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John O'Neill, a faculty member in the UMD Department of Art & Design, will cover what typography is and the basics of how people read. You will learn some best practices and principles of typography that will make your documents more accessible and inclusive.

Drawing on her personal experience with a stage IV cancer diagnosis in 2022, Phoebe Johnson will discuss the impacts an inclusive, equitable, and accessible work environment has had on her health and treatment journey.

Will Soward will discuss designing learning interfaces (such as learning management systems) for users with learning differences and permanent, temporary, or situational disabilities and explore the fundamental principles of designing for neurodiversity.

This session links learning-centered course design strategies to specific rhetorical, pedagogical, and accessibility practices for developing a course syllabus for its primary audience: learners. It will incorporate strategies and principles, practices and examples, and reflection and discussion so that participants might reflect on ways to shape their Fall 2023 learning-centered syllabus as a core course document that is accessible, inclusive, and audience-aware.

This presentation will discuss the scope of disability and address academic ableism, highlight DRC processes, and champion strategies for expanding access and inclusion in a testing environment

DEI work often focuses on increasing representation, applying equitable hiring processes and policies, and welcoming new voices and perspectives. We are all still working on these goals, but we need to realize that without including accessibility in this work, we fall short. Join us and see why accessibility is essential to the work of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Faculty and staff across the University of Minnesota (UMN) are invited to register for Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) on May 18, 2023. In coordination with people and institutions around the globe, join us for a half-day-long online event based on the theme of Amplifying Accessibility.

The presentation will cover results from the most recent Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) survey, highlighting results from students who have self-identified with a disability or condition. The SERU survey is a comprehensive survey administered to all degree-seeking undergraduates at the University of Minnesota's Twin Cities campus.