Computer Use for Students with Disabilities

There are many universal design features that are accessible on computers for students with disabilities.  Students that have physical disabilities, vision impairments or blindness, and hearing impairments or deafness are able to have adaptions to computers used to help accommodate their individual disabilities.

For students that have physical disabilities there are different keyboard modifications and mouse control options that can be used:

·       Stickykeys

·       Slow Keys

·       Mousekeys

For students that are hard of hearing or are deaf there are:

·       Beeps, tones, and voice messages that can be replaced with visual signals, icons, or captions.

For students that have visual impairments or are blind there are:

·       High-contrast color scheme

·       Screen magnification

 

 

·       Enlarge the mouse pointer

·       Voiced feedback – reading everything on the screen