1. IT Accessibility Liaisons Meeting October 25, 2017
Accessible Technology Services
UW-IT

2. Agenda
9:00-9:30 Welcome, Introductions Update on Policy #188 9:30-10:30 Reports from the Field: Representatives from UW Bothell and UW Tacoma Discuss Accessibility Efforts and PDF Remediation 10:30-10:45 Break 10:45-11:30 Self-selected Small Group Discussions 11:30-12:00 Small Group Report Outs 12:00-1:00 Lunch & Networking

3. Two UW Centers: Access Technology Center (ATC) DO-IT Center
Founded 1984
Funded by UW for faculty, students, staff
DO-IT Center
Founded 1992
Supported with federal, state, corporate, private funds
Expanded to DO-IT Japan, & DO-IT Singapore 2016

4. UW IT Accessibility Efforts Guided By:
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1993; ADA & its 2008 Amendments
DoJ & OCR resolutions at other campuses
2015 EDUCAUSE report IT Accessibility Risk Statements & Evidence
State of Washington Policy #188 – IT Accessibility

5. WA Policy #188 – IT Accessibility
establishes the expectation for state agencies that people with disabilities have access to & use of information & data & be provided access to the same services & content that is available to persons without disabilities
ocio.wa.gov/policy/accessibility

6. IT Accessibility Team, ATS IT Accessibility Task Force
Highlights
Leadership:
IT Accessibility Team, ATS
IT Accessibility Task Force
IT Accessibility Liaisons
Free Captioning Project
PDF Accessibility Pilot
Sheryl

7. Accessible Technology at the UW
Terrill
uw.edu/accessibility

8. Recent Developments
IT Accessibility Checklist (which can be completed online) & Tutorial
Progress and Plan
IT Accessibility Leadership
IT Accessibility Database
Updates in technical areas as well (documents, videos, websites, etc.)
uw.edu/accessibility

9. Q&A About Policy #188