[Accessibility_sig] Webcast TODAY: Cognitive Disabilities and the Web: What We Think We Know]

[Geary, James W.]

May I forward this to the QIAT listserv?

Jim Geary
Technology Specialist
FDLRS/South
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"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." Albert Einstein



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January 31
NCDAE Webcast
Cognitive Disabilities and the Web: What We Think We Know

The National Center on Access and Education (NCDAE) is hosting an upcoming webcast titled "Cognitive Disabilities and the Web: What We Think We Know." It will be held this > Wednesday, January 31st, from 1:00-2:00PM Mountain Standard Time (12PM Pacific; 2PM Central; 3PM Eastern). More information is available at http://ncdae.org/webcasts/cognitive.cfm <http://ncdae.org/webcasts/cognitive.cfm> .

The field of accessible Web design has moved in important positive directions in the past decade to improve accessibility to groups of individuals with disabilities, mainly those with sensory and motor impairments. Yet individuals with cognitive disabilities (the greatest numbers within the disability population) have been largely ignored. This is in part due to a lack of consensus in the field about what recommendations should be made. The panel will explore both professional opinion and empirical research across different disciplines to help us determine what recommendations could be provided to the field now, if any.

The panel will be comprised of Clayton Lewis and Paul Bohman. Clayton Lewis is a professor of Computer Science, and Fellow of the Institute of Cognitive Science, at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Paul Bohman is Technology Coordinator at the Kellar Institute for Human Disabilities and Lead Architect of Web Services in the College of Education and Human Development at George Mason University. Cyndi Rowland of NCDAE will serve as moderator.

The Webcast is free of charge. Questions may be posted to the panel before and during the Webcast. You will be able to tune in to the audio-only webcast 10 minutes before it begins using your computer with either Windows Media Player or Quicktime. It will last approximately one hour.  The webcast will be captioned for the deaf and hard of hearing and archives will be available shortly after the conclusion of the webcast.



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