Accessing Higher Ground

Fourth Annual Assistive Technology
in Higher Education Conference

Includes Special EASI Mini Institute

CU-Boulder Campus and Millennium Hotel Boulder

November 14 - 16, 2001

Keynote Speaker: Larry Scadden,
National Science Foundation

Disability Services at the University of Colorado at Boulder invites
you to attend our fourth annual conference on Assistive Technology in
Higher Education.  This year's conference will include an "EASI Mini
Institute", which will include a series of special sessions on Web access
and access to science and math.  The pre-conference will also feature a
full day of hands on workshops and other activities at the University of
Colorado, Boulder Campus.

Wednesday, Nov. 14 - Pre-conference Highlights

* Accessible Web Site Creation - Beginners, Norm Coombs, EASI & Cyndi
Rowland, Ph.D, WebAim

* JAWS for Windows, Access to the Internet and other Advanced Features,
David Wilkinson, Freedom Scientific

* Creating Tactile Graphics using the TIGER Advantage embosser, John and
Carolyn Gardner, ViewPlus Technologies, Inc.

* Accommodation, Technology and Legal Issues in the Post-Secondary
Environment, Paul Grossman, Office of Civil Rights & Laurie Vasquez, SBCC

* Implementation of Section 508 in the University Environment, Doug
Wakefield, U.S. Access Board

Thursday and Friday, Nov. 15-16 Conference Highlights

* Improving Postsecondary Outcomes for Students with Disabilities: The
Faculty Role, Sheryl Burgstahler, DO-IT, University of Washington

* Access to Online Learning and Other Educational Technologies, Larry
Goldberg & Geoff Freed, National Center for Accessible Media, WGBH

* Adults with Multiple Learning Disabilities and Technological
Accommodations, James Bailey, University of Oregon

* Reading and Writing Success with WYNN - a Hands-on Lab, Rene Clark,
Freedom Scientific

For more information, visit the conference Web site at:
www.colorado.edu/sacs/ATconference. A complete conference agenda and
registration form will be available online in July.
Phone: 303-492-8671 (V/TTY), e-mail: [log in to unmask]


Howard Kramer
Assistive Technology Lab Coordinator
Disability Services
CU-Boulder, 107 UCB
Boulder, Co  80309
303-492-8672