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>> Cameron: Hello my name is Cameron

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and I have a disability
called cerebral palsy.

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It affects me because

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my legs aren't able to work as well
as others' and it's not as efficient.

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In the course of my day as a student,
I use technology such as Dragon.

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And Dragon is basically a
speech input system that will

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write for me as
I speak into it

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and that helps me
become more efficient.

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This is an example
of how I use Dragon.

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R-E-M sleep

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is when the body goes
through multiple stages.

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R-E-M sleep

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has four stages.

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>> Blake: Hello. 
My name is Blake.

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I graduated from the
University of Washington Tacoma

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with a Bachelor of Arts
in urban studies.

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I have cerebral palsy

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which means I cannot
take notes very quickly.

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For me, quality education includes
access to instructors' presentations,

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notes or outlines of the lectures

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so that I have high-quality notes
from class lectures and discussions.

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In college, I used this Dynavox

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to communicate with
my peers and professors.

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I use word predictive software
called Co: Writer

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to speed up my typing
on assignments and papers.

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Co: Writer predicts words
in a window as one is typing.

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>> Teresa: My name is Teresa.
I'm a high school student

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and after high school
I plan on attending college

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and majoring in psychology
and I was born without arms.

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I use a Bluetooth keyboard
and a Bluetooth mouse

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so that I have full accessibility
and I'm able to write down notes

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and catch everything
that I need to catch

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in a more efficient way.

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Without my arms I have the
keyboard and the mouse on the floor

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and then the monitor is just sitting
on my table in the classroom.

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When I'm typing notes
I can usually type pretty fast

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just because of adrenaline

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but I'm not fast, as fast
as someone with arms.

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>> K: Hi, my name is K
and I'm a congenital amputee,

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meaning that I was born
with some of my limbs missing.

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For hardware I use
a Surface Pro 3

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and I really like it 
because it's super lightweight.

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That was one of my biggest struggles
when trying to find a computer to use

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was that I couldn't lift
a lot of laptops that were out.

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I also love that the Surface
is a touchscreen

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which is also really
helpful for me because

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sometimes it's a little much for me
to pull out a mouse to use something

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so I can just quickly tap on the screen
and it works wonders.

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I use my iPhone
for a lot of things.

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I intentionally got the Plus
model of the iPhone

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so it was larger because I knew
I would want to do a lot of

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PDF reading
on my phone.

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I use a tiny mouse
on top of that.

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So many people have a mouse that they
like to use with their computer

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but all the ones I use are smaller
because my hand is smaller.

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So it's way easier for me to use a tinier
mouse

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that are usually the travel size mice

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because it just
fits my hand better.

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As for software,

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the two main things
that I use

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that are not already
built into a device,

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because I use many of the
built-in features of the iPhone,

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but I use Sonocent which is
a note-taking software

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that allows you to sync audio files of the
professor or lecturer giving a presentation

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to slides if they
give you slides

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as well as syncing it to notes that
you might type during the presentation.

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Wake up.

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Hi comma

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my name is K and I’m a senior
at the University of Washington period.

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I use Dragon Naturally Speaking
quite a lot as well.

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It's really helpful for me
whenever I have to write long papers

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and sometimes I do it
even just for quick emails.

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But also because of my wrist
not being super strong

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while I can type and
actually type rather quickly

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if I have to do it for any long
period of time

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I will really start
to hurt my wrist.

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Many hardware items have
a lot of built in features.

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I use a lot of built-in features
on the iPhone for example.

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One of my go-to things
is the AssistiveTouch.

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It kind of brings
a little onscreen button

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that you can position
wherever you want it

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and you can set that button to 
do a bunch of different things.

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Right now I have it where
if I do a long hard push

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it automatically locks my phone.

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I also have it set so that I can make it 
take screenshots for me

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because a screenshot you have to hold down
the home button and the lock button

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at the same time which is
a little hard with one hand,

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especially when you only have
two-and-a-half fingers.

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So I really enjoy
that feature as well.

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>> Jonah: Using technology,
it changes every year

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because I don't know how
I'm going to be next year

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I mean, a lot of things
can happen because

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my disease is progressive.

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I might be using something
new next year.

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At the moment mainly
accommodations are just like

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for notes I don't
have to write.

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My teacher will just give me
a copy of their PowerPoint or something

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and I'll just add a
little minor things to it.

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>> Jon: My name is Jon.
I have cerebral palsy.

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I use a computer that is
calibrated to my eyes.

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So whatever I look at
it will type.

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Before I would have to
tell somebody what to write down

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and now I can do it all.

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>> Sheryl: My name is
Sheryl Burgstahler

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and I direct
Accessible Technology Services

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at the University of Washington
in Seattle.

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As you can see,
it’s really important

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that people with disabilities have access
to the technology that they need

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including assistive technology

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so they can be successful
in education, in careers,

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and all the activities
that they wish to pursue.

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It’s also important
that IT developers

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including those that create websites,
documents, software and other IT

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make those products accessible to people
who are using assistive technology

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and to everyone else.