IT Accessibility Liaisons Meeting October 25, 2017 Accessible Technology Services UW-IT
Agenda 9:00-9:30 Welcome, Introductions Update on Policy #188 9:30-10:30 Reports from the Field: Representatives from UW Bothell and UW Tacoma Discuss Accessibility Efforts and PDF Remediation 10:30-10:45 Break 10:45-11:30 Self-selected Small Group Discussions 11:30-12:00 Small Group Report Outs 12:00-1:00 Lunch & Networking
Two UW Centers: Access Technology Center (ATC) DO-IT Center Founded 1984 Funded by UW for faculty, students, staff DO-IT Center Founded 1992 Supported with federal, state, corporate, private funds Expanded to DO-IT Japan, 2007 & DO-IT Singapore 2016
UW IT Accessibility Efforts Guided By: Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1993; ADA & its 2008 Amendments DoJ & OCR resolutions at other campuses 2015 EDUCAUSE report IT Accessibility Risk Statements & Evidence State of Washington Policy #188 – IT Accessibility
WA Policy #188 – IT Accessibility establishes the expectation for state agencies that people with disabilities have access to & use of information & data & be provided access to the same services & content that is available to persons without disabilities ocio.wa.gov/policy/accessibility
IT Accessibility Team, ATS IT Accessibility Task Force Highlights Leadership: IT Accessibility Team, ATS IT Accessibility Task Force IT Accessibility Liaisons Free Captioning Project PDF Accessibility Pilot Sheryl
Accessible Technology at the UW Terrill uw.edu/accessibility
Recent Developments IT Accessibility Checklist (which can be completed online) & Tutorial Progress and Plan IT Accessibility Leadership IT Accessibility Database Updates in technical areas as well (documents, videos, websites, etc.) uw.edu/accessibility
Q&A About Policy #188