Some of you in Colorado may be interested in this:

Accessing Higher Ground
Fourth Annual Assistive Technology
in Higher Education Conference

CU-Boulder Campus and Millennium Hotel Boulder

November 14 - 16, 2001

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Lawrence 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 provide
information
on the availability and benefits of assistive technology in
the
university and college setting.  The pre-conference will
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. The full pre-conference
and conference
agenda's, and the registration form are now online.

Phone: 303-492-8671 (V/TTY), e-mail: [log in to unmask]


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