MSU Adapted Sports Festival 2006
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Kurt Stepnitz, University Relations
At MSU, advancements in accessibility are making it easier for persons with disabilities to take part in everyday tasks with the help of customized technologies such as talking washing machines for the blind and voice box computers.
John Pedraza, specialist in the Resource Center for Persons With Disabilities, displays the Adapted Sports Festival logo.
Photo by G.L. Kohuth, University Relations
The Usability and Accessibility Center is bringing a new dimension to MSU by evaluating the degree to which new interface technologies are useful, usable, accessible and appealing to a broad audience.
The Artificial Language Laboratory helps clients who have difficulty speaking or are unable to speak by using computers developed in the lab that “speak” for them. The technology is used throughout the world and in many languages.
John Pedraza with the Resource Center for Persons With Disabilities is part of a group that started the Adapted Sports Festival which celebrated its second year in fall 2006. The festival invites people with disabilities to compete in adapted sports, including wheelchair basketball and rugby, swimming, cycling and martial arts.
"We hope participants will go home to their communities and ask about adapted sports so more opportunities like this become available," Pedraza says.
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Usability and Accessibility Center at MSU
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Adapted Sports Festival
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