100 Days of A11y

Day 86: The point - it's for people with disabilities, Part 2

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A continuation of Part 1 as I work through the Deque courses and review who I am doing this work for.

Things I accomplished

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What I reviewed today

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Disabilities that I reviewed today through the Deque course:

Deaf

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Review Day 55: Users with Auditory Disabilities.

Deafblind

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Motor disabilities

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Motor disabilities includes a wide spectrum of varying degrees and characteristics of physical experiences, challenges, and strategies. Specific disabilities include: cerebral palsy, ALS, quadriplegia, or missing limbs. Review Day 54: Users with Motoric Disabilities.

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Speech disabilities

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The causes of speech disabilities range from learning, motor, or auditory disabilities, autism, brain injury, stroke, cancer. They may or may not have full use of their voice and how they use that voice. Some issues can be categorized as stuttering, cluttering, apraxia, dysarthria, speech sound disorders, or non-vocal.

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Cognitive disabilities

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Cognitive disabilities cannot be easily defined due to its wide spectrum. Some characteristics may include: limited comprehension, low tolerance for cognitive overload, limited problem-solving skills, short-term memory loss, attention deficit, difficulty reading, and difficulty understanding math. Review Day 53: Users with Cognitive Disabilities. It is the most common disability, due to its wide spectrum.

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Reading disabilities

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This could be caused by a cognitive disability or an another underlying reason. Review Day 52: Users with Reading Difficulties.

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Seizures

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Multiple disabilities

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A person deals with two or more disabilities.

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