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The DCP offers a variety of services to students, faculty and
staff at UCLA with temporary or permanent disabilities. Give
us a call at 310-206-7133 for any disability and technology
related question. (Note: "staff" includes teaching and
research assistants.)
In partnership with the Office for Students with
Disabilities, the DCP will assess your technology needs and
create a custom strategy for the use of adaptive technologies that
will maximize your productivity. This includes:
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evaluation of functional limitations,
assessment of tasks to be performed, and recommendation of
appropriate technological strategies
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training in the use of technologies such
as voice recognition, large screen software and displays, voice
synthesis, Braille screen displays, and printers
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providing a loaner pool of equipment for
individuals to learn and evaluate such technology prior to
making purchasing decisions
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providing loaner equipment for people who
have temporary disabilities or who need the use of certain
equipment on a short-term basis
The DCP works with OSD on several joint projects, including
conversion of course material into alternate formats.
Requests are accepted from staff, students, and faculty either for
their own use or for the use of students in their classes.
Please contact Patrick Burke for a Brailling
schedule. Alternate formats include:
- Braille print
- computer files for voice output
- computer files for text output
- enlarged type
The Americans with Disabilities Act mandates that all campus
facilities be accessible to all students. DCP staff members
can work with you to:
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help design an accessible lab layout and
floor plan
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make recommendations on furniture,
including adjustable height tables and appropriate seating
accommodations
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make recommendations on accessible
hardware and software
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train lab and departmental staff on using
accessible hardware and software so they can work with
students
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help train students to use
discipline-specific software with adaptive tools
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troubleshoot technical problems that occur
when adaptive software is used in a mainstream
lab
Individuals with disabilities must have the same access to
education and information that every other person has. While
the web has created tremendous potential for access to information
by individuals with disabilities, certain graphics, tables and
other web features make web pages unusable by some people with
vision impairments, learning disabilities and hearing impairments. To
ensure that a web site is usable by everyone, careful thought
about accessibility issues is necessary. The DCP will:
- track new access guidelines, mandates, and their
implications, and make the information available to the
campus
- inform campus web publishers of web
accessibility standards
-
provide detailed, written accessibility
evaluations on existing web sites
-
work with campus web publishers to correct
accessibility problems on their existing sites
-
work with campus web publishers who are
creating new web sites to ensure their accessibility is built
in
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provide suggestions on how to maximize the
accessibility of web sites while ensuring that the site
meets all of your other goals
Please contact Patrick
Burke with questions or to arrange for an accessibility
evaluation.
DCP staff can help students, faculty and staff identify
appropriate equipment to best meet their needs and can make
purchasing recommendations. The DCP will:
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work with the ADA/504 Compliance
Office to assist departments in the purchase of
adaptive computer equipment for faculty and staff through the
Reasonable Accommodation Fund
-
help individuals evaluate various types of
equipment and write letters to funding organizations
recommending support for certain
purchases
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