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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.72,0:00:04.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Michael Young) We are committed to \Nthe notion that everyone
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.31,0:00:06.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,should have an opportunity to \Nparticipate in higher education
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.91,0:00:09.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether it be from the \Nlearning perspective,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.51,0:00:11.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the research perspective, \N
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.95,0:00:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or an opportunity to work here\Nat this institution.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.39,0:00:16.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We benefit from that because we get\Nto enjoy the talents and the skills
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.83,0:00:20.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of those people who come in, \Nand also their perspective,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.54,0:00:24.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which in many cases will be different\Nfrom the perspective of others on campus.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.84,0:00:28.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So accessibility becomes a very\Nimportant value at the university.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.94,0:00:48.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Tracy Mitrano) We're a leading \Nuniversity globally.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.26,0:00:51.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want the best talent in the world\Nfor our students, our staff,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.59,0:00:54.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our faculty. And we want to \Nbe sure if that talent has a disability
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.92,0:00:57.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they know that we are a\Nwelcoming community.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.43,0:01:02.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Pablo Molino) We're competing \Nwith other prestigious
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.51,0:01:06.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and highly accomplished institutions.\NWe want to make sure that we can target
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.59,0:01:10.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the right candidates to join our community\Nregardless of their disability status.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.84,0:01:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Pete Siegel) We want to do everything \Nwe can to ensure that they have
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.70,0:01:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same access to smart faculty, \Nto fellow students,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.30,0:01:24.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to the resources at UC Davis.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.90,0:01:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Edward Ray) In fact, \Nwe genuinely believe that
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.56,0:01:30.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,excellence is achieved through diversity
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.22,0:01:32.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that a commitment \Nto equity and inclusion
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.89,0:01:37.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really enriches each of our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.05,0:01:41.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Linda Cahill) It would be inconceivable \Nnot to have a social conscience, at least,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.37,0:01:45.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and be completely committed to making\Nour resources at Barry University
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.09,0:01:49.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,accessible to all students.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.78,0:01:53.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Edward Ray) We believe that the use \Nof technology can be very powerful.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.97,0:01:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It connects people to each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.16,0:02:01.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it also enhances their \Nlearning capabilities;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.78,0:02:05.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it increases what they can do through\Ntheir research and creative work;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.39,0:02:09.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it really makes it possible for them to \Nhave a more powerful impact in the world
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.17,0:02:14.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's basically what we're all about.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.67,0:02:17.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we want that to be true \Nfor every member of our community
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.92,0:02:25.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regardless of limitations, of physical, \Nspacial, time or other dimension.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.77,0:02:27.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Hernan Londono) As an IT professional,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.02,0:02:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes some of us concentrate in \Nthe technical side of the house only
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.90,0:02:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we forget that finally \Nthe technology is to serve the people.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.09,0:02:42.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Michael Young) What the university\Noffers and makes available
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.31,0:02:45.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has to be offered to everybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.53,0:02:48.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can't afford to waste the talents \Nor the brilliance or the minds of anybody
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.79,0:02:53.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and making things accessible allows \Neverybody to engage in the university.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.64,0:02:58.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Equal opportunity is a part of our value\Nsystem, but it's also required by law.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.60,0:03:02.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Pete Siegel) Compliance is extremely \Nimportant. Compliance is the law.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.00,0:03:06.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that isn't the motivator \Nfor most of us at universities.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.70,0:03:12.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our motivation has always been\Nto provide easily accessible tools,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.71,0:03:15.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,excellent experiences for our students
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.51,0:03:19.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and really to give them the sense that\Nthis is a place they want to be,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.38,0:03:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a place they want to learn, \Na place where they can thrive.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.12,0:03:34.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Michael Young) Universal design is a very\Npowerful concept because what it means is
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.49,0:03:40.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we look at the issue of accessibility\Nat the outset rather than buying something
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.27,0:03:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or engaging something, or developing \Nsomething that we have to retrofit.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.02,0:03:46.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which not only makes it cheaper \Nand more efficient,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.46,0:03:48.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it likely makes it much better in terms\Nof both the quality of the product
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.90,0:03:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the accessibility to those...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.38,0:03:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the people that we want \Nto be able to use it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.37,0:03:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Tracy Mitrano) I think the other \Ndirection that colleges
