Keep up with the latest in accessibility at USC and read perspectives on living with a disability on campus.
Being a disabled student is tough. Keeping up with deadlines, getting to classes, dealing with health issues alongside all the other requirements of academic work - it can be overwhelming. But one thing that makes it worse is when you run into a professor who throws you more hurdles than you can handle. Colleen Etman has never wanted to be that professor.
The new version of the accessibility guidelines is now officially recommended by the W3C. Learn more about what's changed and what this means for us at USC.
What do snarky elevator signs, uncomfortable chairs, and distance learning have in common? All are unexpected factors that have shaped the educational experience of this disabled graduate student.
Links may seem like a basic, everyday thing, but there's more to making links accessible than you may realize.
This summer, Colleen Etman met with some other disabled students to help promote USC's Digital Accessibility team. What started as an opportunity to be a face for accessibility on campus became an afternoon of camaraderie and community.
Microsoft Word and PowerPoint contain an accessibility treasure you can take advantage of. This "Accessibility Checker" has the ability to detect many content accessibility issues and guide you through resolving them.
Beyond broken links and misspellings, Siteimprove can help site managers identify common accessibility issues and where to fix them on their unit site.
As July is well-known for its 4th day, learn how digital accessibility is related to it's 26th day. Sam's story can help you better understand and relate.
What does the term accessibility mean to you? Why does it matter? As these questions are important to ask and discuss year-round, they are commonly asked during this time of the year.