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Following is a complete list of the 246 articles in the AccessComputing Knowledge Base, arranged alphabetically by title. Select any article title to view the article.

• Alternative Access: A Case Study on the Benefits of Assistive Technology for Students with Temporary Disabilities
• Are all accommodations for employees with disabilities high tech?
• Are drivers responsible for assisting students with disabilities by carrying personal items such as books and backpacks or helping them enter a building by opening doors?
• Are funds available specifically for captioning?
• Are postsecondary institutions required to purchase adaptive software for a specific course if only one student needs it?
• Are there any web-based tutorials on web accessibility?
• Are there computer keyboards designed to be used with only one hand?
• Are there electronic mentoring programs for students with disabilities?
• Are there tax incentives for hiring people with disabilities?
• Are there voice recognition programs students can use to do math?
• Are there web browsers that have been developed specifically for use by people with disabilities?
• As a faculty member, can I use grant funds to pay for job accommodations for a graduate student?
• Boston Public Schools Access Technology Center: A Promising Practice of Universal Design
• Camp Courage: A Promising Practice in Including an Accessible Technology Lab in an Existing Summer Camp
• Can all television sets display closed captions?
• Can an employer legally ask an applicant about current illnesses?
• Can chemistry be taught to students with disabilities?
• Can I borrow captioned media for free?
• Can students with Autism be successful in college?
• Can the information contained in graphs, charts, drawings, and three-dimensional models be made accessible to students with disabilities?
• Captain Strong Elementary: A Promising Practice in Engaging Students with Learning Differences
• Classroom Performance System: A Promising Practice in Engaging All Students
• Digital Frog International: A Promising Practice in Designing Accessible Educational Software
• Disability Mentoring Day: A Promising Practice in Promoting Career Exploration
• Distance Learning: A Case Study on the Accessibility of an Online Course
• Do campus tutors have to write or type work for students with disabilities?
• Do colleges and universities agree as to whether they must adhere to Section 508 standards?
• Do employers need to have additional safety concerns for employees with disabilities?
• Do TTY, TDD, and TT mean the same thing?
• Dr. Stephen Hawking: A Case Study on Using Technology to Communicate with the World
• Dundee Elementary School: A Promising Practice in Utilizing Technology for Writing and Research
• Electronic Course Reserves: A Case Study on Universal Access to Electronic Information in Academic Libraries
• Elena and Computer Graphics: A Case Study on Accommodating Health Impairments
• Emerging Leaders Program: A Promising Practice in Placing College Students with Disabilities in Challenging Internships
• Equal Opportunities: A Case Study on Campus Transportation for Students with Mobility Impairments
• Evergreen Elementary: A Promising Practice in Empowering Students through Assistive Technology
• GALL Laboratory: A Promising Practice in Applying Problem-Based Learning
• Homeland Security 508 Compliance Office: A Promising Practice in Promoting Accessible IT
• How are the terms "dwarf," "little person," and "person of short stature" commonly used?
• How are the terms deaf, deafened, hard of hearing, and hearing impaired typically used?
• How are the terms low vision, visually impaired and blind defined?
• How can a student with a disability develop college survival skills?
• How can employers keep up with how the ADA is being applied in the area of employment?
• How can I assure that a student who is deaf can access the content in my podcasts?
• How can I create a club for students with disabilities on my campus?
• How can I create math and science documents that are accessible to students with visual impairments?
• How can I get started in making my distance learning course accessible to all students?
• How can I help a two-year college student transition to a four-year school?
• How can I help students who need accommodations but refuse to use them?
• How can I make my computing department more accessible to students with disabilities?
• How can I work with a student who is deaf and speaks ASL but struggles with written English?
• How can nontechnical administrators assure that the websites their employees create and maintain are accessible to people with disabilities?
• How can parents, family members, and mentors help young people with disabilities prepare for careers?
• How can people who are blind access video and multimedia products?
• How can people who are blind operate computers?
