Specialist titles for primary education focus on communication skills and healthy eating with titles such as Getting along – Positive Communication and Smart Food, Healthy Body. Environmental titles are useful across a range of subjects and it is expected that they will receive greater emphasis in coming years in light of the draft National Curriculum’s core focus on understanding sustainable ways of living.
Although the previous version of SharePoint contained some access features, it was limited to a WCAG 1.0 focus, and required additional support from Microsoft partner organisations. The new SharePoint server aims to simplify the process by incorporating the features directly into the contact management system, should the administrators wish to use them.
The aim of the project is to provide a freely available interface which can be adapted by manufacturers to a variety of consumer gadgets and mobile devices, resulting in better access to mainstream products and lower product cost for people with disabilities. It also has the potential to make people with disabilities less dependent on the purchase of alternative specialist devices for popular mainstream products.
MAA strongly encourages the provision of captions on DVD and online content as this provides equity in the education process for students who are Deaf or hearing impaired. The article examines how a surge of recent studies have suggested that captioned titles also benefit a wide variety of learners, from beginning readers, struggling readers and those from an English as a Second Language (ESL) background. This should provide further impetus for production companies to take action on access. It is apparent that the current market for captioned material has further potential.
