In the disability realm, this term is usually used in connection with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Title II of the Act defines what types of agencies are considered Public Agencies, and what their obligations are under the law.

In the realm of disability, this term is usually used in connection with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Certain types of businesses, listed in the Act must comply with Title III of the Act.

This is a neurological condition also known as face-blindness that causes a person to be unable to recognize faces. Unrelated to the person’s ability to actually see faces, it can even affect someone with perfect vision. In the normal brain there is a center that is dedicated to face recognition. Prosopagnosia arises when that special […]

This term is a concept within Title II of the ADA. A program is an activity or group of activities that constitute a recognizable and distinct component of a Title II entity’s overall function. Examples would be: a medical services program, cash assistance program, or a basketball program. All programs of a Title II entity […]

Pixel stands for Picture Element. It is the smallest part of each image you see on the computer monitor or television screen. A group of pixels creates each part of the picture. The color of a pixel is partly determined by how many bits (on/off units) are used to store the pixel.

This machine is commonly known as a braille writer. Early in the 20th century braille writers were produced by Howe Press. They were expensive, noisy, heavy and needed frequent repair, however. The director of the Perkins School for the Blind in Massachusetts in the 1930s, Dr. Gabriel Farrell, wanted its printing department to produce a […]

Portable Document Format (PDF) is one standard for the secure and reliable distribution and exchange of electronic documents and forms around the world. PDF is a universal file format that preserves the fonts, images, graphics, and layout of any source document, regardless of the application and platform used to create it. Such files are unusable […]

The technical definition of “partially sighted” is that one’s best corrected visual acuity is no better than 20/70 in either eye, but better than mere perception of light.

There are machines that use various approaches to raising and lowering plastic or metal pins through a grid to create braille characters. Some systems are only for use with a computer while others have the functions of a laptop computer built in. The amount of braille characters displayed varies.

A Desktop publishing software package developed and marketed by Adobe is commonly used for final layout of major documents. PageMaker files are not usable by braille translation software in their original form. The file must be exported through some means such as OCR, its internal “Story Board”, or through the “Save As” function. Each of […]