01 Basic Disability Concepts Flashcards
What percentage of people have a disability?
Roughly 1 in every 5 people (about 20%) has a disability of some kind
What is a term for a disability that is immediately obvious?
Recognizable disability
What is a term for a disability that is not immediately obvious?
Hidden disability
What is a recognizable disability?
A disability that is obvious/perceptible to someone
What is a hidden disability?
A disability that is not always immediately obvious.
What are assistive technologies for blindness?
- Screen readers
- Refreshable Braille devices
What are assistive technologies for low vision?
- Screen enlargers
- Screen readers
What are assistive technologies for color blindness?
- Color enhancement overlays
- Color enhancement glasses
What are assistive technologies for deafness?
- Captions
- Transcripts
What are assistive technologies for motor/mobility disabilities?
- Head wand
- Mouth stick
- Alternative keyboards
- Eye gaze tracking
- Voice Activation
What are assistive technologies for cognitive disabilities?
- Screen readers
- Screen overlays
- Augmentative communication aids
True or False: Assistive technologies solve everything
False.
Assistive technologies enable access that is otherwise impossible, but the environment must be created with accessibility in mind.
True or False: The Internet is an important part of the solution for disability access.
True.
The web is not the problem - it is an important part of the solution, when it is designed with accessibility in mind.
What are examples of assistive technologies? Name three (3).
- Wheelchair
- Hearing aid
- Cane
What is the problem with saying “wheelchair-bound”?
Assumes the wheelchair is getting in the way - but a wheelchair increases mobility. Wheelchairs are part of the solution.
They are instead “wheelchair-enabled”.
