WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:10.960 --> 00:00:12.200 Hello my name is Cameron 00:00:12.200 --> 00:00:16.590 and I have a disability called cerebral palsy. 00:00:16.590 --> 00:00:18.790 It affects me because 00:00:18.790 --> 00:00:22.940 my legs aren't able to work as well as others' and it's not as efficient. 00:00:23.100 --> 00:00:27.400 In the course of my day as a student, I use technology such as Dragon. 00:00:27.410 --> 00:00:32.640 And Dragon is basically a speech input system that will 00:00:32.640 --> 00:00:35.410 write for me as I speak into it 00:00:35.410 --> 00:00:38.269 and that helps me become more efficient. 00:00:38.269 --> 00:00:41.059 This is an example of how I use Dragon. 00:00:41.059 --> 00:00:46.210 R-E-M sleep 00:00:46.210 --> 00:00:50.909 is when the body goes through multiple stages. 00:00:50.909 --> 00:00:53.500 R-E-M sleep 00:00:53.500 --> 00:00:55.290 has four stages. 00:00:56.420 --> 00:01:01.460 Hello. My name is Blake. 00:01:01.540 --> 00:01:06.940 I graduated from the University of Washington Tacoma 00:01:06.940 --> 00:01:11.100 with a Bachelor of Arts in urban studies. 00:01:11.100 --> 00:01:13.860 I have cerebral palsy 00:01:13.860 --> 00:01:18.890 which means I cannot take notes very quickly. 00:01:18.890 --> 00:01:26.840 For me, quality education includes access to instructors' presentations, 00:01:26.840 --> 00:01:29.460 notes or outlines of the lectures 00:01:29.460 --> 00:01:36.950 so that I have high-quality notes from class lectures and discussions. 00:01:36.950 --> 00:01:39.980 In college, I used this Dynavox 00:01:39.980 --> 00:01:45.150 to communicate with my peers and professors. 00:01:45.150 --> 00:01:50.050 I used word predictive software called Co:Writer 00:01:50.050 --> 00:01:55.790 to speed up my typing on assignments and papers. 00:01:55.790 --> 00:02:00.460 Co:Writer predicts words in a window as one is typing. 00:02:01.660 --> 00:02:04.040 My name is Teresa. I'm a high school student 00:02:04.040 --> 00:02:06.400 and after high school I plan on attending college 00:02:06.400 --> 00:02:10.720 and majoring in psychology and I was born without arms. 00:02:10.720 --> 00:02:13.110 I use a Bluetooth keyboard and a Bluetooth mouse 00:02:13.110 --> 00:02:16.870 so that I have full accessibility and I'm able to write down notes 00:02:16.870 --> 00:02:18.780 and catch everything that I need to catch 00:02:18.780 --> 00:02:21.660 in a more efficient way. 00:02:21.660 --> 00:02:24.170 Without my arms I have the keyboard and mouse on the floor 00:02:24.170 --> 00:02:28.750 and then the monitor is just sitting on my table in the classroom. 00:02:28.750 --> 00:02:32.700 When I'm typing notes I can usually type pretty fast 00:02:32.700 --> 00:02:34.220 just because of adrenaline 00:02:34.220 --> 00:02:38.920 but I'm not fast, as fast as someone with arms. 00:02:39.960 --> 00:02:43.260 Hi, my name is K and I'm a congenital amputee, 00:02:43.260 --> 00:02:46.480 meaning that I was born with some of my limbs missing. 00:02:47.010 --> 00:02:50.620 For hardware I use a Surface Pro 3 00:02:50.630 --> 00:02:53.700 and I really like it  because it's super lightweight. 00:02:53.700 --> 00:02:58.069 That was one of my biggest struggles when trying to find a computer to use 00:02:58.069 --> 00:03:01.710 was that I couldn't lift a lot of laptops that were out. 00:03:01.710 --> 00:03:04.180 I also love that the Surface is a touchscreen 00:03:04.180 --> 00:03:06.440 which is also really helpful for me because 00:03:06.440 --> 00:03:09.270 sometimes it's a little much for me to pull out a mouse to use something 00:03:09.270 --> 00:03:13.000 so I can just quickly tap on the screen and it works wonders. 00:03:13.000 --> 00:03:15.630 I use my iPhone for a lot of things. 00:03:15.630 --> 00:03:20.010 I intentionally got the Plus model of the iPhone 00:03:20.010 --> 00:03:22.930 so it was larger because I knew I would want to do a lot of 00:03:22.930 --> 00:03:26.830 PDF reading on my phone. 00:03:26.830 --> 00:03:29.300 I use a tiny mouse on top of that. 00:03:29.300 --> 00:03:33.230 So many people have a mouse that they like to use with their computer 00:03:33.230 --> 00:03:37.459 but all the ones I use are smaller because my hand is smaller. 00:03:37.459 --> 00:03:39.650 So it's way easier for me to use a tinier mouse 00:03:39.650 --> 00:03:41.900 that are usually the travel size mice 00:03:41.900 --> 00:03:45.160 because it just fits my hand better. 