1. Challenges and Solutions for Creating Accessible Math and Science Materials
Teresa Haven, PhD
Co-Chair
AHEAD TSC
Ron Stewart, MS
President, ATHEN
Managing Consultant,
AltFormat Solutions
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2. State of the Access (simulation, homework, exams)
Current accessibility of STEM Content
(Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)
Paper/ink materials
Digital educational materials
Educational software
(simulation, homework, exams)
Hardware/non-virtual materials (labware, models, microscopes, etc.)

3. Legal Obligations and Guidance
DRA UC Berkeley Structured Settlement
OCR South Carolina Technical College Settlement
www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/investigations/ a.doc
OCR Louisiana Technical College Settlement

4. OCR Guidance Effectiveness is defined by three components:
timeliness of delivery
accuracy of the translation
provision in a manner and medium appropriate to the significance of the message and the abilities of the individual with the disability

5. DRA UC Berkeley
Students who request course materials in alternative media can now expect to receive textbooks in 10 business days and course readers in 17 business days.

6. South Carolina Technical College
Web Developers designing Web content for all official Web pages must consider accessibility issues during initial development. For all new Web pages and revisions to currently used Web pages, Web Developers must follow the minimum standards.

7. OCR Louisiana Technical College
The University will only purchase, develop or use technology and instructional materials that allow persons who are blind or who have other vision disabilities the equal opportunity to access, use, and avail themselves of such technology or instructional materials in as full, equal, and independent a manner as persons without disabilities. All instructional materials and online courses created by a college, department, program, unit or professor must be fully accessible to individuals with disabilities at the same time they are available to any other student enrolled in that program. New Pages: All new and redesigned web pages, web applications and web content (“web pages”) published by any college, department, program, unit, or professor that are available to students, prospective students, or applicants must comply with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 level AA (“WCAG 2.0 AA”).

8. Technology Considerations
Is the Learning Environment Accessible?
Is the AT compatible with the IT?
Does the User have the Skills?
IT Skills
STEM Competency
Have Options been Identified?
Content Remediation
Inaccessible System Components
Essential Elements of Instruction
Impact on Teaching and Learning

9. Graphical Competence
Identify characteristics/significant elements of image
Be able to use the language to discuss components of a graphic
Identify attributes of symbols used in graphic
Develop a system for
scanning graphic and key
searching for specific information
Lucia Hasty, Rock Mountain Braille Associates

10. Assistive Technologies
Screen-Reader
Dolphin Supernova, Freedom Scientific JAWS, GW Micro Window-Eyes
Screen-Magnification
ZoomText , MAGic with Speech, Supernova
Reading Systems
Dolphin EasyTutor, TextHelp Read & Write Gold (Windows), Claro Read (Windows), Kurzweil 3000 (Windows), WYNN
Other Platforms
MAC OS, iOS, Chrome, Linux

11. Potential Solutions

12. Math and Scientific Notation
Math and Symbology
Word’s built in equation editor
Scientific Notebook
MathType
TIGER Software Suite
Narrative Descriptions

13. Descriptions or Tactiles
Decide the appropriate format
What is going to best convey the meaning
Enlarge, Describe or annotated Tactile
Complete Descriptions!
Include all relevant aspects
Forces
Directions
Significant Details

14. Technologies for Math and Science
Scalable Vector Graphics
MathML
LaTEX
IVEO
Accessible Graphing Calculator
InftyReader and ChattyInfty

15. MathType MathType is an equation editor for MS Office
Allows equations to be entered into MS Word documents much like the Equation Editor
Document with equations can be exported as:
Web page with MathML
Images (.GIF)
TeX/LaTeX

16. MathPlayer
MathType provides an export option to create Web pages from MS Word Exported Web pages may contain equations presented as images OR MathML Web pages and equations can be viewed in either Firefox or Internet Explorer (requires MathPlayer)

17. Infty Reader
OCR application that recognizes STEM documents into editable content Can convert to LaTeX, MathML, and XHTML Recognized content may be exported to MS Word 2003/2007 for additional editing

18. Infty Editor & Chatty Infty
Infty Editor is an authoring tool for math expressions Chatty Infty is an extension of Infty Editor that provides speech output of math content

19. Math Input Options
Standard Keyboard Entry MathType Scientific Notebook Accessible Graphing Calculator MathTrax LaTeX ChattyInfty MathTalk

20. Contact Information
Teresa Haven
Ron Stewart