Raising mainstream awareness about digital accessibility issues and individuals with different disabilities

To participate in Boston:

Join Mark Sadecki and Brian Charlson as well as many other area accessibility experts for an informational presentation on what accessibility is, who it benefits and how everyone can participate in improving access to information in the digital world. Live demonstrations of screen readers and magnifiers will be conducted as will a brief tutorial on how you can test your own web site for accessibility. See and hear what happens when a web site has been built to be accessible, and when it has not.

Wednesday, May 9th

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

The Carroll Center for the Blind 

Rachel E. Rosenbaum Technology Center

770 Centre Street

Newton, MA

Learn more and register at this Carroll Web page.

Also, learn how to make eLearning and other online campus content and ICTs accessible to all students. Join Christopher Dobson at Harper College's Center for Innovative Instruction for an introductory webinar session targeted to college and university faculty, staff and others working to support the use of technology in education on campus. The webinar is Wednesday, May 9th from 3pm to 4pm. Learn more about the webinar.