00:03:45.160 --> 00:03:46.380 As for software, 00:03:46.390 --> 00:03:48.879 the two main things that I use 00:03:48.879 --> 00:03:50.530 that are not already built into a device, 00:03:50.530 --> 00:03:53.319 because I use many of the built-in features of the iPhone, 00:03:53.319 --> 00:03:57.420 but I use Sonocent which is a note-taking software 00:03:57.420 --> 00:04:04.650 that allows you to sync audio files of the professor or lecturer giving a presentation 00:04:04.650 --> 00:04:06.660 to slides if they give you slides 00:04:06.660 --> 00:04:12.360 as well as syncing it to notes that you might type during the presentation. 00:04:12.360 --> 00:04:14.510 Wake up. 00:04:14.510 --> 00:04:16.199 Hi comma 00:04:16.199 --> 00:04:20.759 my name is K and I’m a senior at the University of Washington period. 00:04:20.759 --> 00:04:24.280 I use Dragon Naturally Speaking quite a lot as well. 00:04:24.280 --> 00:04:27.069 It's really helpful for me whenever I have to write long papers 00:04:27.069 --> 00:04:30.439 and sometimes I do it even just for quick emails. 00:04:30.439 --> 00:04:34.169 But also because of my wrist not being super strong 00:04:34.169 --> 00:04:36.229 while I can type and actually type rather quickly 00:04:36.229 --> 00:04:38.849 if I have to do it for any long period of time 00:04:38.849 --> 00:04:41.699 I will really start to hurt my wrist. 00:04:41.699 --> 00:04:45.069 Many hardware items have a lot of built in features. 00:04:45.069 --> 00:04:49.659 I use a lot of built-in features on the iPhone for example. 00:04:49.659 --> 00:04:52.710 One of my go-to things is the AssistiveTouch. 00:04:52.710 --> 00:04:56.229 It kind of brings a little onscreen button 00:04:56.229 --> 00:04:58.710 that you can position wherever you want it 00:04:58.710 --> 00:05:01.620 and you can set that button to  do a bunch of different things. 00:05:01.620 --> 00:05:04.319 Right now I have it where if I do a long hard push 00:05:04.319 --> 00:05:06.479 it automatically locks my phone. 00:05:06.479 --> 00:05:09.219 I also have it set so I can make it  take screenshots for me 00:05:09.219 --> 00:05:12.180 because a screenshot you have to hold down the home button and the lock button 00:05:12.180 --> 00:05:14.949 at the same time which is a little hard with one hand, 00:05:14.949 --> 00:05:17.599 especially when you only have two-and-a-half fingers. 00:05:17.600 --> 00:05:19.749 So I really enjoy that feature as well. 00:05:20.240 --> 00:05:22.780 Using technology, it changes every year 00:05:22.780 --> 00:05:24.569 because I don't know how I'm going to be next year 00:05:24.569 --> 00:05:27.009 I mean, a lot of things can happen because 00:05:27.009 --> 00:05:28.439 my disease is progressive. 00:05:28.439 --> 00:05:30.580 I might be using something new next year. 00:05:30.580 --> 00:05:34.599 At the moment mainly accommodations are just like 00:05:34.599 --> 00:05:36.180 for notes I don't have to write. 00:05:36.180 --> 00:05:39.589 My teacher will just give me a copy of the PowerPoint or something 00:05:39.589 --> 00:05:41.160 and I'll just add a little minor things to it. 00:05:41.820 --> 00:05:52.920 My name is Jon. I have cerebral palsy. 00:05:53.060 --> 00:06:09.760 I use a computer that is calibrated to my eyes. 00:06:10.140 --> 00:06:20.860 So whatever I look at it will type. 00:06:21.500 --> 00:06:36.180 Before I would have to tell somebody what to write down 00:06:36.500 --> 00:06:44.760 and now I can do it all. 00:06:49.460 --> 00:06:51.499 My name is Sheryl Burgstahler 00:06:51.499 --> 00:06:53.869 and I direct Accessible Technology Services 00:06:53.869 --> 00:06:57.530 at the University of Washington in Seattle. 00:06:57.530 --> 00:06:59.629 As you can see, it’s really important 00:06:59.629 --> 00:07:03.649 that people with disabilities have access to the technology that they need 00:07:03.649 --> 00:07:06.349 including assistive technology 00:07:06.349 --> 00:07:10.059 so they can be successful in education, in careers, 00:07:10.059 --> 00:07:12.710 and all the activities that they wish to pursue. 00:07:12.710 --> 00:07:17.020 It’s also important that IT developers 00:07:17.020 --> 00:07:23.409 including those that create websites, documents, software and other IT 00:07:23.409 --> 00:07:27.969 make those products accessible to people who are using assistive technology 00:07:27.969 --> 00:07:29.840 and to everyone else.