How can you integrate accessibility into your syllabus?
When writing a course syllabus, faculty members can take explicit steps that take into account the abilities of the students that will be in their class, encourage students to discuss their disability with their instructor, and make the syllabus more accessible to students with disabilities. Faculty should:
What can companies do to support employees with disabilities?
There are a variety of strategies that companies can use to support employees with disabilities. Taking such actions may help to ensure that employees with disabilities have the same opportunities for advancement and professional development as all employees. Some of these strategies may be similar to strategies used to support other underrepresented groups, such as women and racial/ethnic minorities. To support employees with disabilities companies can:
What strategies used to recruit other underrepresented groups could be repurposed for use in recruiting students with disabilities to your program, institution, or department?
Many programs, institutions and departments have strategies that they use to recruit individuals from underrepresented groups such as women and racial/ethnic minorities. Many of these strategies can be adapted for recruiting individuals with disabilities. For example:
What language should I use to talk about people with disabilities?
Refer to a person's disability only if it is relevant to the conversation. Avoid negative descriptions of a person's disability. For example, "a person who uses a wheelchair" is more appropriate than "a person confined to a wheelchair," which is both inaccurate and negative in tone; people who use wheelchairs are not “confined” to them, they are empowered by them with the gift of mobility.
Many people with disabilities prefer language that mentions the person first and then the disability. They consider, for example "A man who is blind" preferable to "a blind man.”
2016 Report of the AccessSTEM/AccessComputing/DO-IT Longitudinal Transition Study (ALTS)
What strategies can be used to accommodate students who are authorized to receive extra time on assignments or tests in lab courses?
Some students with learning and other types of disabilities may need additional time to complete assignments in lab courses. Described below are examples of how extra time could be provided to an individual student.
What tools can facilitate conversations between graduate students with disabilities and their advisors about disability-related accommodations?
It is important for graduate students with disabilities to communicate with their graduate advisors about their disability-related needs and specific accommodations. Mentoring contracts and annual evaluations are two tools that can help facilitate these conversations.
What tools can facilitate conversations between students with disabilities and their advisors?
It is important for students, including those with disabilities, to communicate with their advisors about their disability-related needs and accommodations. Several tools can help facilitate these conversations. They include mentoring contracts, annual evaluations, and individual development plans.
Where can I learn about best practices for making accessible mobile and web apps?
The Teach Access Tutorial provides best practices for making accessible mobile and web apps. Via hands-on exercises and reference guides, tutorial users can learn about aspects of writing accessible code like headings, image tags, keyboard navigation and ARIA standards as well as design principles for accessibility related to color contrast, text size, and conveying meaning through color.