Now is the time to build your skillset and general knowledge around accessibility!
Are you looking for opportunities to network with peers and learn more about disability and accessibility? Take a look at the national and regional conferences as well as training and certification opportunities listed below.
Do you need guidance on creating or refreshing position descriptions for a focus on accessibility? The following resources will guide developing and redefining position descriptions to help build internal capacity around accessibility:
- How To Hire For Digital Accessibility Roles (Smashing Magazine)
- Accessibility Skills Hiring Toolkit (TeachAccess)
- Staffing (California Community Colleges / Accessibility Center)
- Univ of Michigan A11y Language for Hiring Process (Univ of Michigan - Google Doc)
- The Question Still Remains: How Do I Know YOU Know Accessibility? (Guidance when interviewing candidates for an accessibility-related position. A presentation was given at the Accessing Higher Ground by Michele Williams and Mallory van Achterberg on November 17, 2017. Linked here with permission.)
- Position description examples from our peers are available. These can be requested by sending an email to [email protected].
2024
(Updated March 18, 2024 - If you are aware of other conferences that should be included, please send information to [email protected])
March 18-24: CSUN Assistive Technology Conference
Anaheim Marriot: Anaheim, CA
April 8-9: 24th Annual Multiple Perspective On Access, Inclusion & Disability Conference
The Ohio State University
Singapore
May 6-8: National ADA Symposium
Virtural
May 13-16: John Slatin AccessU Conference
Virtual and In-Person / St. Edwards Univ: Austin, TX
Late Spring: Empower Disability in Business Conference
Washington D.C.
June 9-12: National ADA Symposium
Hilton Minneapolis: Minneapolis, MN
June 14: Accessibility Summer Camp 2024
Virtual
June 26-29: HLAA 2024 Convention / Hearing Loss Association of America
Phoenix, AZ: Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass
June 26-28: International Conference on Education Quality, focusing on UDL
University of Worcester, UK
July 15-19: AHEAD Equity & Excellence Access in Higher Education
Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor; Baltimore, Maryland
July 15-18: Disability:IN Annual Conference & Expo
Virtual and in-person; Las Vegas, NV
July 29-31: CAST UDL-Con: International
Virtual and in-person: Hyatt Regency / Sacramento, CA
July 30: HighEdWeb Accessibility Summit
Virtual
Tampere, Finland
August 29-September 2: Kennedy Center's Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability (LEAD)
Hyatt Regency Downtown; Seattle, WA
September 22-25: HighEdWeb 2024 Annual Conference
Virtual and In-Person / Albuquerque, New Mexico
October 9-10: WordPress Accessibility Day 2024
Virtual
October 15-17: M-Enabling Summit
Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel: Arlington, VA
October 15-17: Mid-Atlantic ADA: Inclusive Hospitality and Tourism
Hotel Du Pont: Wilmington, DE
October 21-24: EDUCAUSE Annual Conference
In-Person / San Antonio, TX
November 11-15: Accessing Higher Ground
Virtual and In-Person / Hilton Denver City Center; Denver, CO
November 13-14: EDUCAUSE Annual Conference
Virtual
December 4-5: Sight Tech Global
Virtual
TBD: 3rd Annual Web Accessibility in Mind Conference (WebAIM)
Virtual
TBD: ICT Accessibility Testing Symposium
Virtual & In-Person / American University Washington College of Law, Washington, DC
2025
Virtual and In Person: Orlando World Center Marriott: Orlando, FL
Austin, TX
TBD: 2025 ATHEN Virtual STEM Accessibility Conference
Virtual (UVA is an institutional member of ATHEN so there is no cost for the UVA community to attend)
TBD: Deque axe-con 2025
Virtual
TBD: 2025 Microsoft Ability Summit
Virtual
Training Opportunities Available At UVA:
Digital Accessibility Training
Certification Opportunities:
International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP) Certification Programs
Current Training Opportunities For Certification Available Through IAAP
UVA has an institutional membership for IAAP. This level of membership offers:
- a limited number of complimentary certification exam vouchers
- discounted and free access to professional development training opportunities
If you are interested in enrolling in our membership and/or using one these certification testing vouchers, contact the Coordinator of Academic Accessibility.
- Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC)
- Web Accessibility Specialist (WAS)
- Certified Professional in Web Accessibility (CPWA)
- Accessible Document Specialist (ADS)
- Certified Professional in Accessible Built Environments (CPABE)
Information Accessibility Design & Policy - Professional Certificate
College of Applied Health Sciences / University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Assistive Technology Certificate Program / Certificate of Advanced Professional Development
Center on Disabilities / California State University - Northridge
JAWS® and ZoomText® Certification
Freedom Scientific
Online Education Opportunities:
Trusted Tester and ICT Testing Baseline
Section 508 / US Access Board
Utah State University; Institute for Disability Research, Policy, and Practice
The Chang School Digital Accessibility Teaching and Learning Resources
Ryerson University; Digital Accessibility Training at The Chang School of Continuing Education
W3C/Introduction to Web Accessibility
W3Cx (The World Wide Web Consortium)
Section 508 / GSA Government-wide IT Accessibility Program
Basics of Inclusive Design for Online Education
Coursera & CU-Boulder
An Introduction to Accessibility and Inclusive Design
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Self-Paced Accessibility Courses
California Community Colleges / Accessibility Center
Creating More Accessible Documents / Karlen Communications Training
Karen McCall
Master of Science in Disability Services in Higher Education
CUNY School of Professional Studies
Master of Science in Assistive Technology Engineering
Tseng College / California State University - Northridge
Master of Science in Assistive Technology Studies and Human Services
Tseng College / California State University - Northridge
Past Events
(If you need any of the following materials in an alternative format, email [email protected].)
More resources and information on UDL-focused events can be found on the UDL@UVA Speaker Series website.
UVA Student Health & Wellness Center
Friday, May 31, 2024
Encountering Disability in a Post-COVID University
Elizabeth Ellcessor: Staying Afloat in a Sea of Accommodations
March 22, 2024
UDL @ UVA: A Day With Lillian Nave
Supporting UVA's Diverse Students with UDL-Inspired Design Thinking
October 2, 2023
A Day With Eve Hill
October 3, 2022
Sponsored by the Accessibility Partners Group @ UVA and the International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP).
A Noted expert on disability law and partner at Brown Goldstein & Levy, Ms. Hill presented "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Disability Discrimination and the Americans with Disabilities Act But Were Afraid to Ask" and "Disability Rights, Disability Justice, and Disability Inclusion" during two sessions.
Captioning in the COVID-19 Era
August 12, 2020
Resources:
- Resource Summary with Key Take-Aways (Word Document)
- Slide Deck: Captioning in the COVID-19 Era (PDF)
- Captioning in the COVID-19 Era (Webinar)
UVA Health Sciences Library: Visualizing Information and Data in 20/20
Thursday, March 5, 2020
Resources:
- Podcast: Data Visualization Accessibility for Employees, Teams, & Leaders (includes transcript)
- Storytelling with Data: accessible data viz is better data viz | 5 easy ways to make your data visualization more accessible
- Diagram Center: Accessible Data Visualizations
- W3C Web Accessibility Tutorials: Complex Images
- Paths to Literacy: Tactile Graphics
- Guidelines and Standards for Tactile Graphics
- WebAIM: Alternative Text
- Microsoft: Everything you need to know to write effective alt text
Lunch & Learn: Captioning
Thursday, March 5, 2020
The presentation is available via Google Slides
Vendors mentioned during the presentation:
- Post-production caption / State-wide contract:
- 3Play Media Alex Deych / [email protected]
- Verbit Scott Ready / [email protected]
- cielo24 Joe DeRocco / [email protected]
- RealTime Captioning
- AI Media Kelly Smyth / [email protected]
- VITAC Ann Cannon / [email protected] (UVA Contract)
- VZP Digital John Rein / [email protected]
Resources mentioned during the presentation:
- UVA Library Resource Page: Services/Accessibility/Captioning
- Best practices for captioning – “The Captioning Key”
- What’s that you say? Presenting with captions in Google Slides
- YouTube: Use automatic captioning
- YouTube: Add your own subtitles & closed captions
- YouTube: Live caption requirements
- Facebook: Enabling Closed Captions on Facebook Live Broadcasts
- Facebook: Add Captions to a Video or Slideshow Ad
- ZOOM: Getting started with closed captioning
- ZOOM: Integrating a third-party closed captioning service
- ZOOM: Automatically transcribe Cloud recordings
- Indiana Univ: Make video and audio accessible
- 3Play Media:The Ultimate Guide to Closed Captioning
- VITAC: Live Caption Integration Instructions
- AI Media: Live Subtitling
- AI Media: Live Streaming / Online Streams
- GOOGLE: Present slides with captions
Peer-To-Peer Digital Accessibility Workshop