1. IT Accessibility at the University of Washington Terrill Thompson Technology Accessibility Specialist University of Washington tft@uw.edu http://uw.edu/accessibility

2. History 1984 - Micro Support Group 1990 - Adaptive Technology Lab 1992 - DO-IT 2001 – AccessIT 2003 – AccessibleWeb@U interest group 2006 – Web Accessibility Capacity Building Institute (CBI) 2008 – UW IT Accessibility CBI

3. More Recent History 2008 – Accessible Technology website 2011 – Enterprise license for SiteImprove 2012 – UW IT Accessibility Task Force was formed, jointly chartered by VP of IT and VP of External Affairs

4. Who is responsible for accessibility? Accessible Technology Services (UW-IT) – IT accessibility consulting – Access Technology Center – DO-IT Disability Resources for Students Disability Services ADA Coordinator Everyone else

5. Current/Future Efforts More How-To resources More staff in ATS – support campus web developers – evaluate products/work with vendors/support the procurement process Centralized captioning? Institutional policy?