Q&As

Are funds available specifically for captioning? [1]
Are postsecondary institutions required to purchase adaptive software for a specific course if only one student needs it? [2]
Are some fonts more accessible than others? [3]
Are there any web-based tutorials on web accessibility? [4]
Are there electronic mentoring programs for students with disabilities? [5]
Are there fume hoods that are accessible to people with mobility impairments? [6]
Are there scientific and graphing calculators that can be used by students who are blind? [7]
Are there screen readers that can read math equations? [8]
Are there standards or guidelines for providing audio description? [9]
Are there standards or guidelines for providing captions? [10]
Are there voice recognition programs students can use to do math? [11]
Are there web browsers that have been developed specifically for use by people with disabilities? [12]
Are touch screens accessible? [13]
Can a person with a hearing impairment use a stethoscope? [14]
Can all television sets display closed captions? [15]
Can captions be generated automatically using speech recognition? [16]
Can I borrow captioned media for free? [17]
Can I make accessible web pages using a web authoring tool such as Dreamweaver? [18]
Can impairments that are episodic or in remission be considered disabilities? [19]
Can the information contained in graphs, charts, drawings, and three-dimensional models be made accessible to students with disabilities? [20]
Do TTY, TDD, and TT mean the same thing? [21]
Does the provision of accommodations guarantee student success? [22]
Does the website developed by a professor for a particular course at a university or college have to meet accessibility standards? [23]
How accessible are Microsoft Word documents? [24]
How are the terms "dwarf," "little person," and "person of short stature" commonly used? [25]
How are the terms deaf, deafened, hard of hearing, and hearing impaired typically used? [26]
How are the terms low vision, visually impaired, and blind defined? [27]
How can a biomedical lab be made accessible to people with disabilities? [28]
How can a student who is blind navigate in an unfamiliar area to do fieldwork? [29]
How can data tables be made accessible? [30]
How can I accommodate students with low vision? [31]
How can I better understand what it’s like to have a learning disability? [32]
How can I create a conference poster that is accessible to people with disabilities? [33]
How can I create math and science documents that are accessible to students with visual impairments? [34]
How can I ensure that a student who is deaf can access the content in my podcasts? [35]
How can I get started in making my distance learning course accessible to all students? [36]
How can I help a student record and analyze data in a science lab? [37]
How can I help a student who is blind or has low vision make measurements in a science lab? [38]
How can I help students who need accommodations but refuse to use them? [39]
How can I include people with disabilities in the broader impacts statement of my NSF grant proposal? [40]
How can I integrate disability-related topics into the classes that I teach? [41]
How can I test my website for accessibility? [42]
How can instructors make courses more accessible to students who are deaf or hard of hearing? [43]
How can interns and employees with disabilities serve to enrich a company? [44]
How can makerspaces be made more accessible to users with disabilities? [45]
How can my educational entity deliver accessible webcasts? [46]
How can Office for Civil Rights resolutions help guide campuses in making information technology accessible? [47]
How can people who are blind access video and multimedia products? [48]
How can people who are blind operate computers? [49]
How can people who are deaf access video and multimedia products? [50]
How can people who have low vision operate a computer? [51]
How can people with mobility impairments operate computers? [52]
How can programming be made more accessible to people with disabilities? [53]
How can service animals be safely included in lab classes? [54]
How can STEM academic departments be more accessible to and inclusive of faculty with disabilities? [55]
How can students with disabilities arrange for accommodations in an online course? [56]
How can universal design be applied in educational settings? [57]
How can universal design be applied to instruction? [58]
How can universal design, disability, and accessibility topics be integrated into the engineering curriculum? [59]
How can you include individuals with disabilities in broadening participation activities for other underrepresented groups? [60]
How can you introduce accessibility topics in engineering courses? [61]
How can you make your presentation accessible? [62]
How can you prepare engineering students to work with people with disabilities? [63]
How do I best communicate text and graphics I write on the board or present in PowerPoint during lectures to a student who is blind? [64]
How do I make my online PowerPoint presentation accessible? [65]
How do I make websites accessible? [66]
How do I navigate around Microsoft Windows using only a keyboard? [67]
How do I turn on captions and audio description in my media player? [68]
How does accessible web design benefit all web users? [69]
How does my choice and use of color affect the accessibility of my website? [70]
How does unintended or unconscious bias affect students with disabilities? [71]
How can workplaces be more inclusive of colleagues who are deaf or hard of hearing? [72]
Is Google Apps Accessible? [73]
Is it appropriate for me to ask a postsecondary student what type of disability he has? [74]
Is it better to caption or transcribe educational multimedia? [75]
Is it legal to copy material that is copyrighted in order to make the print accessible to low-vision or blind patrons? [76]
Is PDF accessible? [77]
Is the information regarding a student's disability and her need for academic accommodations confidential? [78]
Is there a way to add captions to a video that is already published? [79]
May I fail a student with a disability? [80]
What access challenges might visitors to a web page experience? [81]
What accessibility features are available within the Macintosh operating system? [82]
What accessibility features are provided with the Windows operating system? [83]
What affects the self-efficacy of postsecondary students with disabilities in STEM fields? [84]
What alternative pointing systems are available for someone who cannot use a mouse? [85]
What are "mitigating measures" with respect to a disability? [86]
What are cochlear implants, how do they work, and who typically gets them? [87]
What are examples of accommodations in science laboratories? [88]
What are examples of psychiatric diagnoses? [89]
What are key issues for increasing the successful participation of individuals with disabilities in STEM fields? [90]
What are language preferences regarding autism? [91]
What are relay services, and how do I access them? [92]
What are some examples of online simulations for science labs? [93]
What are some guidelines for creating attractive and functional open or closed captions? [94]
What are some hints for communicating with individuals who have disabilities? [95]
What are some of the functional limitations related to mental illness? [96]
What are specific computer applications that can assist students with learning disabilities? [97]
