You can find the full text for Policy #188, information about waivers, and the minimum accessibility standard by visiting the following:
The UW鈥檚 Accessible Technology website聽includes a variety of resources:
- the IT accessibility policy and guidelines for the UW
- instructions and tips for making IT accessible
- resources for creating and procuring accessible IT products
The DO-IT (Disability, Opportunity, Internetworking, and Technology) Center website聽contains the following:
- information about DO-IT projects
- evidence-based practices that support project goals and objectives
- resources for students with disabilities
- educational materials for teachers and administration
DO-IT maintains a searchable database of frequently asked questions, case studies, and promising practices related to how educators and employers can fully include students with disabilities. The Knowledge Base is an excellent resource for ideas that can be implemented in programs in order to better serve students with disabilities. In particular, the promising practices articles serve to spread the word about practices that show evidence of improving the participation of people with disabilities in postsecondary education.聽
Examples of Knowledge Base questions include the following:
Individuals and organizations are encouraged to propose questions and answers, case studies, and promising practices for the Knowledge Base. Contributions and suggestions can be sent to doit@uw.edu.
For more information on making your campus technology accessible and to learn more about accessible learning or universal design, review the following websites and brochures:
- The 糖心原创鈥檚 hub for information on accessible technology, featuring how to create and develop accessible documents, videos, and websites, can be found at聽Accessible Technology.
- 聽are the expected guidelines to be followed for all websites.
- 罢丑别听聽website offers advice for different technologies.
- A list of thirty different聽web accessibility tips, and how to implement those tips.
- 聽information can be found online.
- More information about聽.
- Cheat sheets for making accessible documents and content, as well as a plethora of other resources for accessible websites, can be found at the聽.
- 罢丑别听AccessDL website聽shares resources for making distance learning and online courses accessible.
- Accessible University鈥檚 website聽featuring common web accessibility principles and solutions.
- A brochure on聽universally designing distance-learning programs.
- A brochure on what聽accessible distance learning聽is and how it helps students.
- A brochure on the top tips for creating an accessible distance-learning course can be found at the聽20 Tips website.
- A brochure on why accessible web design matters, and some resources to make your website accessible, can be found at聽Accessible Web Design.
- 聽is a listserv for those who want to learn more about all issues around accessible mathematics.
- More information on universal design in education can be found at the聽Center for Universal Design in Education.