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Training with Accessibility in Mind: Inspiring the Faculty to Reach Every LearnerLoading...
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By Wendy TorresCoppin State University
Senior Instructional Technologist
Twitter Handle: @Tech_snacks
E-mail: wvelez-torres@coppin.edu
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Accessibility is a civil right. This is personal for me.
•B.A. Special Education
•M. Ed Instructional Technology
•Mother of a child who is Autistic.
•M. Ed Instructional Technology
•Mother of a child who is Autistic.
What does it mean to have something be accessible?
Accessible: refers to the concept that individuals with disabilities can access and use a product or system and benefit from its use.
Comic from: https://tinyurl.com/ycyfqesx Toby Morris Illustrator Twitter handle: @XTOTL
In order to get faculty buy in for accessibility, you must focus on why it is important.
"We don’t teach to teach the privileged and the few, we teach to teach all, and if we don’t become accessible, we are not teaching everyone.”- Lucy Greco
In terms of education, we are mandated by law that all digital content is accessible.(The Rehabilitation Act of 1973-amended many times)