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These documents are in PDF format and you need to have the Adobe Acrobat Reader software installed on your computer in order to access their contents. You may obtain this software by visiting the downloads page.   ARTICLES AND PAPERS       Use of Adventure Games in Education by Stanley M Debono   A story of determination by Michael Micallef (MITTS newsletter 2005)   Mobile Phone Accessibility (May 2007)   Empowerment through ICT - I4D Magazine (Dec 2006)   Providing New Access to the General Curriculum Universal Design for Learning   Challenges of Identifying and Serving Gifted Children with ADHD   Arranging the Classroom with an Eye (and Ear) to Students with ADHD   How Experiential Adventure Activities Can Improve Students’ Social Skills   Preparing Students with Disabilities for Algebra   Creating and Using Meaningful Alternate Assessments   Supporting Students with Asperger’s Syndrome in General Education   What Should We Expect of Assistive Technology?   Action Research During Recess A Time for Children With Autism to Play and Learn   Everyone’s Included Supporting Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders in a Responsive Classroom Learning Environment   Electronic and Other New Ways to Help Students Improve Their Behavior Functional Behavioral Assessment at Work   Writing Better Goals and Short- Term Objectives or Benchmarks Strategies   Beyond Bowling Transition Planning for Students with Disabilities   A Survey Of Online Instructional Issues And Strategies For Postsecondary Students With Learning Disabilities   Sarting a business using AAC (PDF) - Copyright Alan Martin 2005 (http://www.mouseonthemove.co.uk)   Universal Design of Distance Learning   Working with display screen equipment (PPS) Source: DSE OHT   MCST Funds Maltese Resource Server Project (PDF)   'Meta tlift id-dawl hassejtni dhalt go dinja ohra' - interview to Michael Micallef (PDF)       ONLINE REFERENCES       ACCESSIBLE TECHNOLOGY CREATES EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, ENLARGES THE HIGH-SKILLS WORKFORCE Another in a series of Microsoft essays on technology and society explains how employers can reap competitive advantage by tapping an overlooked resource: people with disabilities, who are highly motivated and able to do the job with the latest in accessible and assistive technology. Read this article at: www.microsoft.com/issues/essays/2002/11-21accessibility.asp HIGHLY ENGINEERED BRAILLE PRODUCTS USED IN PRECISE SCIENTIFIC WORK SETI Institute Director of Research and Development Kent Cullers, Ph.D., works with complex scientific information every day--and he relies on highly engineered assistive technologies to help with that work. Read this article at: www.microsoft.com/enable/news/seti.htm LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BUSINESS BENEFITS OF ACCESSIBLE TECHNOLOGY Read about resources available to help business leaders discover the business value of integrating accessible technology into their organizations' technology plans, and learn about an effective 5-step implementation process on the Microsoft Accessibility Web site at: www.microsoft.com/enable/business/default.htm INFORMATION FOR DEVELOPERS OF ACCESSIBLE TECHNOLOGY Microsoft's developer network (known as MSDN) has a Web area dedicated to helping developers produce technology that is accessible to people with disabilities and others who have accessibility needs. Visit www.msdn.microsoft.com/at/

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Telephone

(356) 2599 2659, (356) 2599 2343

FAX

(356) 2599 2659

Postal address

Foundation for IT Accessibility, 'Gattard House', National Road, Blata l-Bajda, HMR 02, Malta

Electronic mail

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Accessibility Audits : michael_DOT_micallef_AT_gov_DOT_mt

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