Technology creates gateways to jobs, training and education for people with disabilities.
The U.S. Census Bureau 1992 Survey of Income Program Participation identified more than 22 million Americans who have functional limitations in hearing, seeing or having their speech understood. Electronic Tools that Help People with various disabilities are able to do what many people without disabilities take for granted when access needs are incorporated into mainstream products or when adaptive devices are readily available. Listed below are just a few examples. Federal laws which help address these problems for people with disabilities are discussed below. Section 713 also addresses the issue of video description for people with visual impairments.