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Including Everyone:Accessible Technology in Education
Terrill ThompsonTechnology Accessibility Specialist
[email protected]@terrillthompson
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Students are Diverse!• Socioeconomic Status• Race, Ethnicity• Culture, Language• Gender• Age• Technology • Ability
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Ability on a continuum
SeeHearWalk
Read printWrite with pen or pencilCommunicate verbally
Tune out distractionetc.
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Technology Accessibility: Who is Responsible?
• Special Education Teachers • Teachers Using Technology• Web Designers / Content Authors • Authoring Tool Vendors• Technology Vendors• Publishers• Procurement Officers• Administration/Policy Makers• Legislators?
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Accessibility & The Law
• Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (1973)• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (1990) • Americans With Disabilities Act (1990)– Title II (public entities, including public schools)– Title III (places of public accommodation, including
private schools)– DOJ is proposing new rules related to web accessibility
• 3,165 disability-related OCR complaints against education institutions in FY 2008
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Standards & Guidelines
• World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 – Perceivable– Operable– Understandable– Robust
• Section 508 Standards – Federal law– Covers a wide variety of information technologies– Currently undergoing a refresh
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More W3C Guidelines
• W3C Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA)– Roles, states, and properties can be added to
HTML elements– Browsers expose this information to AT– AT passes it on to the user
• User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (draft)• Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 2.0
(draft)
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Questions to Always Ask When Procuring Product
• Is it accessible?• Can users perform all functions without a
mouse?• Has it been tested using assistive technologies
such as screen readers? • Is accessibility documentation available (e.g.,
Voluntary Product Accessibility Template)? • If an authoring tool, how does one create
accessible content with it?
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Questions?