Accessibility

Digital Accessibility

Documents Links to an external site.

This handy page from the University of Washington has information on creating accessible digital documents, including guidance on headings, lists, form fields, alt text, tables, tab order or read order, visual characteristics, color contrast, links and buttons, titles, navigation, and language. 

Creating Accessible Content Links to an external site.

This page from Instructional Support at Portland Community College has links to info on headings, alt text, equations, lists, color, audio and video, meaningful links, tables, and complex images. Some of them have a short video available that shows how a screen reader would engage with these elements to help illustrate why it's important that they be accessible to serve all our students and colleagues. 

General Accessibility Design Guidelines Links to an external site.

This page from Instructure (Canvas) has some streamlined info on general accessibility guidelines, including layout and design, headings, images, links, content formatting, tables, videos, content file formats, and PDFs. 

Physical Accessibility and Disability Inclusion

Presenting Accessibly Download Presenting Accessibly

These are the slides from a workshop I used to facilitate with the instructional accessibility specialist, Tre Sandlin, from Clark College. The slides have my old contact info, but most of the information is still good! The workshop covered various types of disabilities and how to work with students with those disabilities in the classroom (with an emphasis on in-person teaching). Tre and I are planning to revise this workshop and offer it together again, this time with a mixed LCC and Clark audience. Coming soon : ) 

Accommodation Needs Links to an external site.

This page from Penn State University has a section called "Target Audiences" that lists some types of disabilities. If you click on any of the disability types, it will take you to a page that talks about accessibility related to that disability and some common accommodations that are helpful. It will contain information on both digital and physical environments. For example, the section on Deaf people and people with hearing loss has deaf culture and etiquette tips and strategies to use in the classroom. The disability types you can click on are severe visual impairment, low vision, colorblindness and color deficiency, Deaf and individuals with hearing loss, impaired mobility, learning disorders, and other neurological impairment. Please note that some of this language highlights deficits and may be felt as stigmatizing by some people. For example, not all people identify as having a "learning disorder," some may identify as having a "learning difference." 

To highlight this language issue, here are two videos:

Holderness Family Music: ADHD Needs a New Name

Aimee Mullins:The Opportunity of Adversity