• How can people who are deaf access video and multimedia products?
• How can people who have low vision operate a computer?
• How can people with mobility impairments operate computers?
• How can postsecondary institutions determine whether a student is "otherwise qualified" for science, technology, engineering, and/or mathematics curricula?
• How can principles of universal design be used to construct a computer lab?
• How can publishers create accessible math textbooks?
• How can students with disabilities choose a career?
• How can students with disabilities gain work experience while in high school or college?
• How can students with disabilities get accommodations for taking the PSAT, SAT, ACT, and Advanced Placement exams?
• How can students with disabilities get accommodations for the GRE, MCAT, LSAT, and other standardized graduate or professional entrance exams?
• How can students with learning disabilities benefit from computer use?
• How can switches be used by people who cannot operate a standard keyboard or mouse?
• How can technology help students with disabilities in their social development?
• How can universal design be applied in educational settings?
• How can universal design be applied to instruction?
• How can vocational rehabilitation services help students with disabilities with their career goals?
• How can web design teachers learn to incorporate web accessibility in their courses?
• How can web pages be made accessible to individuals who have cognitive disabilities?
• How do I know if my web pages are accessible? If they aren't, where can I find out how to make them accessible?
• How do I make sure that an alternate form of an exam is equivalent to the standard form?
• How do we include accessible technology-rich activities in our summer camp?
• How does an employer interview a person with a disability?
• How does an employer supervise an employee with a disability?
• How does Section 508 relate to the Telecommunications Act?
• If a postsecondary student's accommodations include extra exam time must I allow the student to take the exam outside of the classroom?
• If a student with a disability qualifies for accommodations in high school, will they receive the same accommodations in college?
• In a postsecondary setting, who is responsible for providing Braille translation?
• In what ways does the Americans with Disabilities Act protect job applicants?
• Integrating Woodshop, Technology and Reading: A Promising Practice in Team-Teaching
• Internships for Students with Disabilities: A Promising Practice in Fostering Positive Attitudes in the Workplace
• Is it appropriate for me to ask a postsecondary student what type of disability he has?
• Is it legal to copy material that is copyrighted in order to make the print accessible to low-vision or blind patrons?
• Is my school legally required to make our web pages accessible?
• Is there a way to add captions to a video that is already published?
• IT + AT: A Promising Practice in Creating a Technology-Rich Experience for All Students
• Maplewood Middle School: A Promising Practice in Integrating Technology for Students with Visual Impairments
• MAR*TEC Techno-Briefs: A Promising Practice on Explaining Technology Accessibility to Educators
• Must local emergency broadcasts be made accessible?
• Nana and Engineering: A Case Study on Accommodating Mobility Impairments
• Once a K-12 student qualifies for accommodations through a 504 plan, will that student always qualify for the same accommodations?
• Opportunities!
• Opportunities! Newsletter: A Promising Practice in Postsecondary Campus Collaboration
• Phoenix Reading Project at Sugar-Salem High School: A Promising Practice in Using Scan/Read Software
• Professional Development for Web Accessibility: Case Studies on Higher Education
• Reduced Course Loads: A Case Study on Financial Aid Eligibility
• Roadmaps & Rampways: Case Studies of Success in Science
• Sean and Computer Science: A Case Study on Accommodations for a Psychiatric Disorder
• Should a supervisor prepare employees for the arrival of a new employee with a disability?
• Simple Solutions: A Case Study on Low-Tech Accommodations and Campus Computer Labs
• Software Compatibility: A Case Study on Assistive Technology, Accessible Course Software, and a Student with Low Vision
• The ImagineIT Workshop: A Promising Practice in Engaging Students with Visual Impairments
• The University of Washington: A Promising Practice in Making Distance Learning Courses Accessible to Students with Disabilities
• The University of Washington: A Promising Practice in User Group Support for Web Accessibility
• UAA STEM Transition Event: A Promising Practice in Preparing Youth for College
• Universally Designed Web Pages: A Case Study on Access Issues for a Student with a Learning Disability
• Web Access: A Case Study on Making Content Accessible to a Student who is Blind
• What is Autism?
