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\subsection{Recommendations}
In a perfect world all post secondary education institutions would support any service that their students would require. The world is not perfect however and Due to the lack of federal funding backing the Americans with Disabilities Act, it is not possible for all
post secondary post-secondary institutions to fund and procure the hardware and software required by all students.
However, in order to progress towards compliance, colleges must put concerted effort into meeting legal and industry guidelines for AT services in post-secondary education. Outlined below is a
three step program phased plan for
implementing an AT
labs. Lab. The first
step phase is designed for
post secondary institutions colleges that are building their first AT
lab lab, and have limitations such as funding or space. The second
step phase is
designed to
outline the products that most post secondary institutions could have with moderate investment help colleges identify key AT computer hardware and software that
can cover the address a wide variety of
challenges faced by a disabled user. needs. The final
step phase is
that all AT labs should strive designed to
be, with access encourage colleges to
approach AT services proactively, seeking the best
available solution devices and systems for students, rather than waiting for students to
most identified challenges faces by their users. address inaccessibility. The services that each step will identify are broken up into the five following categories: impaired vision, blindness, speech, mobility, and facilities.
The category of impaired vision is defined as: any individual who has vision loss resulting in the diminished ability to discern basic shapes and/or colors at various distances. The category of impaired vision is further broken up into services that AT labs could accommodate for which include: large print keyboards, color filtering software, and screen enlargers. The requirements for an AT lab to reach their first step include an option for a large print keyboard for each computer; basic large print keyboards can be found at prices close to their normal print counterparts. Color filtering and screen enlargement can be achieved through the additional options on the Microsoft Windows operating system. Since most computer labs will offer the Windows operating system by default both of these options can be used without anything extra. In order to reach the second step AT labs need more advanced screen enlargement software such as ZoomText (Al Squared) or MAGic (Freedom Scientific) which both offer licensing plans specific to computer labs at post secondary institutions. The AT lab also needs 19 inch or larger monitors. In order to achieve the level three an AT lab would need everything previously mentioned and monitors above 23 inches in size.