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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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USA
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
- ADA Questions and Answers
Australia
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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Accessibility and Usability: Working Together at MIT
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March 14, 2012
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A session at the NERCOMP Annual Conference 2012
The Usability and Accessibility teams in MIT's Information Services and Technology Department (IS&T) always worked closely together but were formally merged during a department-wide reorga…
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Experience IT: Evaluating Accessibility in Four Easy Steps
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March 27, 2012
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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…
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Creating an Accessible IT Culture on Your Campus
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June 2, 2011
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Southeast Regional Conference 2011
How do you create a rich IT educational environment while ensuring that all students are able to participate fully? Three speakers from different universities will discuss techniques and strategies…
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UDI Online: Applying Universal Design for Instruction to Online and Blended Courses
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March 30, 2011
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A session at the NERCOMP Annual Conference 2011
This presentation will highlight the UDI Online Project at the University of Connecticut, a demonstration project "Ensure Students with Disabilities Receive a Quality Higher Education" th…
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E-Text and Accessibility: What We Need to Know
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March 15, 2011
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2011
Thinking about e-text on campus? If so, attend this important workshop to get a handle on what you need to consider to ensure new technologies are accessible to all. We will largely focus on lesson…
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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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Robotics and Assistive Technology: A Win-Win Scenario
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June 3, 2010
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Southeast Regional Conference 2010
The Robotics and Assistive Technology (RAT) Team is a research collaboration between the University of Missouri-Columbia's Adaptive Computing Technology (ACT) Center and the College of Enginee…
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Approaching a State Web Accessibility Mandate
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March 24, 2009
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2009
In late 2007 the Illinois Information Technology Accessibility Awareness Act (IITAA) became law, making compliance with web accessibility standards a legal requirement for Illinois higher education…
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Lightning Round of Innovative Work and Projects
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March 18, 2008
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2008
Come learn about innovative work being done in the Midwest region at this brisk, lively showcase of five-minute presentations from ten of your peer institutions. Time will be allotted for Q&A, …
