[NFBCS] Making accessibility part of CS education

[Kevin]

I know that this is a normal part of the computing industry under the 
name of usability and sometimes, human-computer interaction. It would 
then stand to reason that it is part of academia.  At the very least I 
know it is gained during self learning.

Kevin

http://kclive.buzzsprout.com


On 6/27/2021 8:15 AM, Tracy Carcione via NFBCS wrote:
> My brother asked me to find out if blind organizations are working on making
> accessibility and universal design part of CS education programs, and not
> just as an hour's lip service maybe once a year.  It should be baked into
> every project.  We all know that accessibility works best if it's built in
> from the start, not sort of tacked on as an afterthought, or, more usually,
> put off indefinitely.
>
> I think Jack Heim has been working on this for years, but I don't know if we
> in NFBCS have done much about it.  Have we, and I just don't know?
>
> If not, are there things we can do?  I'm mostly retired now, so I have more
> time than I used to.
>
> Tracy
>
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