NCDAE, National Center on Disability and Access to Education

Past Projects

Policy and Research

Two National Summits to set priorities for a national policy and research agenda.
Policy work with the Access Board, as a member of the Telecommunications and Electronic and Information Technology Advisory Committee (TEITAC) to refresh the Section 508 and Telecom 255 standards.
Policy inputs to ongoing work of the United Nations and the World Bank
Comprehensive review of research literature on issues of cognitive disability and web accessibility.
Creation and validation of “Recommended Practice Indicators for Institution-wide Web Accessibility” in postsecondary education.

Initial development, and proof of concept, for a real-time captioning tool, CaptionCaster.
Addition of cognitive assessments to WebAIM’s WAVE (web accessibility evaluation) tool.
Creation of a Firefox toolbar and Dreamweaver extension of WebAIM’s Development of a self-study tool to assist postsecondary institutions; the GOALS Benchmarking and Planning Tool

Presentations, webcasts, and workshops to an array of stakeholders in education, government, and industry on the importance of accessible content as well as the importance of a policy framework necessary to support a sustainable effort.
Fact sheets useful for those pursuing accessible content design
An Action Paper intended to assist postsecondary administrators as they make choices on institution-wide web accessibility policy and implementation.