Collaborating to Achieve Better IT Accessibility

Many of our enterprise systems erect huge barriers for students with disabilities, obstructing students' opportunities for success and placing our institutions at legal risk. Web and IT accessibility techniques are well documented and standardized by the World Wide Web consortium and the U.S. Access Board. However, many vendors of IT products continue to innovate and roll out products with little or no regard for accessibility. In this interactive, action-driven discussion, participants will share knowledge and promising practices and explore ideas focusing on how we can all collaborate to greater influence the state of accessibility among enterprise systems.

OUTCOMES: Recognize the advantages of collaboration for improving the state of IT accessibility * Explore existing (and new) opportunities to participate in accessibility efforts * Craft a set of personal, self-assigned action items that can be applied to improve IT accessibility, at your institution or globally