Disability and Accessibility Services (DAS)
Earlham College is committed to providing equal access to its programs, activities, residences, and services following the guidelines of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504), and the Fair Housing Act (FHA).
Earlham recognizes the importance of providing accessibility tools and accommodations for students with disabilities through an interactive process between DAS and students
Technology assistance available from the AEC
Kurzweil 3000 is an assistive technology, text-to-speech, learning tool that supports the concept of Universal Design for Learning with a suite of powerful reading, writing, test-taking and study skill tools that makes curricula accessible to all students. It is particularly appropriate for students with learning disabilities such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, those who require reading intervention, students struggling with reading comprehension and English Language Learners (ELL).
Record everything you hear, say and write, while linking your audio recordings to your notes. Quickly replay audio from your Livescribe paper or a computer with a simple tap on your handwritten notes. It’s never been easier to take notes and stay organized.
Dragon Naturally Speaking software is a speech recognition program that allows the user to speak into a microphone on a computer with the software translating the spoken words into text in a text program. With a software program such as this, typing isn’t necessary and the user can do away with a keyboard.