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"What is web accessibility?" Find an answer, along with plenty of tips and tools to cultivate the practice, on Web Axe. Formerly a podcast and blog, and now focused on the latter initiative, Web Axe is a great resource for anyone responsible for creating online content. Unfortunately, web accessibility has actually decreased in recent times, so it...

On The Upgrade, a podcast from Lifehacker, co-hosts Alice Bradley and Jordan Calhoun and their guests give listeners how-to guides on "the stuff that matters." On this episode, the duo and guest Alice Wong discuss an incredibly important topic: disability rights and allyship. Readers will likely recognize Alice Wong from the Disability Visibility...

This 17-page report discusses research from Accenture, in partnership with Disability:IN and the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD). This research shows the financial benefits of including people with disabilities in business. "Companies that embrace best practices for employing and supporting more persons with disabilities in...

This learning module was developed by Accessible Educational Materials (AEM) at Cast, Inc., and was designed to help instructors develop skills in creating documents that are accessible for persons with various disabilities. Topics covered include: adding alternative text to images and other media, making documents easy to navigate, checking for...

This resource provides a list of ten strategies that deaf and hard-of-hearing students would like teachers to use in the classroom to improve access to learning. The following are examples of the strategies included: don't use words like "this" and "that" as referents in the class or lab, treat all students equally, have a positive/flexible...

This webpage, from the National Deaf Center on Post Secondary Outcomes, provides a 2-page tip sheet that provides information about assistive listening devices and their use in the classroom. This tip sheet includes an overview and discusses the following questions: What are assistive listening systems, What is a telecoil, What are the different...

This webpage, made available by the National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes, features a 1-page resource that provides an overview of Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act, the 1975 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act. These laws, enacted in the United States, "work together to...

This web page, from the National Deaf Center, includes state reports on postsecondary outcomes of deaf individuals. PDF reports are included for each state, Washington D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Figures and data are provided on educational attainment and earnings for deaf individuals compared to hearing individuals for each state versus...

This webpage, from the National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes, provides a 2-page tip sheet that covers Universal Design for Learning (UDL). This resource includes short overviews of UDL principles, how UDL applies to the classroom, how UDL can be incorporated, and how UDL works with ADA accommodations. Related resources and references are...

This webpage, from the National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes, provides a 20-page report that includes an overview of undergraduate enrollment of deaf students in the United States. This report is intended to be a resource for community members, advocates, educators, researchers, and policy makers. Data used in this report is from the 2016...