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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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The U.S. Department of Justice's Americans with Disabilities (ADA) website includes the following information:
- Frequently Asked Questions About the June 29, 2010, Dear Colleague Letter
- A Guide to Disability Rights Laws
- ADA Standards for Accessible Design
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The Australian Human Rights Commission website on World Wide Web and information accessibility includes information on;
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EDUCAUSE Library Items for Accessibility
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Successes in Implementing IT Accessibility in Higher Education
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March 19, 2013
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A session at the Midwest Regional Conference
Join this important session to hear key success stories for improving the accessibility of instructional resources to people with disabilities. The panel will include information on crowd sourcin…
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Implementing a University-Wide Vision for Accessibility: The Penn State Experience
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November 7, 2012
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2012
The 2011 Penn State/National Federation of the Blind (NFB) agreement identifies strategies for improving the accessibility of the institutional technology environment for persons with visual disa…
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Microsoft Accessibility: Technology for Everyone
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July 27, 2011
Technology has the potential to change individual lives and entire communities when people have effective access to use it. As our global society becomes increasingly more diverse and dependent …
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Elaborating on Online Accessibility
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May 27, 2011
The Department of Education elaborated on a 2010 letter urging college and university presidents to make sure that the “emerging technology” on their campuses squares with federal laws pro…
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College Is Hard Enough: Digital Technology Should Work for Everyone
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April 7, 2011
Sharon Krevor-Weisbaum, Esq. ( skw@browngold.com ), is a Partner at Brown, Goldstein & Levy LLP in Baltimore, Maryland. Comments on this article can be posted to the web via th…
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Accessibility - What's required? What's appropriate?
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February 23, 2011
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A session at the EDUCAUSE West/Southwest Regional Conference 2011
February 23, 2011 WSWRC11_222896 …
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Providing Persons with Disabilities Mainstream Access to Digital Technology: The Challenges That Higher Education Must Meet - Sponsored by Cisco Systems, an EDUCAUSE Gold Partner
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February 23, 2011
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A session at the EDUCAUSE West/Southwest Regional Conference 2011
Equal access is a community value we all hold dear —and it's the law. Why isn't it a higher priority, and what can we do about it? With the integration of technology into all aspects of…
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Colleges Lock Out Blind Students Online
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December 12, 2010
Darrell Shandrow, a journalism student who is blind, can navigate around Arizona State U. just fine But he was stymied by Spanish 101, which uses an online workbook inaccessible to blind student…
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Having Your Cake and Eating It, Too: Making Accessibility Win-Win
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January 13, 2011
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A session at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2011
Can you have the best and newest campus technology and electronic instructional material and have it be accessible to your blind faculty and students? Representatives from the National Federation o…
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Seminar 01P - Beyond Policy and Into Practice: Accessibility and the University Mission PLEASE NOTE: Separate registration and fee is required to attend this seminar.
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October 28, 2008
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Annual Conference
Moving from reactive, legal-based accommodations to proactive accessible practice and resources requires a significant paradigm shift by the institution and all involved. Though many institutions a…
