who is deaf and speaks ASL but struggles with written English? [72]
How can instructors make courses more accessible to students who are deaf or hard of hearing? [73]
How can interns and employees with disabilities serve to enrich a company? [74]
How can K-12 computing instructors get support working with students with disabilities? [75]
How can makerspaces be made more accessible to users with disabilities? [76]
How can my educational entity deliver accessible webcasts? [77]
How can nontechnical administrators ensure that the websites their employees create and maintain are accessible to people with disabilities? [78]
How can Office for Civil Rights resolutions help guide campuses in making information technology accessible? [79]
How can people who are blind access video and multimedia products? [80]
How can people who are blind operate computers? [81]
How can people who are deaf access video and multimedia products? [82]
How can people who have low vision operate a computer? [83]
How can people with mobility impairments operate computers? [84]
How can postsecondary institutions determine whether a student is "otherwise qualified" for science, technology, engineering, and/or mathematics curricula? [85]
How can principles of universal design be applied to technology-based math content? [86]
How can principles of universal design be used to construct a computer lab? [87]
How can programming be made more accessible to people with disabilities? [88]
How can publishers create accessible math textbooks? [89]
How can service animals be safely included in lab classes? [90]
How can students with disabilities arrange for accommodations at a postsecondary institution? [91]
How can students with disabilities arrange for accommodations in an online course? [92]
How can students with learning disabilities benefit from computer use? [93]
How can switches be used by people who cannot operate a standard keyboard or mouse? [94]
How can universal design be applied in educational settings? [95]
How can universal design be applied in postsecondary education? [96]
How can universal design be applied to instruction? [97]
How can universal design, disability, and accessibility topics be integrated into the engineering curriculum? [98]
How can you include individuals with disabilities in broadening participation activities for other underrepresented groups? [99]
How can you integrate accessibility into your syllabus? [100]
How can you introduce accessibility topics in engineering courses? [101]
How can you make your presentation accessible? [102]
How can you prepare engineering students to work with people with disabilities? [103]
How did the GARDE program support class projects that designed technology for people with disabilities? [104]
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? [105]
How do I create online math content that is accessible to students who are blind? [106]
How do I make sure that an alternate form of an exam is equivalent to the standard form? [107]
How do I navigate around Microsoft Windows using only a keyboard? [108]
How do I safeguard audio-recorded lecture content from copyright infringement? [109]
How do I turn on captions and audio description in my media player? [110]
How do learning management systems differ on accessibility? [111]
How do neurodiverse and neurotypical software engineers differ in the workplace? [112]
How do we include accessible technology-rich activities in our summer camp? [113]
How does designing for users with and without disabilities shape student design thinking? [114]
How does my choice and use of color affect the accessibility of my website? [115]
How does unintended or unconscious bias affect students with disabilities? [116]
How might teaching about universal design help to diversify the engineering student body? [117]
How can workplaces be more inclusive of colleagues who are deaf or hard of hearing? [118]
If a postsecondary student's accommodations include extra exam time must I allow the student to take the exam outside of the classroom? [119]
If a student experiences extreme anxiety, how can I be supportive without lowering academic expectations? [120]
If I receive a letter informing me a college student in my class has a disability, should I initiate a conversation with the student about their disability? [121]
In a postsecondary setting, who is responsible for providing Braille translation? [122]
In what format will a student who is blind turn in assignments and tests? [123]
In what ways does the Americans with Disabilities Act protect job applicants? [124]
Is Google Apps Accessible? [125]
Is it appropriate for me to ask a postsecondary student what type of disability he has? [126]
Is it better to caption or transcribe educational multimedia? [127]
Is it legal to copy material that is copyrighted in order to make the print accessible to low-vision or blind patrons? [128]
Is my school legally required to make our web pages accessible? [129]
Is PDF accessible? [130]
Is the information regarding a student's disability and her need for academic accommodations confidential? [131]
Is there a way to add captions to a video that is already published? [132]
Is there equipment that can make science more accessible to individuals with disabilities? [133]
May I fail a student with a disability? [134]
Must student clubs and organizations provide accommodations to allow students with disabilities to participate? [135]
What access challenges might visitors to a web page experience? [136]
What accessibility features are available within the Macintosh operating system? [137]
What accessibility features are provided with the Windows operating system? [138]
What adaptive technology is typically provided to students with disabilities on postsecondary campuses? [139]
What advice can be given to teens as they prepare for careers? [140]
What advice can I give to a college student with a disability to promote their success? [141]
What alternative pointing systems are available for someone who cannot use a mouse? [142]
What are "mitigating measures" with respect to a disability? [143]
What are cochlear implants, how do they work, and who typically gets them? [144]
What are examples of accommodations in science laboratories? [145]
What are examples of psychiatric diagnoses? [146]
What are issues related to the design of accessible software? [147]
What are key issues for increasing the successful participation of individuals with disabilities in STEM fields? [148]
