WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:09.980 --> 00:00:11.440 My name is Shelby. 00:00:11.450 --> 00:00:14.150 This is my senior year at the University of Washington. 00:00:14.150 --> 00:00:16.770 I have dyslexia/dysgraphia 00:00:16.770 --> 00:00:19.430 and I was diagnosed at the age of seven so 00:00:19.430 --> 00:00:22.880 I've always had a challenge with it but I've learned to overcome it, 00:00:22.880 --> 00:00:24.680 I think every year. 00:00:24.680 --> 00:00:26.349 I think one of the main challenges is when 00:00:26.349 --> 00:00:28.570 there is a lot of reading involved. 00:00:28.570 --> 00:00:30.550 Right now, for my Econ class 00:00:30.550 --> 00:00:35.820 I already have a pretty thick textbook along with some other side readings so 00:00:35.820 --> 00:00:38.490 having to get through the material in, say like, 00:00:38.490 --> 00:00:41.680 you know, in a day or two when it's more than 100 chapters 00:00:41.680 --> 00:00:43.270 is a huge challenge for me. 00:00:43.270 --> 00:00:47.780 So that's also where I would definitely use some of my 00:00:47.780 --> 00:00:49.920 text to speech capabilities. 00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:53.420 [Computer reads something in another language] 00:00:53.420 --> 00:00:56.710 There’s accessibility software so it allows me to highlight text 00:00:56.710 --> 00:00:58.090 and then it will read it out loud. 00:00:58.090 --> 00:01:02.220 And then I also use another program called NaturalReader. 00:01:02.220 --> 00:01:05.180 And that also pretty much serves the same function. 00:01:05.180 --> 00:01:07.259 But the cool thing about NaturalReader 00:01:07.259 --> 00:01:10.000 is it actually shows you like where it's reading. 00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:11.700 > ...through technology and education. 00:01:11.700 --> 00:01:15.060 It promotes awareness and accessibility in both the classroom and the workplace… 00:01:15.060 --> 00:01:16.610 It definitely allows it to sink in. 00:01:16.610 --> 00:01:19.060 Sometimes when I'm reading it alone, 00:01:19.060 --> 00:01:22.080 I just need to hear it the first time then I can go back 00:01:22.080 --> 00:01:24.440 and then I actually hear, “Oh this is the concept, 00:01:24.440 --> 00:01:26.820 this is something important that we're talking about.” 00:01:26.820 --> 00:01:31.780 Because when I'm just reading it myself it takes me a lot longer, I get lost in the text 00:01:31.780 --> 00:01:34.350 I have trouble paying attention. 00:01:34.350 --> 00:01:38.760 So it really does help and it makes it so that I can complete the task at hand. 00:01:38.760 --> 00:01:43.120 It makes me feel good because at the end of the day I'm still able to complete the task 00:01:43.120 --> 00:01:44.900 versus staying up all night. 00:01:44.900 --> 00:01:48.560 There's been nights when I've stayed up till five in the morning just trying to grasp 00:01:48.560 --> 00:01:49.560 what the reading 00:01:49.560 --> 00:01:51.530 so that I would be prepared to be able to talk about it 00:01:51.530 --> 00:01:54.680 or at least say, "I read this but I didn't understand this," 00:01:54.680 --> 00:01:56.280 and then create a discussion out of that. 00:01:57.520 --> 00:02:00.860 Hello I'm Matthew. I have ADD. 00:02:01.020 --> 00:02:05.810 I have mild ASD and I've been diagnosed with mild Aspberger’s. 00:02:05.810 --> 00:02:07.380 I use Co:Writer. 00:02:07.380 --> 00:02:09.170 It's a word prediction program. 00:02:09.170 --> 00:02:11.069 There's six words you can choose from 00:02:11.069 --> 00:02:13.989 by hitting the number key it's the word you select out. 00:02:13.989 --> 00:02:18.019 I would use it mostly in my classes for like very important papers 00:02:18.019 --> 00:02:21.580 where I definitely would need to get the grammar correctly. 00:02:21.580 --> 00:02:24.900 Or the words correctly as well depending because 00:02:24.900 --> 00:02:27.440 I struggle with spelling at times. 00:02:29.740 --> 00:02:31.980 I am Jayda. 00:02:31.980 --> 00:02:36.669 My disability is ADD and dyslexia 00:02:36.669 --> 00:02:44.989 so with ADD I have a hard time sitting still for a long period of time. 00:02:44.989 --> 00:02:46.739 I use a document scanner. 00:02:46.739 --> 00:02:49.200 The scanner helps me 00:02:49.200 --> 00:02:55.659 by actually reading the content that is on a book 00:02:55.659 --> 00:03:00.650 instead of having, read it by yourself. 00:03:00.650 --> 00:03:04.879 So with the scanner you set it up and then 00:03:04.879 --> 00:03:09.019 you launch the program that is in the computer 00:03:09.019 --> 00:03:16.650 and then you can highlight or have it read to you. 00:03:16.650 --> 00:03:21.719 Even though I’ll study them and study them and study 00:03:21.719 --> 00:03:25.680 I tend to forget. 00:03:25.680 --> 00:03:30.599 This will help me by making it easier so that 00:03:30.599 --> 00:03:36.719 I can have the digital copy of it on the computer 00:03:36.719 --> 00:03:41.449 and have it read to me and then I can start writing notes 00:03:41.449 --> 00:03:44.989 along with it as it's reading it to me. 00:03:44.989 --> 00:03:49.730 Just depending on your disability it really like depends on how you learn. 00:03:49.730 --> 00:03:55.480 I'm still definitely trying to learn about my disability a little bit more too. 00:03:56.420 --> 00:03:57.939 My name is Damon. 00:03:57.939 --> 00:04:00.439 I am currently a senior here at the University of Washington. 00:04:00.439 --> 00:04:02.949 I'm studying American Indian Studies and Anthropology. 00:04:02.949 --> 00:04:07.349 And I have ADD and dyslexia. 00:04:07.349 --> 00:04:09.709 For me for example, since I have ADD and dyslexia, 00:04:09.709 --> 00:04:13.230 I need more time to do either read 00:04:13.230 --> 00:04:20.160 the texts that were assigned or take more time writing out the essays that we’re given. 00:04:20.160 --> 00:04:21.830 Being able to use computers as well, 00:04:21.830 --> 00:04:25.260 having that accessibility is really helpful whether it's in class 00:04:25.260 --> 00:04:29.410 or whether it's during a test or a quiz that we're having. 00:04:29.410 --> 00:04:33.570 Especially if the test is an essay based test it's really 00:04:33.570 --> 00:04:37.080 difficult to write it down and not have a spell checker. 00:04:42.480 --> 00:04:44.000 My name is Sheryl Burgstahler 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:46.370 and I direct Accessible Technology Services 00:04:46.370 --> 00:04:50.030 at the University of Washington in Seattle. 00:04:50.030 --> 00:04:52.090 As you can see, it’s really important 00:04:52.090 --> 00:04:55.960 that people with disabilities have access to the technology that they need 00:04:55.960 --> 00:04:58.850 including assistive technology 00:04:58.850 --> 00:05:02.550 so they can be successful in education, in careers, 00:05:02.550 --> 00:05:05.210 and all the activities that they wish to pursue. 00:05:05.210 --> 00:05:09.200 It’s also important that IT developers 00:05:09.200 --> 00:05:16.030 including those that create websites, documents, software and other IT 00:05:16.030 --> 00:05:18.220 make those products accessible to people 00:05:18.220 --> 00:05:22.240 who are using assistive technology and to everyone else.