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:
http://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: dsinfo@colorado.edu


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