What are language preferences regarding autism? [149]
What are legal issues associated with the design of accessible software? [150]
What are relay services, and how do I access them? [151]
What are some assignments that could be used in lieu of tests to help students with disabilities demonstrate mastery of content? [152]
What are some examples of accessible programming languages? [153]
What are some examples of courses for which educational programs might assign course substitutes? [154]
What are some examples of engineering courses that teach about disability, accessibility, or universal design? [155]
What are some examples of online simulations for science labs? [156]
What are some guidelines for creating attractive and functional open or closed captions? [157]
What are some guidelines for creating overhead visuals that are easier for students to see? [158]
What are some hints for communicating with individuals who have disabilities? [159]
What are some low-tech assistive technologies that aid computer access? [160]
What are some of the barriers students with disabilities face in distance learning courses? [161]
What are some of the functional limitations related to mental illness? [162]
What are some specific study skills that benefit students with learning disabilities? [163]
What are some steps that distance learning program administrators can take to ensure the accessibility of their courses? [164]
What are some ways to provide note-taking accommodations for a student with a disability? [165]
What are specific computer applications that can assist students with learning disabilities? [166]
What are specific types of learning disabilities? [167]
What are speech-to-text services? [168]
What are steps to a computing career? [169]
What are tactile graphics? [170]
What are Telecommunications Relay Services? [171]
What are the benefits of universal design of a distance learning course for students without disabilities? [172]
What are the main features of an accessible computer lab? [173]
What are the options for someone who cannot operate a standard keyboard? [174]
What are the steps to take in making a school computer lab accessible? [175]
What are typical accommodations for students who are deaf or hard of hearing? [176]
What are typical accommodations for students with AD/HD? [177]
What are typical accommodations for students with blindness? [178]
What are typical accommodations for students with health impairments? [179]
What are typical accommodations for students with learning disabilities? [180]
What are typical accommodations for students with low vision? [181]
What are typical accommodations for students with mobility impairments? [182]
What are typical challenges and accommodations for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder? [183]
What benefits do mentors get from a mentoring relationship? [184]
What can companies do to support employees with disabilities? [185]
What can conferences do to be more accessible to participants with disabilities? [186]
What can professional organizations do to increase the participation of individuals with disabilities in their field? [187]
What can students do to improve their chances of finding employment after college? [188]
What challenges do individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing have in operating computers? [189]
What challenges do individuals with speech impairments face in operating computers? [190]
What challenges do people with disabilities face in accessing standard consumer products? [191]
What constitutes good alt text? [192]
What do distance learning professionals need to know about accessibility? [193]
What do I need to know about neurodiverse learners and pedagogy? [194]
What does Section 255 of the Telecommunications Act require? [195]
What does word prediction software do? [196]
What efforts exist to track the participation of students with disabilities in K-12 computer science education? [197]
What federal laws in the U.S. protect the rights of people with disabilities? [198]
What grants are available for making science, technology, engineering, and math accessible to students with disabilities? [199]
What if a student with a disability disrupts my college class? [200]
What if I do not agree with a recommended accommodation? [201]
What insights do students with disabilities provide regarding self-determination? [202]
What institutional strategies can reduce barriers to academic STEM careers faced by women with disabilities? [203]
What is "intersectionality" in the context of working with students who have disabilities? [204]
What is a "qualified student with a disability"? [205]
What is a "qualified" individual with a disability? [206]
What is a mental illness? [207]
What is a mobility impairment? [208]
What is a physical or mental impairment? [209]
What is a reading system? [210]
What is a refreshable Braille display? [211]
What is a speech impairment? [212]
What is a traumatic brain injury? [213]
What is a virtual keyboard? [214]
What is AD/HD and how is it diagnosed? [215]
What is Asperger's Disorder? [216]
What is assistive technology? [217]
What is audio description? [218]
What is Autism? [219]
What is braille translation software? [220]
What is ClassAct? [221]
What is computer-based speech recognition? [222]
What is Culturally Relevant Pedagogy for Neurodiversity? [223]
What is Cyberlearning? [224]
What is DotsPlus Braille? [225]
What is Entry Point? [226]
What is InftyReader? [227]
What is MathML? [228]
What is Nemeth Code? [229]
What is NIMAS? [230]
What is real-time captioning? [231]
What is Section 504? [232]
What is sensorimotor neural engineering and how does the field benefit people with disabilities? [233]
What is sign language? [234]
What is the Access Board? [235]
What is the AccessSTEM Team and how do I apply? [236]
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008? [237]
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act? [238]
What is the difference between accessible, usable, and universal design? [239]
What is the difference between accommodation and modification for a student with a disability? [240]
What is the difference between open and closed captioning? [241]
What is the International Association for Geoscience Diversity? [242]
What is the National Center on Accessible Educational Materials? [243]
What is the National Instructional Materials Access Center (NIMAC)? [244]
