- From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2016 08:37:43 -0500
- To: Andrew Kirkpatrick <akirkpat@adobe.com>
- Cc: Katie Haritos-Shea <ryladog@gmail.com>, AlastairCampbell <acampbell@nomensa.com>, WCAG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Hi Andrew and all, On 10/7/16, Andrew Kirkpatrick <akirkpat@adobe.com> wrote: > I have been reaching out for additional information. I’ve reached out the > Access Board again (and have in the past, which I mentioned in the meeting > on Tuesday), I’ve also reached out to contacts in Canada, Australia, and the > EU, and have also spoken with Lainey Feingold. I expect that we will have > more information to discuss soon. > > I do urge people to bring facts to the discussion One fact that I am aware of is the Accessible Instructional Materials in Higher Education (AIM-HE) Act [1] has been introduced in the U.S Congress. Among the duties of the new commission are: "...develop and issue voluntary guidelines for accessible postsecondary electronic instructional materials, and related technologies..." It doesn't mention WCAG but it does say: "...ensure that the voluntary guidelines are consistent, to the extent feasible and appropriate, with the technical and functional performance criteria included in the national and international accessibility standards identified by the commission as relevant to student use of postsecondary electronic instructional materials and related technologies..." The National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the Association of American Publishers (AAP), the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA), the American Council on Education (ACE), EDUCAUSE have all been involved. If you or anyone else have contacts in those organizations, they may be able to provide more info. Kindest Regards, Laura References: [1] https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/6122/text Also: https://er.educause.edu/blogs/2016/9/accessible-instructional-materials-bill-introduced -- Laura L. Carlson
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