Basic Disability Concepts

Question 1

Recognizable Disabilities

Answer 1

Disabilities that are immediately obvious, eg. blindness or not having arms or legs.

Question 2

Hidden Disabilities

Answer 2

Disabilities that are not always immediately obvious, eg. deafness, reading disorders, or seizures

Question 3

Temporary Disabilities

Answer 3

Eg. when an injury or surgery reduces a person’s mobility

Question 4

Age-Related Disabilities

Answer 4

Disabilities related to the aging process, eg. losing sight, hearing, mobility, and/or cognition

Question 5

Assistive Technologies (AT)

Answer 5

Technologies designed specifically for people with disabilities to help compensate for their lack of ability in certain areas. (Eg. wheelchairs, hearing aids)

Question 6

Web AT for blindness

Answer 6

Screen readers
Refreshable braille devices

Question 7

Web AT for low vision

Answer 7

Screen enlargers
Screen readers

Question 8

Web AT for color blindness

Answer 8

Color enhancement overlays or glasses

Question 9

Web AT for deafness

Answer 9

Captions
Transcripts

Question 10

Web AT for motor/mobility disabilities

Answer 10

Head wand
Mouth stick
Alternative keyboards
Eye gaze tracking
Voice activation

Question 11

Web AT for cognitive disabilities

Answer 11

Screen readers
Screen overlays
Augmentative communication aids

Question 12

Ways the web helps accessibility

Answer 12

1. Enables unprecedented access to information for blind users
2. Enables unprecedented access to commerce for people with mobility impairments