Accessing Higher Ground

Second Annual Assistive Technology
in Higher Education Conference

November 17 - 19, 1999

Keynote Speaker:  Larry Goldberg, Director of the
National Center  for Accessible Media (NCAM), WGBH


Disability Services at the University of Colorado at Boulder
invites you to attend our second 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 conference will take
place at the Raintree Plaza Conference Center in Longmont, CO and
at the University of Colorado, Boulder Campus.


You will learn:

 * how to implement assistive technology in the classroom and
   other campus environments

 * the legal and policy issues, including ADA compliance,
   associated with providing accommodations through assistive
   technology

 * how to make campus media and information resources, including
   Web pages, distance learning, and library resources, accessible.



Thurs & Fri  -  General Sessions  (Partial Listing)

Accessible Video, Audio and Multimedia on the Web and Elsewhere,
Larry Goldberg, NCAM, WGBH

The Responsibilities of Post Secondary Institutions to Provide
Assistive Technology as Required by ADA, Angelique Atkinson,
ADA Technical Assistance Center

Can Technology Help Compensate for Reading Disabilities?,
Katherine Myers, Wright State University

Voice Recognition - What's it Good For?, Lanne Lancaster,
Community College of Aurora

Creating and Maintaining an Accessible Library, Lisette Volkmar,
Arizona State University



Wednesday  -  Pre-conference on Web Access and Distance Learning

Two pre-conference sessions will offered on Wednesday.  A hands-on
workshop on "Designing Universally Accessible Web Sites for Persons
with Disabilities" will be presented by Mike Paciello, nationally
known speaker and teacher on accessible web design.

A lecture-only format on the same topic, presented by  Zuhair
Mah'd, IBM Global Services, will also be available during the
pre-conference along with "Making Distance Learning Accessible,"
by Ron Stewart, Oregon State University.


For a complete agenda, workshop listing or registration form,
visit the conference website at www.colorado.edu/sacs/ATconference99
or contact Disability Services at 303-492-8671 (V/TTY) or through
email at [log in to unmask]


Tom Younkerman
AT Lab Assistant
Disability Services
Colorado University (Boulder)