<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Dear ATHEN Members (& listserv participants):</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Early-bird Registration for the onsite 2021 Accessing Higher
Ground Conference has been extended to Oct. 1. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><b>ATHEN members also
receive a </b><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><b><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/pricing/#Member_Discounts" style="color:blue">10% discount
off registration fees</a></b></span> for the onsite conference.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><b>Keynote Speaker</b>: Dr. Jaipreet Virdi,
historian of medicine, technology, and disability. She is an Assistant
Professor at the Department of History at the University of Delaware and the
author of Hearing Happiness: Deafness Cures in History. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJWhpB0jMR0" style="color:blue">View her Science Friday
Interview on her book Hearing Happiness</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Highlights from this year’s event:</p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/pdf-accessibility-train-the-trainer-2/" style="color:blue">PDF
Accessibility – Train-the-Trainer</a></span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">, Rob Haverty, Senior Program
Manager, Accessibility, Adobe</span></p>
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</span></span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/how-to-develop-an-efficient-accessibility-testing-process/">How toDevelop an Efficient Accessibility Testing Process</a></span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">,
Lyssa Prince, Oklahoma State University</span></p>
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</span></span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/perspectives-on-teaching-accessibility/" style="color:blue">Perspectives
on Teaching Accessibility</a></span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">, Sarah Horton, University of
Southampton </span></p>
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</span></span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/create-accessible-documents-in-word-powerpoint-excel/" style="color:blue">Create
Accessible Documents in Word, PowerPoint, & Excel (WebAIM Certificate)</a></span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">, George Joeckel, Web Accessibility Specialist, Utah State
University / WebAIM</span></p>
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</span></span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/aria-foundations-patterns-and-components-for-improving-web-accessibility-development/" style="color:blue">Understandingthe ARIA Authoring Practices and Screen Readers</a></span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">,
Dennis Lembree, Director of Accessibility, Diamond</span></p>
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</span></span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/holistic-accessibility-across-the-penn-state-university/" style="color:blue">Holistic
Accessibility Across the Penn State University</a></span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">,
Binky Lush, Manager, Penn State University Libraries</span></p>
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</span></span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/streamlining-captioning-services-lessons-learned-from-the-pandemic/" style="color:blue">Streamlining
Captioning Services: Lessons Learned From the Pandemic</a></span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">, Sarah Herpst, Accessibility Analyst , Indiana University</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/how-the-department-of-educations-office-for-civil-rights-resolves-digital-accessibility-investigations/" style="color:blue">How the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Resolves Digital Accessibility Investigations</a></span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">, Mary Lou
Mobley, National Disability Expert, U.S. Dept. of Education</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><b><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/schedule-2021/" style="color:blue">View <span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">complete agenda</span></a></span></b><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"> or
</span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><b><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><a href="https://cvent.me/7yOMKW" target="_blank" style="color:blue">register now<span style="border:none;font-weight:normal"><span style="border:none">.</span></span></a></span></b></span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></p>
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<h2 style="margin:3pt 0in 6pt;break-after:avoid;font-size:14pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(36,64,97);font-weight:normal">More Information</h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">If you have any questions, contact<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span>Howard<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span>Kramer<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span>at<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span>720-351-8668<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span>or at the email below.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">e-mail: <a href="mailto:hkramer@ahead.org">hkramer@ahead.org</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Conference URL:<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/" style="color:blue">http://accessinghigherground.org/</a></span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Regards,</div><div>Howard</div><div><br></div><div>Howard Kramer</div><div>Conference Coordinator</div><div>Accessing Higher Ground</div><div>303-492-8672</div><div>cell: 720-351-8668</div><div><br></div><div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font color="#002060" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Sign up to access the recordings from the </span></font><b style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/postconferenceresources2021/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">2020 Accessing Higher Ground</span><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193);font-weight:normal"> </span><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Conference</span></a></b><font color="#002060" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"> and for <a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/postconferenceresources2021/" target="_blank">AHG 2021 'Watch Parties</a></span></font><font color="#002060" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">.' </span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font color="#002060" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><br></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font color="#002060" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"> <a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/about/#Join_Our_Mailing_List" target="_blank">Sign up to our mailing list to receive announcements</a>.<u></u></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Complete program information and registration is open for AHEAD's full line-up of <a href="https://www.ahead.org/events-programming/webinars/2021-spring-webinars" target="_blank">Spring 2021 webinars</a>. <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Not yet a member of AHEAD? <b><a href="http://ahead.org/join/become-a-member" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">We welcome you to join AHEAD now.</span></a></b></span></p></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>