<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Proposal Deadline: April 29</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><b>Accessing Higher Ground 2022</b> <b>is now accepting proposals for its 25^th Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado. </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://accessinghigherground.org/speaker-submissions/" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Speaker Proposal Form</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><b>AHG focuses on:</b></p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt">       </span>accessible media</p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt">       </span>inclusive design</p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt">       </span>best practices for web & media development</p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt">       </span>accessible curriculum</p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt">       </span>alternate format</p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt">       </span>teaching about accessibility and UD in university curriculum (and elsewhere)</p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt">       </span>evidence-based research</p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7pt">       </span>other topics related to accessibility in higher education and other environments</p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;b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