University of Washington DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology)

DO-IT serves to increase the participation of individuals with disabilities in challenging academic programs and careers. It promotes the use of computer and networking technologies to increase independence, productivity, and participation in education and employment. For more information about University of Washington DO-IT visit www.washington.edu/doit/Resources.

Below are DO-IT videos which cover a wide variety of topics, including technology, academic preparation, and career options for people with disabilities. These short presentations are well-suited for training sessions for K-12 educators, postsecondary faculty and administrators, technical support staff, career preparation counselors, employers, librarians, people with disabilities, and their advocates.

New Vista, Inc. hopes that these videos will help you better understand the importance we place on the creation of standards compliant, accessible and usable Web sites

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• Access to Technology in the Workplace: In Our Own Words - testimonials from employees with disabilities that support the use of accessible technology in the workplace.
• Access to the Future: Preparing Students with Disabilities for Careers - college career development staff share ideas for making services and programs accessible to students with disabilities.
• Building the Team: Faculty, Staff, and Students Working Together - how to create an inclusive postsecondary learning environment.
• Camp: Beyond Summer - how to add Internet experiences to summer camp programs for children and youth with disabilities.
• College: You Can DO-IT! - college students with disabilities and staff share advice for success in college.
• Computer Access: In Our Own Words - students with disabilities demonstrate the uses of adaptive technology and computer applications.
• DO-IT Pals: An Internet Community - participants tell about peer and mentor support in an online community for people with disabilities.
• DO-IT Receives Golden Apple Award - participants tell about the DO-IT Scholars program for high school students with disabilities.
• DO-IT Scholars - participants tell about the DO-IT Scholars program for high school students with disabilities.
• Equal Access: Campus Libraries - how to apply universal design principles to make libraries accessible to all visitors.
• Equal Access: Science and Students with Sensory Impairments - students and employees with sensory impairments share strategies for success.
• Equal Access: Student Services - how to apply universal design principles to make postsecondary student services accessible to all students.
• Equal Access: Universal Design of Computer Labs - how to make computer labs accessible to people with disabilities.
• Equal Access: Universal Design of Instruction - demonstrates strategies for making instruction in a classroom or in a tutoring center accessible to all students.
• Finding Gold: Hiring the Best and the Brightest - employers in cooperative education, internship, and other work-based learning programs show how to fully include participants with disabilities.
• How DO-IT Does It - see successful practices employed by DO-IT programs to increase the success of young people with disabilities in college and careers.
• Invisible Disabilities and Postsecondary Education - effective accommodations.
• It's Your Career - college students with disabilities gain work-based learning experiences.
• Learn and Earn: Supporting Teens - parents, teachers, and mentors encourage teens to participate in work-based learning.
• Learn and Earn: Tips for Teens - students with disabilities show how they benefit from work-based learning experiences.
• Moving On: The Two-Four Step - tips for making a successful transition from two- to four-year postsecondary institutions.
• Opening Doors: Mentoring on the Internet - students develop supportive relationships with adult mentors on the Internet.
• Real Connections: Making Distance Learning Accessible to Everyone - guidelines for designing courses to fully include all students.
• Self Examination: Is Your Campus Accessible? - guidelines for making a postsecondary institution welcoming and accessible to everyone.
• Snapshots: The DO-IT Scholars - participants tell about some of their favorite activities in the DO-IT Scholars Summer Study program.
• STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics at the University of Washington - students and faculty highlight exciting academic programs offered at the University of Washington.
• Taking Charge: Stories of Success and Self-Determination - testimonials from successful youth and adults with disabilities regarding living successful, self-determined lives.
• Taking Charge 2: Two Stories of Success and Self-Determination - testimonials from teens with disabilities learning to live self-determined lives, featuring two high school students.
• Taking Charge 3: Five Stories of Success and Self-Determination - testimonials from successful people with disabilities regarding living self-determined lives, featuring five individuals in high school, college, and careers.
• The Winning Equation: Access + Attitude = Success in Math and Science - strategies for fully including students with disabilities in science and math activities.
• Working Together: Computers and People with Learning Disabilities - students and workers with learning disabilities demonstrate computer-based tools and strategies.
• Working Together: Computers and People with Mobility Impairments - people with mobility impairments demonstrate computer access technology.
• Working Together: Computers and People with Sensory Impairments - people with visual and hearing impairments demonstrate computer technology for school and work.
• Working Together: Faculty and Students with Disabilities - college students with disabilities and faculty share their experiences.
• Working Together: People with Disabilities and Computer Technology - adaptive technology and computer applications for people with disabilities.
• Working Together: Science Teachers and Students with Disabilities - students suggest ways to make science activities more accessible.
• World Wide Access: Accessible Web Design - how to make WWW pages accessible to people with disabilities.

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