From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (qmail 6871 invoked by uid 0); 14 Sep 1996 01:46:44 -0000 MBOX-Line: From zocki@goldfish.cube.net Sat Sep 14 03:44:22 1996 Received: (qmail 6809 invoked by uid 504); 14 Sep 1996 01:42:43 -0000 Received: (qmail 6801 invoked from smtpd); 14 Sep 1996 01:42:40 -0000 Received: from localhost (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 14 Sep 1996 01:42:40 -0000 Date: Sat, 14 Sep 1996 03:41:58 +0200 (MET DST) From: Hans Zoebelein To: blinux-list@goldfish.cube.net Subject: Sept. 23 begins email workshop on adaptive computing for assisting students with disabilities" (fwd) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII List-Id: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 14:31:36 -0500 From: PROF NORM COOMBS To: Multiple recipients of list BLIND-L Subject: Sept. 23 begins email workshop on adaptive computing for assisting students with disabilities" Adapt-it begins Monday Sept. 23. There is still time to register! Technology now makes it simpler to include students with physical disabilities into school and college. EASI(Equal Access to Software and Information) provides an online workshop for faculty and staff who need to know how to provide adaptation to educational technology. A general workshop, Adapt-it, begins Sept. 23. ADAPT-IT is a three-week course providing an overview to the topic of adaptive computing and is ideal for administrators, teachers, librarians, computer support staff, ADA compliance officers and service providers. It focuses on how to set up computing technology and services for individuals with disabilities. Taught by people who have consulted extensively on adaptive technology and information access. Adapt-it is scheduled for september 23 Dec. 2 and also in the winter and spring of 1997. Registration is $125. For more information email to Norman Coombs nrcgsh@rit.edu You can also get further information (including an article describing a previous workshop) on the web at: http://www.rit.edu/~easi/workshops.html Norman Coombs EASI-SEm provides current information on making science, math and engineering more accessible to persons with disabilities. The workshop discusses the unique barriers to SEM disciplines and also describes both simple access solutions and new technologies for accessing math and tactile graphics. The course development was funded by a National Science Foundation grant and includes videotapes and manuals developed for the project. The course facilitator is Carmela Cunningham, This three-week course will begin on September 30. Other workshops will be offered during the academic year 1996-97. The registration is $95 for the course plus $75 for the three videotapes. For more information or to register, send e-mail to: Carmela Cunningham or phone (714) 830-0301