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Accessibility in Teaching and Learning @ CSU<\/h1>\n

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\u00a0“It is a golden moment, when a lecturer offers me a summary of things that was uttered just a few moments ago.\u00a0 I get a look into what’s happening at that moment. This is incredibly rare for me since I have received essential information in arrears almost all my school and academic life.\u00a0 If I may use a metaphor, it is like I have been given a sip of water, even though I need to trust that I will still get a jug of water three to four days after all others receive theirs.”<\/em><\/h2>\n

Anonymous CSU Student, 2018<\/em><\/p>\n

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What do we mean by ‘Accessibility?’<\/h2>\n

Accessible means a person with a disability is afforded the opportunity to acquire the same information, engage in the same interactions, and enjoy the same services as a person without a disability in an equally effective and integrated manner, with substantially equivalent ease of use.\u00a0 The person with a disability must be able to obtain the information as fully, equally and independently as a person without a disability\u00a0 http:\/\/www.washington.edu\/accessibility\/requirements\/legal-cases-by-issue\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Historically, students must register with the Disability Service to initiate another, alternative format for inaccessible learning material.\u00a0 Instead of waiting for students to self-identify their disability and requirements for reasonable adjustments, the solution is to incorporate principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and web accessibility into the curriculum design process.<\/p>\n

Why is Accessibility Important?<\/h2>\n

Did you know that 1 in 5 Australians live with a disability?\u00a0\u00a0 According to the most recent survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2015), 101,600 students with a disability attended University whilst only 60,110 students chose to disclose any disability to their university (Brett, 2016).<\/p>\n

Designing accessible content does not only benefit students with a disability but also provides equal access and educational opportunities for all students.\u00a0 For example, adding captions or text versions of audio content not only provides accessibility for students with hearing impairments but can assist non-native English speakers as well as all students, with the spelling of technical terms etc.<\/p>\n