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Center for Inclusive Design and Innovation

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Ball Targeting System with Positive Feedback

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010-09-09)

Instructions for making a portable variable impact ball targeting system with light and audio feedback.
Wiimote Modification for Persons with Disabilities

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010-09-09)

This instructable will show you how to rewire the button of the Wiimote to bigger buttons so that persons with disabilities will be able to efficiently use the Wiimote by not having to press the small buttons on the Wiimote. The buttons that will be rewired will be the A button, B button, the directional pad (up, down, left, right), and the Home button.
Bottle Feeding of Low Facial Muscle Tone Infants

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010-09-09)

Instructions for making a device to hold bottle to feeding hand.
Instructions on Completing Mock-Up of Spring-Loaded Design for Lift/Lower of Center-Mounted Footrests on Power Wheel Chairs

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009-04-14)

Center-mounted footrests lift to be stowed beneath the seat well, and lower to be deployed. A mechanism for independent operation of footrest stowage and deployment is not included in market power wheel chairs, and PWC users have expressed the need for such a mechanism. My group research at Georgia Tech has aimed to design a solution that permits wheelchair users to independently lift and lower a center-mounted footplate during transferring processes. The mock-up is constructed to showcase the mechanism by which the track slide design works to lift and lower the power wheelchair center-mounted footrest.
Instructions on Completing Mock-Up of Track Slide Design for Lift/Lower of Center-Mounted Footrests on Power Wheel Chairs

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009-04-13)

Center-mounted footrests lift to be stowed beneath the seat well, and lower to be deployed. A mechanism for independent operation of footrest stowage and deployment is not included in market power wheel chairs, and PWC users have expressed the need for such a mechanism. We aim to design a solution that permits wheelchair users to independently lift and lower a center-mounted footplate during transferring processes.
Accessible Calculators

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004-03)

Calculators are one of the most commonly required tools at home, school and work, however, people with disabilities may have difficulty using standard calculators. Buttons on most calculators are smooth, and offer few or no tactile clues to allow a person with a visual impairment to orient him or herself to the keypad. People with visual impairments may not be able to see the appropriate buttons. Modern calculators generally have an LCD output screen, but these are often difficult to see as character size is generally small, and the contrast between the numerals and background is low. People with mobility impairments or tremor are often unable to touch individual buttons accurately on compact calculators with small buttons. Calculators may perform basic calculations or be suitable for statistical, scientific, or financial calculations. Scientific calculators compute logarithms, sine, cosine, tangent, pi, square root, and exponents. Algebraic calculators and graphing calculators can simplify algebraic expressions; differentiate, integrate, and plot functions; solve equations; and manipulate matrices. Statistical calculators compute statistical equations, including means, variances, covariance, and correlation and regression coefficients. Financial calculators compute present value and internal-rate-of-return, depreciation, and schedules such as amortization and future value. Use requirements vary from simple direct keystroke calculation to complex multi-keystroke combinations. Calculators are available with features that range from simple to complex, and which are offered in a variety of combinations. Features include adjustable angle display, large numbers, large buttons, printing capability in black or color and speech output in a range of voices. The products described in this article are only a few of the many calculators available on the market today. The companies listed may also make or distribute other calculators that could not be included due to space limitations. Contact individual companies for more information.
Describing Graphic Files for Students with Visual Impairments

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004)

Graphic files are very commonly used in online distance education, whether as clip art in a Microsoft Word document, a chart in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, or as an illustration in an HTML document. Providing a text alternative for these graphic files provides students with visual impairments with an opportunity to have the same level of information as other students accessing these files. However, in preparing files with graphical information, instructors should strive to provide the appropriate amount of alternative information to accommodate students with disabilities. Providing too much information can cause a student to bog down in unnecessary details. Providing too little information can cause a student to miss important details. The goal should be to provide descriptions that are short, to the point, but that convey the same information that a student without a disability would have. Instructors can also choose to provide both short and long descriptions of graphic images. Long description links can be used in HTML files to provide information about complex images.
What Methods Can Faculty Members Use to Post Accessible Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations to Online Distance Education Courses?

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004)

Microsoft PowerPoint has been referred to as the "killer application" for online distance education. There are five primary ways that an instructor can post a PowerPoint presentation to a distance education platform, as follows: (1) Post the PowerPoint presentation "as is" in PowerPoint (PPT) format. (2) Utilize the "Save as HTML" feature built into PowerPoint. (3) Save the PowerPoint presentation as Rich Text Format (RTF) file. (4) Use a 3rd party tool to facilitate the conversion from an existing PowerPoint presentation. (5) Manually create "from scratch" a native HTML document. Each of these methods has pluses and minuses in terms of accessibility, usability, and ease of use.
Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004)

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are an increasingly common way for website developers to control the look and feel of their web pages. A style sheet allows the website developer to specify the size, font and color of text for an entire website without having to code the information in each page. Style sheets separate the style (or look and feel) of the document from the structure (or the content and ordering of information). CSS is a powerful way for content developers to preserve the desired fonts, colors, and text sizes of HTML documents. However, students with disabilities can also benefit from sites designed using CSS. Individual users can choose to apply their own style sheets to documents, overriding any other style sheets. For example, a person with low vision could modify every CSS-enabled website to display text in yellow on a black background, if those colors enable her to read the text. However, be aware that CSS does not solve all accessibility problems. In fact, both the WC3 and Section 508 accessibility guidelines stipulate that, for a page to be accessible, the content must be easily understood with the style sheets turned off (i.e. if the user is utilizing an earlier Web browser that doesn't support style sheets, such as Lynx).
Making Adobe PDF Files Accessible for Students with Disabilities

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004)

Adobe PDF files, or Portable Document Format files, are popular in distance learning because they provide a cross-platform solution for presenting content, including words, images, tables, and forms. Adobe provides its Acrobat Reader software, which allows users to view PDF files, as a free download (http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html). This has made PDF files popular enough to be commonplace on the web. PDF provides content developers with the assurance that their document will have a consistent look and feel, regardless of the operating system.