ANNOUNCEMENT: Information Accessibility Design and Policy (IADP) Online Professional Certificate from Univeristy of Illinois

The following online certificate is for people new to IT Accessibility or who have come to accessibility from other disciplines and want a more comprehensive understanding of disability and accessible design.  The courses are also an excellent way to prepare for IAAP certification or maintenance.  One of the most common comments from previous participants is the connections they have made with other participants.

Information Accessibility Design and Policy (IADP) Online Professional Certificate
College of Applied Health Sciences
University of Illinois

Register for IADP Certificate Program<http://iadp.ahs.illinois.edu/>

First Course starts on 18 October, 2020

Overview
The IADP program serves website/web application developers/designers, content creators in education and industry, information technology specialists, and disability service providers learn the principles of accessible information architecture and universal design used in education, healthcare, and employment settings. Students will also learn the federal and state legal mandates governing information accessibility and their relationship to the civil rights of people with disabilities, as well as technology accessibility standards, design techniques that adhere to those standards, and tools that support validation and evidence of compliance to those standards. The IADP professional certificate program consists of 3 online 8 week courses that can be completed in one academic year, and the certificate is available to undergraduate, graduate, degree or non-degree seeking students.

Approved by the International Association of Accessibility Professionals<https://www.accessibilityassociation.org/> (IAAP) for CAEC Professional Development Credit<https://www.accessibilityassociation.org/content.asp?admin=Y&contentid=478#Which%20programs%20are%20pre-approved%20for%20CAEC%20Professional%20Development%20credit%20by%20IAAP?>.


Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., CPWA
Coordinator of Accessible IT Group
University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign
1207 S. Oak Street
Champaign, IL 61820

Phone: (217) 244-5870
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