Sue Ordinetz, has prepared two tip sheets featuring apps that may be helpful to college students with and without disabilities.
Ms. Ordinetz is an Adjunct Professor – Occupational Therapy at American International College.
Apps for Higher Ed Android Apps
In her years of working with students, Elizabeth Hamblet has found that many students are resistant to trying strategies that can help them turn things around. She has found an unlikely ally in Dr. Phil McGraw.
Dr. Phil has some quirky, witty chestnuts that Elizabeth has used as a way to get students to get past their resistance and embrace change.
Dr. Phil – Unlikely Sage for College Students
Elizabeth C. Hamblet is a learning specialist at Columbia University and a contributing writer for Disability Compliance for Higher Education. She is also a consultant and a presenter at local and national conferences.
Disability rights advocates and book publishers are pushing for federal regulations to ensure higher education technology is accessible to tens of thousands of students with visual impairments.
According to a 2011 AIM Report on the accessibility and inaccessibility of instructional material, approximately 2.1 million American students have some kind of disability, including about 63,000 with visual impairments. Continue reading “Legislation Sought to Ensure Higher Education Techonology is Accessible to Visually Impaired College Students”
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