• What access challenges might visitors to a web page experience?
• What adaptive technology is typically provided to students with disabilities on postsecondary campuses?
• What advice can be given to a high school student with a disability preparing for college?
• What advice can I give to a college student with a disability to promote their success?
• What alternative pointing systems are available for someone who cannot use a mouse?
• What are examples of psychiatric diagnoses?
• What are issues related to the design of accessible software?
• What are key issues for increasing the successful participation of individuals with disabilities in STEM fields?
• What are legal issues associated with the design of accessible software?
• What are some examples of courses for which educational programs might assign course substitutes?
• What are some guidelines for creating attractive and functional open or closed captions?
• What are some guidelines for creating overhead transparencies that are easier for students to see?
• What are some hints for communicating with individuals who have disabilities?
• What are some low-tech assistive technologies that aid computer access?
• What are some of the barriers students with disabilities face in distance learning courses?
• What are some of the challenges students with Dyslexia face in using technology?
• What are some of the functional limitations related to mental illness?
• What are some specific study skills that benefit students with learning disabilities?
• What are some steps that distance learning program administrators can take to assure the accessibility of their courses?
• What are some ways to provide note taking accommodations for a student with a disability?
• What are specific computer applications that can assist students with learning disabilities?
• What are specific types of learning disabilities?
• What are steps to a computing career?
• What are Telecommunications Relay Services?
• What are the benefits of universal design of a distance learning course for students without disabilities?
• What are the main features of an accessible computer lab?
• What are the NIMAS Development and Technical Assistance Centers?
• What are the options for someone who cannot operate a standard keyboard?
• What are the steps to take in making a school computer lab accessible?
• What are typical accommodations for students with AD/HD?
• What are typical accommodations for students who are deaf or hard of hearing?
• What are typical accommodations for students with blindness?
• What are typical accommodations for students with health impairments?
• What are typical accommodations for students with learning disabilities?
• What are typical accommodations for students with low vision?
• What are typical accommodations for students with mobility impairments?
• What are typical challenges and accommodations for students with Asperger's Disorder and high-functioning Autism?
• What can students do to improve their chances of finding employment after college?
• What challenges do individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing have in operating computers?
• What challenges do individuals with speech impairments face in operating computers?
• What challenges do students with disabilities face as they transition from two-year to four-year colleges?
• What do distance learning professionals need to know about accessibility?
• What does Section 255 of the Telecommunications Act require?
• What does word prediction software do?
• What efforts are computer hardware and software companies making toward making their products accessible?
• What federal laws in the U.S. protect the rights of people with disabilities?
• What grants are available for making science, technology, engineering, and math accessible to students with disabilities?
• What Internet-based communication methods are accessible to people with disabilities?
• What is a "qualified student with a disability"?
• What is a mental illness?
• What is a mobility impairment?
• What is a physical or mental impairment?
• What is a qualified individual with a disability?
• What is a reading system?
• What is a refreshable Braille display?
• What is a speech impairment?
• What is a traumatic brain injury?
• What is a virtual keyboard?
• What is AD/HD and how is it diagnosed?
• What is Asperger's Disorder?
• What is computer-based speech recognition?
• What is DAISY?
• What is DotsPlus Braille?
• What is ENTRY POINT?
• What is High School/High Tech?
• What is MathSpeak?
• What is Nemeth Code?
• What is networking and how do students with disabilities use it for career preparation?
• What is NIMAS?
• What is No Child Left Behind and how does it affect students with disabilities?
• What is real-time captioning?
• What is Section 504?
• What is sign language?
• What is the AccessComputing Team and how can I join?
• What is the Accessibility Forum?
• What is the AccessSTEM Team and how do I apply?
• What is the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990?
• What is the difference between accessible, usable, and universal design?
