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>> Shelby: My name is Shelby.

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This is my senior year at
the University of Washington.

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I have dyslexia/dysgraphia

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and I was diagnosed
at the age of seven so

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I've always had a challenge with it
but I've learned to overcome it,

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I think every year.

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I think one of the
main challenges is when

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there is a lot
of reading involved.

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Right now,
for my Econ class

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I already have a pretty thick textbook
along with some other side readings so

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having to get through
the material in, say like,

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you know, in a day or two when
it's more than 100 chapters

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is a huge challenge for me.

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So that's also where I would
definitely use some of my

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text to speech capabilities.

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[Computer reads something in another language]

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There’s accessibility software so
it allows me to highlight text

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and then it will read it out loud.

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And then I also use another program
called NaturalReader.

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And that also pretty much
serves the same function.

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But the cool thing
about NaturalReader

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is it actually shows you
like where it's reading.

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>>> NaturalReader: ...through technology and
education.

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It promotes awareness and accessibility in
both the classroom and the workplace…

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It definitely allows it to sink in.

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Sometimes when I'm reading it alone,

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I just need to hear it the first time then
I can go back

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and then I actually hear, “Oh this is the
concept,

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this is something important that we're talking
about.”

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Because when I'm just reading it myself it
takes me a lot longer, I get lost in the text

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I have trouble paying attention.

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So it really does help and it makes it so
that I can complete the task at hand.

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It makes me feel good because at the end of
the day I'm still able to complete the task

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versus staying up all night.

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There's been nights when I've stayed up till
five in the morning just trying to grasp

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what the reading

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so that I would be prepared to be able to
talk about it

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or at least say, "I read this but I didn't
understand this,"

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and then create a discussion out of that.

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>> Matthew: Hello I'm Matthew.
I have ADD.

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I have mild ASD and I've been
diagnosed with mild Aspberger’s.

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I use Co:Writer.

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It's a word prediction program.

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There's six words
you can choose from

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by hitting the number key it's
the word you select out.

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I would use it mostly in my classes
for like very important papers

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where I definitely would need to get the grammar
correctly.

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Or the words correctly as well depending because

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I struggle with spelling at times.

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>> Jayda: I am Jayda.

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My disability is ADD
and dyslexia

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so with ADD I have a hard time
sitting still for a long period of time.

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I use a document scanner.

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The scanner helps me

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by actually reading the content
that is on a book

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instead of having,
read it by yourself.

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So with the scanner
you set it up and then

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you launch the program
that is in the computer

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and then you can highlight
or have it read to you.

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Even though I’ll study them
and study them and study

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I tend to forget.

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This will help me by
making it easier so that

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I can have the digital copy
of it on the computer

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and have it read to me and then
I can start writing notes

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along with it as
it's reading it to me.

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Just depending on your disability it really
like depends on how you learn.

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I'm still definitely trying to learn
about my disability a little bit more too.

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>> Damon: My name is Damon.

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I am currently a senior here
at the University of Washington.

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I'm studying American Indian Studies 
and Anthropology.

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And I have ADD and dyslexia.

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For me for example, since I have ADD and dyslexia,

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I need more time to do either read

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the texts that were assigned or take more
time writing out the essays that we’re given.

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Being able to use computers as well,

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having that accessibility is really helpful
whether it's in class

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or whether it's during a test or a quiz that
we're having.

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Especially if the test is an essay based test
it's really

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difficult to write it down and not have a
spell checker.

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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

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who are using assistive technology
and to everyone else.