5: A) What Are the Three Basic Barriers That Face People with Disability , Who Wish To

SECTION B

5:

a) What are the three basic barriers that face people with disability , who wish to pursue a college course in Science.

(7 marks)

Tom has cerebral palsy and has low vision, uses a power wheelchair and has poor hand function. He is studying fourth year Computer Science and Software Engineering in DIT Kevin Street. He must travel in by bus and he lives a quarter of a mile from the nearest bus stop.

b)  Describe the likely difficulties that Tom will face in pursuing this course under the following headings and suggest ways in which he might be assisted in these tasks.

i)  Getting into the college from home.

ii)  Acquiring and reading his course notes

(8 marks)

c)  For each of the following core courses, describe two difficulties which the course content will present to Tom. Suggest remedies in each case.

i)  CASE

ii)  Formal Specifications

iii)  Systems Programming

(10 marks)

6:

a) Give a brief overview of the major recommendations contained in the Strategy for Equality report of the Commission on the status of People with Disabilities on Education.

(7 marks)

b) If legislation were introduced which reflected the principles of the Commissions report on Education, what challenges would this bring for Higher Education Institutes in terms of,

i) Computer Technology Access?

ii) Academic Environment?

(9 marks)

c) If you were asked for advice as to how to make the computers at college more accessible to users with disability, what are the major recommendations you would advise, under the headings,

i) Computer I/O?

ii) Documentation?

(9 marks)

b) If legislation were introduced which reflected the principles of the Commissions report on Education, what challenges would this bring for Higher Education Institutes in terms of

i) Computer Technology Access

ii) Academic Environement.

7 :

a) What are the main Web Access Initiative principles for Web Pages design?

(7 marks)

b) Is the following web page accessible, according to these principles? Support your conclusion with five detailed examples of ways in which the web page realises or violates the principles of accessible Web design.

(8 marks)

d)  c) It could be argued that the Web Access Initiative principles are not very useful for switch access users. Using this web page for illustration give three reasons why this might well be the case.

(10 marks)

8:

a) What is meant by the term Universal Design and what are its benefits?

(7 marks)

b) What briefly, are the terms of reference for the centre of Universal Design outlined in the 2001 Disabilities Bill and what impact is this likely to have on the Irish Software Industry.

(10 marks)

c) Given that the software development lifecycle devotes a considerable portion of its time to establishing individual customer requirements, give three reasons with supporting examples, why it might be counterproductive to impose general principles of universal design on the development process.

(8 marks)a