Sean Moriarty
Chief Technology Officer,
SUNY College at Oswego
Cultivating a Culture of Access
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 | 11:15AM–12:00PM CT | W183c, Level 1
Session Type:
Breakout Session
Delivery Format:
Presentation/Panel Session
A culture of digital accessibility is vital to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive campus where all community members feel they belong. It is a culture where digital accessibility is a part of every decision. Campuses in this environment don’t have an “accessibility person” because every class, unit, department, and institution member sees accessibility as their responsibility. In spring 2017, the State University of New York at Oswego (SUNY Oswego) and nearly all campuses of the SUNY system were served with complaints from the US Department of Civil Rights about the inaccessibility of their websites. SUNY Oswego decided that to address the situation, the campus needed to commit to accessibility as a practice. In this session, we’ll look at strategies Oswego has used to initiate, build and sustain accessibility efforts at different scales from individual classrooms to the entire institution. By the end of the session, participants will be able to identify key stakeholders who will be allies and partners; strategize ways to engage the community to integrate accessibility throughout the institution; build a case that digital accessibility is proactive work that saves the organization time and resources; identify responsibilities and actions everyone in the organization can take to role-model digital accessibility practices; and build a focus on progress by identifying small gains that make a difference over time.
