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Always add image descriptions. To make images in your documents accessible to people with little or no vision, you can add written text that sits behind the image as support. These are referred to as “alt tags” or “alt text” as they provide an alternative to the image in text format.
- For Physical Access
- For AAC Users
- For Readers with Low Vision
- For Struggling Readers
- For Engagement
In order to prevent a book from being knocked to the floor and to allow for page turning, stabilize it using Velcro with a metal cookie sheet. Hold the sheet horizontally and apply two strips of self-adhesive Velcro across the middle of the sheet. Next, place the rough Velcro on the book. This allows the book to stick to the cookie sheet. It then s...
For students who use speech-generating devices to communicate, reading is a much more complex task. Not only must they identify a printed word with an idea, but also they need to identify an icon associated with a printed word and an idea. To facilitate this process, add symbol supportin the same language as the device the student uses. Choose one ...
Children with low vision need books that are adapted to increase contrast and size and to add multisensory features. As long as you use the original book or it accompanies the adapted book, you can replace busy backgrounds with a solid color and add texture to better define objects or characters and enlarge important visual elements. Consider outli...
Common adaptations for struggling readers include simplifying the text, adding more meaningful illustrations and using symbol-supported text. Some students will need symbolsfor each page; others will benefit from a meaningful illustration or two added to certain passages. To begin making these adaptations, carefully examine sentence structure and v...
Using props to introduce a story and ask questions during and after reading is extremely motivating, entertaining and engaging for all readers. Puppets or toys can facilitate social interaction and create positive emotions for children. We know that pairing an activity with a strong emotion helps to gain and maintain attention and cement lasting me...
You may want to make permanent page fluffers or temporary fluffers depending on your students’ needs and who owns the book: 1. Clip a paper clip on a small piece (1”x1”) of sturdy tag board or card stock. 2. Glue a fluffer (e.g., foam, felt or any of the permanent page fluffer items) to one side of the tag board. 3.
UNICEF and its partners are driving an innovative solution called Accessible Digital Textbooks for All, to make textbooks available, affordable and accessible for children with disabilities in all contexts. We cherish the printed word, but it isn’t always accessible to everyone. Children with disabilities remain one of the most marginalized ...
Mar 10, 2022 · UNICEF/UN0604930/Cabrera. 1st grade students learning sign language through an Accessible Digital Textbook (ADT) in an inclusive classroom at Escuela Básica Medalla Milagrosa, located in Limpio, Paraguay during the 1st ADT pilot in the country. As UNICEF, our goal is that in the classroom all students with and without disabilities have equal ...
Scanning does meet the legal requirements of access laws meant to allow students to use instructional materials. If there is a legal question involving a particular student, a student’s IEP or 504 team decides (see Questions and Answers On the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standards (NIMAS).
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Introduction. This guide serves as an introduction to accessible digital publishing using EPUBs. You will learn how to create a 'born-accessible' EPUB, how to adapt your content to accessible formats, the techniques and tools used to make EPUBs accessible, and innovations and new techniques to make Universal Design for Learning (UDL) digital ...
