1. Title – Teach Access

2. The Mission To ensure that new and emerging technologies are
“born accessible,” ALL tech workers must be familiar with the fundamental concepts and skills of
accessible design and development – from DayOne.

3. “U.S. tech industry employment surpasses 6.7 million workers”
CompTIA Report, Feb. 2016
“Less than 1 in 9 new hires have even heard of accessible technology.”
- Yahoo new hire tracking,

4. How do we get there? Undergraduates must be exposed to
the foundational concepts of accessible technology
before they graduate – ALL undergrads in
computer science, design, user experience, HCI,
and related fields.

5. How do we get there? Tech companies must require that new hires have
-          Shared challenge, industry, academia have now come together to create models for teaching and training students of technology to create accessible experiences – TEACH ACCESS, founded in 2015.
Tech companies must require that new hires have
these basic skills upon start-up.

6. Horizontal + Vertical H: Pervasive knowledge across the organization
V: Expertise of a few subject matter experts (SME)

7. Horizontal + Vertical H: Be able to have an intelligent conversation
with your SMEs
V: SMEs spend their time innovating, not fixing
H: Be able to have an intelligent conversation
with your SMEs
V: SMEs spend their time innovating, not fixing

8. The Strategy Core education Academic leadership/student engagement
Learning tools
Industry initiatives

9. The Demand
The Demand – company logos

10. The Supply
The Supply – university logos

11. And, of course, users.

12. The Tutorial The Tutorial
The tutorial -

13. Activities Job descriptions - preferred or required
Tutorials – free and open source
Accreditation - ABET, NASAD
Accessibility in broader curriculums
Guest lecturers from industry
Task forces – (materials, student engagement, competitions, accreditation, etc.)  

14. Can we keep up with…?

15. Explosion of New Platforms
We’re facing explosive growth in digital technology and while we’ve been used to basically two platforms (desktop and mobile), the industry is about to leap into many, many new platforms including Cloud, AI, wearables, VR, sensors, IoT, 3D printing, robotics and more. —
Image of Cloud from
Image of Microphone icon from
Image of Wearable watch from fitbit.com
cloud computing, speech input, wearables

16. VR, Internet of things, 3D printing (prosthetics)
We’re facing explosive growth in digital technology and while we’ve been used to basically two platforms (desktop and mobile), the industry is about to leap into many, many new platforms including Cloud services, AI, wearables, VR, sensors, IoT, 3D printing, robotics and more. —
Image of Oculus VR goggles from facebook.com
Image of Internet of things from
Image of 3D printed prosthetic from jcadusa.com

17. We’re facing explosive growth in digital technology and while we’ve been used to basically two platforms (desktop and mobile), the industry is about to leap into many, many new platforms including Cloud services, AI, wearables, VR, sensors, IoT, 3D printing, robotics and more.
A.I.

18. [Dave Chesney’s slides here]

19. Call to action! Watch the website: www.TeachAccess.org
Check out the tutorial and other materials
Industry - contact us if you can help
Academia - expand your teaching - and contact us
Spread the word

20. Contact www.TeachAccess.org TeachAccess@googlegroups.com