Educational IT: How Students and Employees With Disabilities Can
AccessITBy Burgstahler, Sheryl, PhD; Johnson, Kurt, PhD; CSUN
Technology and Persons With Disabilities Conference - 2002,
Publication Date: 2002 Paper discusses the National Center on
Accessible Information Technology in Education (AccessIT) at the
University of Washington in Seattle. The purpose of AccessIT is
to coordinate an effort to help educational and governmental
institutions to make education-based IT accessible to all
students and employees, including those with disabilities.
Professionals at AccessIT work to develop policies and make
decisions regarding planning for and procuring IT, and help to
train general and special educators, computer lab staff, and
library staff on the latest IT. AccessIT is funded by the
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research of
the United States Department of Education. Published by: Center
on Disabilities at CSUN (Website:http://www.csun.edu/cod/) Link
to text: http://www.csun.edu/cod/c