1. Stakeholder Perspectives: A Professor’s Canadian Experience
Catherine Fichten
In Collaboration With
Laura King, Alice Havel, Mary Jorgensen, Alex Lussier
Ed-ICT International Network Montreal Symposium
May 30, 2017 Montreal, Quebec

2. Canada: Students with Disabilities
>16% in colleges; fewer in universities
≈ ½ registered for disability-related services
Students’ disabilities in rank order
Learning disability and/or ADHD
Mental illness
Chronic health problem
Sensory and mobility impairments
Fichten, C. S., Heiman, T., Havel, A., Jorgensen, M., Budd, J., & King, L. (2016). Sustainability of disability-related services in Canada - Israel: Will the real universal design please stand up? Exceptionality Education International, 26(1),

3. Actual Stakeholders Involved: A Professor’s Perspective
Fewer than Dr. Beaver specified…
Typical campus
Students
Professors
Campus disability service providers
Access technologists
Learning specialists
Others: on an “as needed” basis
Perspectives of stakeholders differ
Asuncion, J. V., Fichten, C. S., Ferraro, V., Barile, M., Nguyen, M. N., & Wolforth, J. (2010). Multiple perspectives on the accessibility of eLearning in Canadian colleges and universities. Assistive Technology Journal, 22(4),  

4. Desired, Reluctant & Invisible Stakeholders
Senior management
IT specialists & webmasters
Audiovisual specialists
Government
Librarians
Parents
Rehabilitation centers
Distance education specialists
Textbook publishers
Course/learning management specialists
Students not registered for disability services

5. Challenges Effective strategies Buy-in at the top Information
Adaptech Research Network
Buy-in at the top
Digital accessibility not anyone's specific mandate
Information
Learning re new initiatives after implementation
Being proactive, not retroactive
Money and time

6. Next Steps
Learn more as the symposium progresses