IT Accessibility at the University of Washington Terrill Thompson Technology Accessibility Specialist University of Washington
History Micro Support Group Adaptive Technology Lab DO-IT 2001 – AccessIT 2003 – interest group 2006 – Web Accessibility Capacity Building Institute (CBI) 2008 – UW IT Accessibility CBI
More Recent History 2008 – Accessible Technology website 2011 – Enterprise license for SiteImprove 2012 – UW IT Accessibility Task Force was formed, jointly chartered by VP of IT and VP of External Affairs
Who is responsible for accessibility? Accessible Technology Services (UW-IT) – IT accessibility consulting – Access Technology Center – DO-IT Disability Resources for Students Disability Services ADA Coordinator Everyone else
Current/Future Efforts More How-To resources More staff in ATS – support campus web developers – evaluate products/work with vendors/support the procurement process Centralized captioning? Institutional policy?