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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Information Accessibility Design & Policy (IADP) Professional Development Certificate Available
<i>Online</i> at University of Illinois Urbana Champaign<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Three important questions for your organization:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Is your websites and instructional materials designed to be accessible?
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</span></span><![endif]>Are you aware of state and federal requirements for insuring equal access by people with disabilities to you programs an services?
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Are your instructors and digital development teams prepared to minimize barriers and maximize access to digital information for your clients?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">This spring, the <b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://ahs.illinois.edu/"><span style="color:windowtext">College of Applied Health Sciences</span></a>
</span></b>at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will launch a fully-online, three-course professional certificate in Information Accessibility Design and Policy (IADP.) From hands-on developers to compliance officers, anyone responsible for making
web content findable, useable and accessible for persons with disabilities can learn how to meet accessibility mandates and exceed end-user expectations. This program is the only one if its kind in the U.S. and one of only of a few in the world.
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">View a video about the IADP program:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="http://online.ahs.illinois.edu/iadp/iadp-video.aspx">http://online.ahs.illinois.edu/iadp/iadp-video.aspx</a>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">IADP Courses will cover:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">• Principles of accessible information architecture and universal design information technologies used in educational, business, healthcare, and employment settings.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">• Federal and state legal requirements for providing equal access to information technologies to protect the civil rights of people with disabilities.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">• Information technology accessibility standards, design techniques that enable adherence to those standards, and tools that support validation and evidence of compliance to those standards.
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><a href="http://online.ahs.illinois.edu/iadp/register.aspx"><span style="color:windowtext">Registration</span></a></b> is now open. Class size is limited. For more information, contact Dr. Reginald Alston at 217-333-2131 or
<b><a href="mailto:alston@illinois.edu"><span style="color:windowtext">alston@illinois.edu</span></a></b>, or go to
<a href="http://online.ahs.illinois.edu/iadp/">online.illinois.edu/IADP</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="online.illinois.edu"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="240" height="34" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D133F1.30C8DCA0" alt="cid:image001.png@01D0F062.C98A2700"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#17375E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jon Gunderson, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Coordinator of IT Accessibility<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Disability Resources and Education Services<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">E-mail: <a href="mailto:jongund@illinois.edu">jongund@illinois.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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