Grolier online: ADA-compliant encyclopedias. (New Products).www.go.grolier.com, Internet, $415/year for schools of 300 or fewer students Students with disabilities can use these versions of encyclopedia databases that are compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act Americans with Disabilities Act, U.S. civil-rights law, enacted 1990, that forbids discrimination of various sorts against persons with physical or mental handicaps. Its primary emphasis is on enabling these persons to enter the job market and remain employed, but it also outlaws most physical barriers in public accommodations, transportation, telecommunications, and government services. The ADA-compliant version of the Encyclopedia Americana offers more than 45,000 articles for students in grades 8 and up. The New Book of Popular Science covers science, technology and medicine for grades 5 and up. Databases include limited use of graphic buttons for the visually impaired, text alternatives for graphic images for the visually impaired and measures to avoid page flickering that can affect people with photosensitive 1. reacting to light; said of a cell or organism. 2. having abnormally heightened sensitivity of the skin or eyes to sunlight. pho·to·sen·si·tive (f  epilepsy. CIRCLE #526 FOR INFORMATION |
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