Category: Advocacy

The Untapped Power of a Diverse Workforce

This Prezi by Deb Dagit of  Deb Dagit Diversity LLC, was recently shared to illustrated some of the new features in Prezi.

Colorful and succinct “The Untapped Power of a Diverse Workforce”*, is suitable for educating faculty, administrators, and business leaders about the value of including individuals with disabilities in the workplace.

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*A slightly different version, which includes animation, can be found at this link:  The Voice.

Legislation Sought to Ensure Higher Education Techonology is Accessible to Visually Impaired College Students

Disability rights advocates and book publishers are pushing for federal regulations to ensure higher education technology is accessible to tens of thousands of students with visual impairments.

According to  a 2011 AIM Report on the accessibility and inaccessibility of instructional material,  approximately 2.1 million American students have some kind of disability, including about 63,000 with visual impairments. Continue reading “Legislation Sought to Ensure Higher Education Techonology is Accessible to Visually Impaired College Students”

Accessibility Logo Gets New Look for 21st Century

medium-sized access symbol

One of the most recognized symbols world-wide  is the handicap symbol, officially called the The International Symbol of Access (ISA). The symbol, which features a stick figure in a wheelchair with a blue-and-white color scheme, has just been given a make-over for the twenty-first century. Continue reading “Accessibility Logo Gets New Look for 21st Century”