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Colleges and universities have long been responsible for ensuring that persons with disabilities have equitable access to educational opportunities as well as the campus workplace. Federal and state laws require it. As technology has become ever more central to the development and delivery of institutional programs, resources, and services, the importance of providing an accessible technology environment across a college or university has grown. To the extent that technology is critical to the core functions of the institution, the accessibility of that technology to persons with disabilities has become a key factor in determining whether facilities, programs, and services are accessible to them.

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Google Accessibility Improvements: April 22, 2013

Google started informing its applications user groups today about the accessibility improvements it has made to a range of its applications and software platforms. (Please see below for the quote…
FCC Telecom Service Provider Accessibility Certification Rules: April 22, 2013

Our friends at ACUTA (the higher education telecommunications administrators association) have posted an alert to colleges and universities that "charge students, tenants, or others for …
Accessibility: Front and Center: April 1, 2013

Bruce Maas is the Vice Provost for Information Technology and CIO at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Earlier in my career, I had the privilege of working closely with two facu…
Inclusive Teaching and Learning Practices: Applications of Universal Design: April 1, 2013

Most postsecondary faculty and administrators desire to make teaching and learning opportunities engaging for all students, but many do not feel fully prepared to ensure that their offerings are …
ARL Report: A Great Overview of Print Accessibility: December 14, 2012

Comprehensive overviews of accessibility issues that one can still read relatively quickly don’t often appear. However, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has produced just that in its…
The Role of Campus Leadership in Ensuring IT Accessibility: November 29, 2012

“Everyone should have an opportunity to participate in higher education.” With those words, Michael K. Young, President of the University of Washington, opens a new video from his inst…
FCC Seeks Comments on Communications Technologies' Accessibility: August 23, 2012

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a notice (please see below) seeking public comments on its tentative findings regarding the accessibility of communications technologies, equi…
Making Web Accessibility Work for Your Institution Is Everyone's Business: May 31, 2012

Making sure that all students, faculties, and staffs have access to web content is critical in education today. When those individuals have disabilities, access may well depend on what it is th…
Experience IT: Evaluating Accessibility in Four Easy Steps: March 27, 2012 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2012
The Experience IT format offers a hands-on, highly interactive introduction to newer tools and technologies so you can explore their potential impact in the workplace and classroom and on your prof…
Accessibility Update: GMail and Google Calendar: March 6, 2012

The Access Technology Higher Education Network (ATHEN) has released its latest in a planned series of reports on the accessibility of key components of Google Apps for Education. Its first r…

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