Accessibilty

Are there cracks in the foundation of the UDL Guidelines? CAST Co-Founder David Rose says there are in a highly personal, confessional, and reflective new essay.

Online Resources for Academic Ableism By Jay Timothy Dolmage (2017) Table of Contents Online Resources for Academic Ableism 1 Universal Design: Places to Start 3 UNIVERSAL DESIGN OF LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS: PLACES TO START 4 Space: 4 Delivery: 4 Redundancy: 5 Translation: 6 Interaction: 7 Fi...

One of the most pernicious stereotypes is that neurodivergent people are only a good fit for subordinate positions or working in highly technical or individual roles.

Today’s training programs cannot be one-size-fits all. We have a diverse workforce who may have challenges understanding learning concepts due to challenges ...

I’m no guru on web accessibility, most of my projects likely will fail to meet the standards. But I am more interested in the small things we can and ought to do to at least try better. Someh…

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Ann Gagnè talks about how to align our values through accessibility on episode 393 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast

One in four learners may have a disability. To ensure that everyone has access to professional development opportunities, we need accessibility in e-learning.

“If you’re not sure what to do, just ask.” By David Berman, with Maham Farooq and other contributors at David Berman Communications [Some content used with permission from Brian Kon and from the Disabilities Issues Office, Government of Manitoba. Thank you also to the Canadian Association of the Deaf, CAST, and Autism Speaks for their … Continue reading Accessible online meetings article

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Attractive headlines and titles are critical in getting you noticed and making the right first impression.

Increasingly used as a crutch for link labels, 'Learn More' is a vague call to action and also inaccessible. Instead, use descriptive labels that help users predict the next page.

In the absence of manually transcribed captions, YouTube’s algorithm supplies auto-generated ones. The nonsensical results hurt everyone.

Break your text and multimedia content into smaller chunks to make it easier for users to understand and remember information.

When headings and subheadings visually stand out on the page and are descriptive, users engage in an efficient scanning pattern that allows them to quickly find the information that they need.

Plain language makes it easier for the public to read, understand, and use government communications.

Plain language makes it easier for the public to read, understand, and use government communications.

Reading from screens is 25% slower than from paper and we know that Web users skim rather than read. Web text should be short, emphasize scannability, and be structured into multiple hyperlinked pages (each focused on a subtopic).

Plain language makes it easier for the public to read, understand, and use government communications.

On the web and on paper, start content with the most important piece of information allows readers to quickly get the main point, regardless of how much they read.

Plain language makes it easier for the public to read, understand, and use government communications.