Work-based learning experiences can help students make career decisions, select courses of study, develop job skills, and network with potential employers. For students with disabilities, work-based learning experiences provide a unique opportunity to explore different, job-related accommodations, and to practice disclosing their disabilities and requesting accommodations from employers.
For many students with disabilities, written assignments and exams present significant difficulties. Mobility impairments may make writing physically difficult, while visual impairments may impact a student's access to standard word processing programs and computers. Research (e.g., accessing library resources) and the writing process (e.g., spelling and grammar) may also be difficult due to mobility, hearing, language, or learning disabilities.
The Internet should be universally accessible, but the multimedia nature of the web and the poor design of some websites make it inaccessible to many users.
Some users:
For many students with disabilities, accessing and using standard computers and electronic resources can be challenging. For example, a student with a spinal cord injury may be unable to use a standard mouse and keyboard.
Growing up is an ongoing process; no matter how much one knows there are always more lessons to learn and more avenues to explore. I was born in Madison, Wisconsin where I lived until I was seventeen when I moved to Tacoma, Washington to attend college. I am an only child. A few months after I was born my parents discovered I was blind. My exact condition is called Leber's Amaurosis, which affects the vision-related nerves more than the eye itself. In short, the doctor who diagnosed me compared my eye to a camera where the picture is taken, but the image never appears on the film.
My name is Vincent. I have been using computers and computing systems to solve accessibility problems for more than twenty years.
My name is Randy, and I’m a systems analyst. This means that I translate customer and company requirements for our products into specific language for software developers.
My name is Nicole. I am blind, and I’m a senior majoring in computer science at Stanford University with a focus in human computer interaction.
