IDEA Best Practices Guide for Districts Released The Council of Great City Schools has issued a best practices guide for districts to provide support, knowledge and tools to use as they continue to provide instruction and services to students with disabilities during and after the COVID-19 health crisis. The report acknowledges it is likely that […]
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Happy New Year! Today, I wanted to share out a little more on digital accessibility and in particular using commonly available tools test websites for accessibility. Digital accessibility is a hot topic in the world today with many recent high profile cases making it all the way to the United States Supreme. Guys, I am […]
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This week’s blog post is focused on my favorite pastime –gaming and in particular accessible gaming. A great article was written by the folks from the Washington Post which highlights the benefits of gaming for those with disabilities. Here at MDTAP, we also love some gaming and we are hoping to have another accessible gaming […]
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Guest Blogger: Gary Norman Our guest blogger today is Gary Norman, Chair of the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights. A law school professor once counseled me to work the body as much as the mind (a concept from antiquity). While the legal field increasingly recognizes the importance of health […]
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Hi guys, some of you probably know that I am an avid gamer and especially the console platform games. My first deep dive into Battle Royale games has come with the game ‘Apex Legends.’ This is a cross platform tile by ReSpawn (with financial backing from I believe by Electronic Arts) and it’s been a […]
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Wow, guys this one slid by me without me noticing this great bit of accessibility news to be honest! However, I am now super excited to reveal that in-game communication is now subject to US. Accessibility law (effective Jan 2019). Meaning that in-game voice chat, text messaging and other video messaging has to be accessible […]
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