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Raymond RoseRose & Smith Associates
Port Aransas, TX
Slides available at: http://www.slideshare.net/RaymondRose
CL 2016
This work by Raymond Rose is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Accessibility: Are All Aspects of Your Project Fully Accessible? Common Mistakes and Guidance for Design
Certification of Compliance with National Science Foundation Nondiscrimination Regulations and PoliciesBy electronically signing the proposal, the Authorized Organizational Representative hereby certifies that the organization will comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 USC § 2000d),
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 USC §§ 1681 et seq.),
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 USC § 794),
the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (42 USC §§ 6101 et seq.)
and all regulations and policies issued by NSF pursuant to these statutes.
Certification of Compliance with National Science Foundation Nondiscrimination Regulations and Policies (continued)
To that end, in accordance with the above-referenced nondiscrimination statutes, and NSF’s implementing regulations and policies, no person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity for which the Proposer receives Federal financial assistance from the Foundation; and HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT it will immediately take any measures necessary to effectuate this agreement.• The Proposer recognizes and agrees that such Federal financial assistance will be
extended in reliance on the representations and agreements made in this Certification, and that the United States shall have the right to seek judicial enforcement of this Certification. This Certification is binding on the Proposer, its successors, transferees, and assignees.
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From NSF’s Proposed Budget for FY 2016 Dyslexia.—NSF shall fully implement section 4 of the Research Excellence and Advancements for Dyslexia Act exactly as enacted in Public Law 114–124.- PL 114-124Research Excellence and Advancements for Dyslexia Act or the READ Act• (Sec. 3) This bill requires the National Science Foundation (NSF) to include in
its annual congressional budget justification the amount requested for its Research in Disabilities Education program, which advances the goal of broadening the participation and achievement of learners with disabilities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
• (Sec. 4) Subject to the availability of appropriations, NSF must devote specified funding to support dyslexia research with the goal of practical application.
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Today’s Focus:
Project and Institutional Websites
Online Courses/Resources
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Step 1. Check* your websiteFREE website accessibility test sites
http://CynthiaSays.com
http://WAVE.webaim.org
http://achecker.ca/checker/index.php
* Not comprehensive and will not check all accessibility issues but is a good quick check of the basic issues.
“those with a disability are able to acquire the same information and engage in the same interactions — and within the same time frame — as those without disabilities.”
OCR Compliance Review 11-11-2128, 06121583, paraphrased from 11-13-5001, 10122118, 11-11-6002
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Common OCR Findings1. Lack of Alternative Text on All Images2. Documents Not Posted in an Accessible
Format3. Lack of Captions on All Videos and the
Inability to Operate Video Controls Using Assistive Technology
4. Improperly Structured Data Tables
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Common OCR Findings5. Improperly Formatted and Labeled Form
Fields6. Improper Contrast Between Background
and Foreground Colors7. Frames Not Titled with Text that
Facilitates Frame Identification and Navigation
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Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
• Principle I: Provide Multiple Means of Representation (the “what” of learning)
• Principle II: Provide Multiple Means of Action and Expression (the “how” of learning)
• Principle III: Provide Multiple Means of Engagement (the “why” of learning)
Access and Equity for All Learners in Blended and Online Educationhttp://www.inacol.org/resource/access-and-equity-for-all-learners-in-blended-and-online-education/
Higher Ed Accessibility Lawsuits, Complaints, and Settlementshttp://www.d.umn.edu/~lcarlson/atteam/lawsuits.html
Color advice for cartographyhttp://colorbrewer2.org/ Vischeck simulates colorblind vision.http://www.vischeck.com/ Daltonize corrects images for colorblind viewers.http://www.vischeck.com/daltonize/
NVDA (NonVisual Desktop Access) is a free “screen reader” which enables blind and vision impaired people to use computers. It reads the text on the screen in a computerized voice. You can control what is read to you by moving the cursor to the relevant area of text with a mouse or the arrows on your keyboard.