• What is the difference between accommodation and modification for a student with a disability?
• What is the DO-IT Pals program and application process?
• What is the DO-IT Scholars program and how do I apply?
• What is the National Instructional Materials Access Center (NIMAC)?
• What is the Rehabilitation Act of 1973?
• What is the role of a mentor?
• What is universal design?
• What is video remote interpreting?
• What issues should a student with AD/HD consider when planning for the transition from high school to college or a career?
• What legal issues are associated with access to video products for students with sensory impairments?
• What local extracurricular programs help students with disabilities learn about technology?
• What math, science, and technology skills are important for career success?
• What process can I use to design accommodations for specific students with disabilities?
• What resources can help faculty make their courses more accessible to students with disabilities?
• What resources can help students with disabilities find and apply for jobs?
• What resources can help students with disabilities locate internships and other work-based experiences?
• What resources help individuals learn how to talk about their disabilities?
• What should I consider when deciding what kind of adaptive technology to use?
• What should I do when a student informs me of a disability and requests an accommodation for a distance learning course?
• What specific challenges make it difficult for people with mobility impairments to operate computers?
• What statement can I put on my syllabus for students with disabilities?
• What U.S. federal legislation protects the rights of students with disabilities?
• What web-based resources tell how to make STEM accessible to people with disabilities?
• When and how should a student with a disability disclose his or her disability to a potential employer?
• Where can I find a collection of articles that deal with students with disabilities and STEM?
• Where can I find a list of publisher contacts to request electronic text formats?
• Where can I find an engaging game to teach people about the Americans with Disabilities Act?
• Where can I find electronic text versions of books for students who have visual impairments or other print disabilities?
• Where can I find funding to help make my classroom, school, or program more accessible?
• Where can I find information about summer camps for children with disabilities?
• Where can I find interns and employees with disabilities?
• Where can I find resources about individuals with disabilities in specific career fields?
• Where can I find resources about legal, social, and political issues related to disability?
• Where can I find resources for making distance learning courses accessible?
• Where can I find resources related to brain injuries?
• Where can I find resources related to health impairments?
• Where can I find resources related to hearing impairments?
• Where can I find resources related to learning disabilities and Attention-Deficit Disorder?
• Where can I find resources related to mobility impairments?
• Where can I find resources related to visual impairments?
• Where can I find statistics about education and career attainment for individuals with disabilities?
• Where can I find training materials for making science, technology, engineering, and mathematics instruction accessible?
• Where can I find vendors who provide captioning services?
• Where can I locate statistical data answering questions about students with disabilities and educational services?
• Which states have technology accessibility laws, policies, and standards?
• Who is a person with a disability?
• Who is responsible for providing accessible transportation to a postsecondary student's internship or co-op?
• Who is responsible for providing accommodations for student interns?
• Who is the Foundation for Science and Disability?
• Who offers training on assistive technology and the design of accessible technology?
• Whom should I contact in my state if I have a question about assistive technology?
• Why is accessible math important?
• Why is it important that students with disabilities take precollege mathematics and science courses?
• Why should a company hire a person with a disability?
• Why should students with disabilities participate in work-based learning?
• Will hiring a person with a disability make an employer's insurance rates go up?

You may also find relevant articles in the following searchable Knowledge Bases:

• AccessSTEM - to help individuals with disabilities pursue studies and careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
• Conference Room - to help postsecondary student services staff make their services accessible.
• Board Room - to help administrators create a welcoming and accessible offerings for postsecondary students with disabilities.
• Faculty Room - to help postsecondary faculty fully include students with disabilities in their courses.
• AccessCAREERS - to help employers, career services staff, individuals with disabilities, and others make careers and work-based learning accessible.
• Advancing Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Computing - to help individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing pursue studies and careers in computing.
• The Center for Universal Design in Education - to help educators and administrators practice universal design in their delivery of education.
• AccessIT - to help educational entities at all levels develop, procure, and use accessible informational technology.