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.94,0:03:59.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and universities could and should take is
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.52,0:04:02.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to think about accommodation\N
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.37,0:04:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as really the beginning of the\Nconversation about disability.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.22,0:04:08.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the appropriate measure\Nthat was taken
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.07,0:04:10.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Americans with Disabilities Act
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.15,0:04:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was passed in 1990
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.24,0:04:15.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's well over a generation ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.40,0:04:19.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think now we really have to think less \Nabout how we're going to measure
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.75,0:04:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,specifically this accommodation \Nor that accommodation
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.10,0:04:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and recognize that we can make \Naccessibility open and available
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.47,0:04:32.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that individual staff, faculty \Nor students
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.11,0:04:35.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do not have to go to get an accommodation.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.75,0:04:39.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It will be automatically available \Nin the webpage that they visit,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.41,0:04:43.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the device that they use.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.07,0:04:45.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Brady Deaton) We envision a campus\Nthat has a concept of universal design
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.29,0:04:47.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in all aspects of information technology,\Nthat a student is not impeded in any way,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.78,0:04:54.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in fact, that technology is utilized \Nnot only directly by those who benefit
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.54,0:04:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of certain challenges \Nthey may have,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.30,0:05:04.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also is illustrative to \Nthe broader student body
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.09,0:05:06.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to the faculty and to alums\N.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.43,0:05:08.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about what an inclusive learning \Nenvironment is.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.77,0:05:11.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Pete Seigel) We have some things\Nwe have to learn
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.07,0:05:13.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to move into\Naccessibility space,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.37,0:05:15.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the basic goals and the basic values\Nare things we already know and love.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.70,0:05:18.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then we bring in things like \Nuniversal design,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.09,0:05:21.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the notion that if we design things\Nwell right from the start,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.49,0:05:24.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they actually aren't more expensive.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.88,0:05:28.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is something that we can fit\Ninto even our very, very tight budgets.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Eileen McDonough) We make a great effort\Nin our graduate
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our undergraduate counsel to make sure\Nthat faculty and deans are aware that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in program design, in offering \Na new major,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they take into account that \N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they might have to have specialized \Nsoftware available,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they have to build that \Ninto their program development.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then to certainly just be aware\Nof all the different ways
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that students can learn,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help faculty and deans understand \Nthe concept of universal design.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Gerry Hanley) The first step really\Nneeds to be an assessment
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of where we are, so we can\Nthen inform our planning process,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,develop plans, implement a project,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then really assess the results of it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Pablo Molino) Key to our approach \Nto making sure that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our campus and our technology is\Naccessible to people with disabilities,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to ensure we do this by design.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not an afterthought that we do \Nafter we have implemented a new classroom.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, this is something that we do\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the initial conception \Nof a new project or idea.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The same way we do this for privacy \Nand security, \N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we do this for accessibility.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bruce Maas) It is less costly, \Nin the long run,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be thinking through the issues\Nof accessibility comprehensively.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Therefore, having a plan for accessibility\Ninsures that from the beginning
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we think through our issues with regard\Nto the delivery of our services.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Doing so in a strategic way means that we\Ncan hold down costs over the long haul
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and actually deliver better services\Nin the bargain.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Brady Deaton) It is very important that \Na university follows
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a policy and a process
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is a can-do kind of process.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It assumes that we are going to \Nundertake the investments that we need,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're going to demonstrate the values\Nthat we need,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that not only address the needs of\Nstudents who may be challenged with vision
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or hearing or other disabilities,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also draw on the technology \Nthat is not only exciting
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for those people who are \Ndeveloping the technology,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's intellectually exciting, it provides \Nnew jobs for that matter,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it stimulates learning \Nin so many parts of the university.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that attitude of the university\Nadministration, \N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as faculty and staff and students,\Nbecomes very, very important
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because everyone gains from this. \NIt's a win-win situation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Tracy Mitrano) A policy really is an \Nimportant way to go, \N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it will focus everyone's \Nattention.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's also probably the way that \Nyou have to go now
