Summer Institute Activity Roster - Year Three

Week 1
Monday
The Basics
* Introduction to the Summer Institute.
* Computer basics using word processing software.
* Organizing computer work - where are you going to put stuff, so that you can find it again easily?
* Accessible technology check-up –Assessment of where you are with AT,
* Internet Basics and beyond – Got E-mail addresses? G-mail account set-up (for all who need a connection).

Approximately 28 million Americans have some degree of hearing loss. Approximately 2 million are profoundly deaf. Individuals who have a severe or profound hearing loss that has existed since before they learned language will obviously have the most trouble with spoken language – as they have never heard it before. The first language for these and many other Americans may be American Sign Language (ASL). They must learn English as a second or even a third language.

Strategies for Success

A wide range of conditions may limit mobility and/or hand function. Among the most common permanent disorders are such musculoskeletal disabilities as partial or total paralysis, amputation or severe injury, arthritis, active sickle cell disease, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, and cerebral palsy. Additionally, respiratory and cardiac diseases can be debilitating and may consequently affect mobility. Any of these conditions may also impair the strength, speed, endurance, coordination, and dexterity that are necessary for fluid mobility.

Visual disabilities vary greatly. Persons are considered legally blind when visual acuity is 20/200 or less in the better eye with the use of corrective lenses or when they have a field of vision no greater than 20 degrees. Most people who are legally blind may have some vision. Others who are partially sighted may rely on residual vision with the use of adaptive equipment. People who are totally blind may have visual memory, depending on the age when vision was lost.

A learning disability (LD) is any of a diverse group of conditions, of presumed neurological origin, that cause significant difficulties in auditory, visual and/or spatial perception. Included are disorders that impair such functions as reading (dyslexia), writing (dysgraphia), and mathematical calculation (dyscalculia). Each category exhibits a wide variation of behavioral patterns.