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>> Cameron: Hello my name is Cameron

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and I have a disability[br]called cerebral palsy.

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It affects me because

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

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

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And Dragon is basically a[br]speech input system that will

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write for me as[br]I speak into it

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and that helps me[br]become more efficient.

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This is an example[br]of how I use Dragon.

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R-E-M sleep

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is when the body goes[br]through multiple stages.

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R-E-M sleep

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has four stages.

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>> Blake: Hello. [br]My name is Blake.

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I graduated from the[br]University of Washington Tacoma

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with a Bachelor of Arts[br]in urban studies.

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I have cerebral palsy

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which means I cannot[br]take notes very quickly.

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For me, quality education includes[br]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[br]from class lectures and discussions.

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In college, I used this Dynavox

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to communicate with[br]my peers and professors.

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I use word predictive software[br]called Co: Writer

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to speed up my typing[br]on assignments and papers.

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

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

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and after high school[br]I plan on attending college

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and majoring in psychology[br]and I was born without arms.

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I use a Bluetooth keyboard[br]and a Bluetooth mouse

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

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and catch everything[br]that I need to catch

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in a more efficient way.

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Without my arms I have the[br]keyboard and the mouse on the floor

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

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When I'm typing notes[br]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[br]as someone with arms.

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

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

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For hardware I use[br]a Surface Pro 3

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and I really like it [br]because it's super lightweight.

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

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

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I also love that the Surface[br]is a touchscreen

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which is also really[br]helpful for me because

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

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

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I use my iPhone[br]for a lot of things.

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I intentionally got the Plus[br]model of the iPhone

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

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PDF reading[br]on my phone.

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I use a tiny mouse[br]on top of that.

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

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

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

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that are usually the travel size mice

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because it just[br]fits my hand better.

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As for software,

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the two main things[br]that I use

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that are not already[br]built into a device,

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

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but I use Sonocent which is[br]a note-taking software

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

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to slides if they[br]give you slides

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as well as syncing it to notes that[br]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[br]at the University of Washington period.

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I use Dragon Naturally Speaking[br]quite a lot as well.

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

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and sometimes I do it[br]even just for quick emails.

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But also because of my wrist[br]not being super strong

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while I can type and[br]actually type rather quickly

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

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I will really start[br]to hurt my wrist.

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Many hardware items have[br]a lot of built in features.

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

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One of my go-to things[br]is the AssistiveTouch.

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It kind of brings[br]a little onscreen button

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that you can position[br]wherever you want it

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

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Right now I have it where[br]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 [br]take screenshots for me

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

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

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

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So I really enjoy[br]that feature as well.

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>> Jonah: Using technology,[br]it changes every year

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

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I mean, a lot of things[br]can happen because

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my disease is progressive.

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I might be using something[br]new next year.

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At the moment mainly[br]accommodations are just like

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for notes I don't[br]have to write.

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

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

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>> Jon: My name is Jon.[br]I have cerebral palsy.

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I use a computer that is[br]calibrated to my eyes.

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So whatever I look at[br]it will type.

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Before I would have to[br]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[br]Sheryl Burgstahler

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and I direct[br]Accessible Technology Services

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at the University of Washington[br]in Seattle.

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As you can see,[br]it’s really important

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that people with disabilities have access[br]to the technology that they need

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including assistive technology

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so they can be successful[br]in education, in careers,

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and all the activities[br]that they wish to pursue.

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It’s also important[br]that IT developers

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including those that create websites,[br]documents, software and other IT

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make those products accessible to people[br]who are using assistive technology

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and to everyone else.