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there are legal pressures \Non higher education in this area.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second thing I would say about policy \Nis there are really two types in general.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One is a policy that you have \Nbecause you have a law,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for example, the Family Education Rights \NPrivacy Act Policy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you want to be clear and sure that \N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're going to have compliance\Non your campus.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's another kind of policy \Nthat I would call aspirational policy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and maybe accessibility \Nfits a little bit in both
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you most certainly \Ncan err on the aspirational side.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An aspirational policy is something \Nyou establish for your institution
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a path moving towards something, \Nmoving forward.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It does not have to have one hundred\Npercent compliance
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's really a direction \Nthat you're setting strategically
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for your institution.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Gerry Hanley) I'd say another critical \Naspect around our strategy is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a shared governance strategy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because education is \Na shared responsibility
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,across faculty, staff, students, \Nvenders,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of us working together have to \Nshare in that responsibility.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, a shared governance process means\Nif you are responsible in delivering
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the service, then you have an opportunity\Nto share in governing how we're going to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,manage the implementation \Nof these services.\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Brady Deaton) The administrators of the\Nuniversity must reflect the values
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that demonstrate the importance \Nof this to the learning environment
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it has to be built in then\Nto every aspect of what we do.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Michael Young) Right now we have \Na number of projects and initiatives
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,underway at the UW in which \Nwe're testing new technologies.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Accessibility is an important \Nconsideration in these evaluations.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of the vendors we work with\Nhave completed
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Voluntary Product Accessibility Templates\Nor VPATs,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which offer a checklist of accessibility\Ncriteria and vendors' self-assessment
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as to how well they meet those criteria.\NIt's a good starting point,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we go beyond that to ask \Na vendor specific questions
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to test their products with \Nrespect to accessibility.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Gerry Hanley) We begin with our vendors \Nsaying (a) this is not only important
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this is required for working\Nwith the CSU.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every student who comes into \Nour institution,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to provide equally effective\Naccess to those services
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you are a partner in delivering\Nthose services to us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we will tell you what we need and then\Nwe will help you inform your staff,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,educate your staff, provide them\Nsome consultation and guidance
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in partnership with us, \Nso you can deliver the successful
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,service for us.\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Pat Burns) So we work with our vendors\Nto try to put pressure on them
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make things accessible.\NWe actually have a purchasing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,process where we work through and ask the\Nissues about accessibility for software
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hardware that we buy as well.\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Bruce Maas) Individual efforts really \Nneed to be able to scale well.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we go about things in an ad hoc \Napproach, one by one,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're not likely to get the same results\Nas if we work together as a community
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in higher education,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to work with vendors to improve \Naccessibility for everyone
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with regard to the products \Nthat are offered.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a much more pragmatic approach\Nrather than institution by institution.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Gerry Hanley) Making accessibility \Na priority in their development roadmap
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is going to be driven \Nby the market demand.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if an institution never says a word,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the vendor isn't going to do\Nanything about it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if we begin to communicate our \Ndemands collectively,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then the vendor will recognize \Nthe market value of accessibility.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Joel Hartman) As we acquire IT resources,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to embed accessibility \Nin our contracts.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we develop resources, we have to employ\Nuniversal design in our thinking about how
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make these resources available and \Nwe have to continue to monitor students
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see if we're really delivering to them \Nthe resources in a form
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they can actually use.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Michael Young) Accessibility requires \Neffort on the part of everyone
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the higher education community\N- faculty, staff, technology vendors.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we all do our part, our institutions\Ncan provide everyone
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with an equal opportunity to participate.\NAnd we all benefit from the perspectives
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a diverse group.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Hernan Londonono) Having that peace\Nof mind that we are doing all we can
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to provide an accessible campus is --\Ngives us a lot of pride
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we feel very happy about what, \Nwhat we do.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Linda Cahill) Why wouldn't we make \Nour campus accessible
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to students with disabilities and why\Nwouldn't we do everything we could
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see the technology is accessible \Nto our students?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Tracy Mitrano) The spirit of what has \Nmade higher education
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the jewel in the crown of American \Nsociety
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is part and parcel of the message\Nof accessibility.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Ed Ray) Every way in which we touch \Nthe lives of others,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether it's in the classroom, the laboratory, \Nthrough live performances,\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through events on campus, we want everyone
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who comes here and creates \Nthose experiences
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be as fully engaged and as fully \Nbenefited
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the activity as possible.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that simply can't be done\Nif people have artificial challenges
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or barriers to try to overcome.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Ed Ray) I would say to those out there\Nwho are just getting started
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or maybe struggling to figure out \Nhow to use technology to advance
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,accessibility on their campuses that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's no such thing as \Na bad time to start.