What are specific types of learning disabilities? [98]
What are speech-to-text services? [99]
What are strategies for recruiting students with disabilities to STEM fields? [100]
What are tactile graphics? [101]
What are the benefits of universal design of a distance learning course for students without disabilities? [102]
What are the options for someone who cannot operate a standard keyboard? [103]
What are typical accommodations for students who are deaf or hard of hearing? [104]
What are typical accommodations for students with blindness? [105]
What are typical accommodations for students with health impairments? [106]
What are typical accommodations for students with learning disabilities? [107]
What are typical accommodations for students with low vision? [108]
What are typical accommodations for students with mobility impairments? [109]
What are typical challenges and accommodations for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder? [110]
What can companies do to support employees with disabilities? [111]
What can conferences do to be more accessible to participants with disabilities? [112]
What challenges do individuals with speech impairments face in operating computers? [113]
What challenges do people with disabilities face in accessing standard consumer products? [114]
What considerations should be made in order to develop accessible web-based distance learning courses? [115]
What constitutes good alt text? [116]
What does word prediction software do? [117]
What federal laws in the U.S. protect the rights of people with disabilities? [118]
What if a student with a disability disrupts my college class? [119]
What is "intersectionality" in the context of working with students who have disabilities? [120]
What is a "qualified student with a disability"? [121]
What is a "qualified" individual with a disability? [122]
What is a mental illness? [123]
What is a mobility impairment? [124]
What is a physical or mental impairment? [125]
What is a reading system? [126]
What is a refreshable Braille display? [127]
What is a speech impairment? [128]
What is a traumatic brain injury? [129]
What is a virtual keyboard? [130]
What is Asperger's Disorder? [131]
What is assistive technology? [132]
What is audio description? [133]
What is Autism? [134]
What is braille translation software? [135]
What is ClassAct? [136]
What is computer-based speech recognition? [137]
What is Cyberlearning? [138]
What is DotsPlus Braille? [139]
What is Entry Point? [140]
What is InftyReader? [141]
What is Nemeth Code? [142]
What is NIMAS? [143]
What is real-time captioning? [144]
What is sensorimotor neural engineering and how does the field benefit people with disabilities? [145]
What is sign language? [146]
What is the Access Board? [147]
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act? [148]
What is the difference between accessible, usable, and universal design? [149]
What is the difference between open and closed captioning? [150]
What is the National Center on Accessible Educational Materials? [151]
What is the National Instructional Materials Access Center (NIMAC)? [152]
What is the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)? [153]
What is the Quorum programming language? [154]
What is the Rehabilitation Act of 1973? [155]
What is the United States Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and what do they do? [156]
What is the World Institute on Disability (WID)? [157]
What is universal design? [158]
What is video remote interpreting? [159]
What lab safety issues need to be considered when working with a student who is deaf? [160]
What lab safety issues need to be considered when working with a student with a mobility impairment? [161]
What lab safety issues need to be considered when working with a student with a visual impairment? [162]
What language should I use to talk about people with disabilities? [163]
What legal issues are associated with access to video products for students with sensory impairments? [164]
What proportion of postsecondary students have disabilities? [165]
What statement can I put on my syllabus for students with disabilities? [166]
What steps can be taken to promote more accessible and inclusive hiring? [167]
What strategies can be used to accommodate students who are authorized to receive extra time on assignments or tests in lab courses? [168]
What strategies can disability and information technology (IT) professionals implement to encourage accessibility of webpages, videos, and documents on their campuses? [169]
What strategies used to recruit other underrepresented groups could be repurposed for use in recruiting students with disabilities to your program, institution, or department? [170]
What technology can be helpful for teaching students with invisible disabilities? [171]
What U.S. federal legislation protects the rights of students with disabilities? [172]
What web-based resources tell how to make STEM accessible to people with disabilities? [173]
Where can I find a glossary of disability-related terms? [174]
Where can I find a list of publisher contacts to request electronic text formats? [175]
Where can I find examples of engineering senior design projects that help individuals with disabilities? [176]
Where can I find information about the current state and future of cyberlearning? [177]
Where can I find interns and employees with disabilities? [178]
Where can I find online resources for learning about accessible information technology? [179]
Where can I find projects that promote the participation of students with disabilities in STEM? [180]
Where can I find resources about legal, social, and political issues related to disability? [181]
Where can I find resources related to brain injuries? [182]
Where can I find resources related to health impairments? [183]
Where can I find resources related to hearing impairments? [184]
Where can I find resources related to learning disabilities and Attention-Deficit Disorder? [185]
Where can I find resources related to mobility impairments? [186]
Where can I find resources related to visual impairments? [187]
Where can I find statistics about education and career attainment for individuals with disabilities? [188]
Where can I find tips on making math accessible to students with disabilities? [189]
Where can I find training materials for making science, technology, engineering, and mathematics instruction accessible? [190]
Where can I find vendors who provide captioning services? [191]
Where can I learn about sign language for STEM fields? [192]
Where can I locate statistical data answering questions about students with disabilities and educational services? [193]
Which set of web accessibility standards or guidelines should I comply with? [194]
Which web browsers are most accessible? [195]
Who benefits from captions on videos? [196]
Who is a "person with a disability?" [197]
Who is responsible for providing accommodations for student interns? [198]
Who is the Foundation for Science and Disability? [199]
Who offers training on assistive technology and the design of accessible technology? [200]
Whom should I contact in my state if I have a question about assistive technology? [201]
Why is data on people with disabilities in science and engineering scarce? [202]
Why is it important to integrate disability, accessibility, and universal design content into engineering courses? [203]
Why should students with disabilities participate in work-based learning? [204]