The following reflective essay was written by Lorene Martin, Bachelor of Science in Nursing program director at Kent State Salem and fulltime faculty member. In what has become somewhat of an annual pilgrimage, she organizes these trips to help expand her students’ view of discrepancies in our country’s healthcare system, as well as the extreme differences in social, economic and cultural opportunities among those living in the United States. As our society becomes increasingly more diverse every day, understanding cultural differences is an important skill for success in both the car...
“Rising Scholars is a great program for our local youth,” said Paul Dykshoorn, academic program director for Rising Scholars at Kent State Tuscarawas. “We mentor each student throughout their middle school and high school years. We teach them life lessons as well as help with issues going on at school.” ...
Kent State University doctoral candidate Pratyusha Ghanta became fascinated by cancer and how it works after earning her bachelor’s degree many years ago in her native India. Five years ago when she enrolled in a program through Kent State and Northeast Ohio Medical University she was excited to discover she could do cancer research here. "When I joined Dr. [Moses] Oyewumi’s lab I asked him if I could get a project in cancer, any type of cancer,” Ghanta said. “I was ecstatic when he said that he does have a project in this specific field and that we can work on exploring...
Readability
The Readability category contains criteria that determine how easily a user can read and modify the text within your app. Users with limited vision and users with specific viewing needs will need to be able to clearly read and understand all the text content within the app, without the app interfering with user preferences.
Readability accessibility criteria include:
Color Contrast
The Color Contrast category contains criteria that determine how easily a user can read and understand the content of your app with respect to color. Color blindness is one of the most common disabilities, so ensuring that color contrast is accessible is a top priority.
Color Contrast accessibility criteria include:
User Input
The User Input category contains criteria that determine how easily a user can complete and modify form fields and other inputs within your app. Form fields and other inputs should be clearly labeled, and error messages should make it easy to understand where an error has occurred and how to correct it.
Interaction
The Interaction category contains criteria that determine how well a user can interact with certain content and elements of your app. Interactive elements within the app should be clearly labeled, easy to access, and not require any complex gestures or motions to activate.
Interaction accessibility criteria include:
Navigation
The Navigation category contains criteria that determine how well a user can navigate around the content and different screens of your app. Although mobile phones and tablets are primarily touch devices, a user may still choose to connect a physical or virtual keyboard to their device to navigate. Accessibility criteria relating to keyboard navigation and focus are still critically important here.
Navigation accessibility criteria include: