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Steps Toward Creating a More Accessible and Inclusive College Classroom

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It is important to understand inclusive pedagogies as practices where we discern the nuance between general multicultural education or culturally responsive pedagogy and inclusive practices that specifically address the ability/disability continuum and the health dimension. Support colleagues with disabilities.

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So you think you understand UDL?

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I thought I had a pretty good handle on universal design for learning (UDL), but after chatting with Katie Novak , Ed.D., In 1990, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) renewed our national focus on the least-restrictive environment. Novak, author of UDL Now!

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How Colleges Can Improve Accessibility In Remote Courses

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Colleges have long had offices designed to support students who have learning disabilities and to encourage broader accessibility in the classroom and beyond. Students who struggle because they have reading disabilities or struggle to read on a computer screen because of blurred vision.

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When the Variability of All Learners Is Addressed

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As an education community, we are beginning to understand the depth of the pandemic’s impact, especially on our students of color, our English Language learners and our students with disabilities. We, as an education community, must commit to the principles of Universal Design for Learning for the benefit of all learners.

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Bridging the Gap: Overcoming Barriers in Higher Ed for Students with Disabilities including Neurodivergent Learners

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“A disability may be the result of combinations of impairments and environmental barriers , such as attitudinal barriers, inaccessible information, an inaccessible built environment or other barriers that affect people’s full participation in society [i].” For instance, in 2019, 6.2% of Canadian undergraduate students and 2.4%

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Bridging the Gap: Overcoming Barriers in Higher Ed for Students with Disabilities including Neurodivergent Learners

Faculty Focus

“A disability may be the result of combinations of impairments and environmental barriers , such as attitudinal barriers, inaccessible information, an inaccessible built environment or other barriers that affect people’s full participation in society [i].” For instance, in 2019, 6.2% of Canadian undergraduate students and 2.4%

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Summarized transcription versus real-time captioning: What’s best?

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This service aims to convey a speaker’s intended meaning in as few words as possible so that a reader can quickly understand the information and participate in the discussion. This not only aligns with Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles but also showcases a commitment to inclusive education.