What is the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)? [245]
What is the Rehabilitation Act of 1973? [246]
What is the United States Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and what do they do? [247]
What is the World Institute on Disability (WID)? [248]
What is universal design? [249]
What is video remote interpreting? [250]
What lab safety issues need to be considered when working with a student who is deaf? [251]
What lab safety issues need to be considered when working with a student with a mobility impairment? [252]
What lab safety issues need to be considered when working with a student with a visual impairment? [253]
What language should I use to talk about people with disabilities? [254]
What legal issues are associated with access to video products for students with sensory impairments? [255]
What math, science, and technology skills are important for career success? [256]
What proportion of postsecondary students have disabilities? [257]
What resources can help faculty make their courses more accessible to students with disabilities? [258]
What resources can help students with disabilities locate internships and other work-based experiences? [259]
What resources help individuals learn how to talk about their disabilities? [260]
What should I consider when deciding what kind of adaptive technology to use? [261]
What should I do when a student informs me of a disability and requests an accommodation for a distance learning course? [262]
What specific challenges make it difficult for people with mobility impairments to operate computers? [263]
What standards exist for developing and purchasing accessible software? [264]
What statement can I put on my syllabus for students with disabilities? [265]
What strategies are companies using to recruit employees with autism spectrum disorder? [266]
What strategies can be used to accommodate students who are authorized to receive extra time on assignments or tests in lab courses? [267]
What strategies can disability and information technology (IT) professionals implement to encourage accessibility of webpages, videos, and documents on their campuses? [268]
What strategies used to recruit other underrepresented groups could be repurposed for use in recruiting students with disabilities to your program, institution, or department? [269]
What technology can be helpful for teaching students with invisible disabilities? [270]
What tools can facilitate conversations between students with disabilities and their advisors? [271]
What U.S. federal legislation protects the rights of students with disabilities? [272]
What web-based resources tell how to make STEM accessible to people with disabilities? [273]
When and how should a student with a disability disclose his or her disability to a potential employer? [274]
When requested, why is it important that I provide a reading list to the disability services office prior to the start of a term? [275]
Where can I find a collection of articles that deal with students with disabilities and STEM? [276]
Where can I find a glossary of disability-related terms? [277]
Where can I find a list of publisher contacts to request electronic text formats? [278]
Where can I find electronic text versions of books for students who have visual impairments or other print disabilities? [279]
Where can I find employment resources for students with disabilities? [280]
Where can I find examples of engineering senior design projects that help individuals with disabilities? [281]
Where can I find guidelines for making online learning projects more accessible? [282]
Where can I find information about the current state and future of cyberlearning? [283]
Where can I find interns and employees with disabilities? [284]
Where can I find projects that promote the participation of students with disabilities in STEM? [285]
Where can I find resources about individuals with disabilities in specific career fields? [286]
Where can I find resources about legal, social, and political issues related to disability? [287]
Where can I find resources for making distance learning courses accessible? [288]
Where can I find resources related to brain injuries? [289]
Where can I find resources related to health impairments? [290]
Where can I find resources related to hearing impairments? [291]
Where can I find resources related to learning disabilities and Attention-Deficit Disorder? [292]
Where can I find resources related to mobility impairments? [293]
Where can I find resources related to visual impairments? [294]
Where can I find statistics about education and career attainment for individuals with disabilities? [295]
Where can I find tips on making math accessible to students with disabilities? [296]
Where can I find training materials for making science, technology, engineering, and mathematics instruction accessible? [297]
Where can I find vendors who provide captioning services? [298]
Where can I find vendors who specialize in assistive technology and materials for science laboratories? [299]
Where can I learn about best practices for making accessible mobile and web apps? [300]
Where can I learn about experiences of individuals with disabilities in their own words? [301]
Where can I learn about sign language for STEM fields? [302]
Where can I locate statistical data answering questions about students with disabilities and educational services? [303]
Which states have technology accessibility laws, policies, and standards? [304]
Which web browsers are most accessible? [305]
Who benefits from captions on videos? [306]
Who is a "person with a disability?" [307]
Who is responsible for providing accessible transportation to a postsecondary student's internship or co-op? [308]
Who is responsible for providing accommodations for student interns? [309]
Who is the Foundation for Science and Disability? [310]
Who offers training on assistive technology and the design of accessible technology? [311]
Whom should I contact in my state if I have a question about assistive technology? [312]
Why is accessible math important? [313]
Why is data on people with disabilities in science and engineering scarce? [314]
Why is it important that students with disabilities take precollege mathematics and science courses? [315]
Why is it important to integrate disability, accessibility, and universal design content into engineering courses? [316]
Why should students with disabilities participate in work-based learning? [317]