Project Proposal

This applies to presentations, word documents, and pdfs. You’ll need to demonstrate this on at least one presentation and one assignment writeup that is long and complex enough to have headers and structure to achieve competency. Best practices: Avoid visual clutter (e.g. use San serif fonts (for digital viewing), don’t have too many things on the page) Use headers appropriately. Headers should be nested like they are in HTML (e.g., H2 after and H1). For example, in Microsoft Word these are built-in “styles” and in Google Docs you can see these under “Format -> Paragraph Styles.” Use proper color contrast. Write alt text for all non-decorative photos, diagrams and videos. Use meaningful hyperlink text (e.g., "check out my web page" instead of "click here") Properly mark up tables Screen reader order is correct (in documents where it applies, such as Powerpoint)  \ Slides have room for captions Videos on slides are captioned Document/slide is not overly cluttered Font sizes are large enough (above 20 ideally for slides; above 11 for documents) How to demonstrate this competency: You will be assessed on this any time you turn in a required document.

Correctly understands the premise of accessibility projects. Should be able to summarize and critique accessibility projects, including your own, on the following concerns: - Is it ableist - What parts of the work are accessible and what are not (for example, are both design tools, and their outputs accessible?) - Are people with disabilities engaged in guiding this work? At what stages? - Is it being used to give control and improve agency for people with disabilities - Is it addressing the whole community (intersectionality, multiple disabled people, multiply disabled people) How to demonstrate this competency: Write 1-2 sentences answering each of the questions above.

A first person account is written or presented by someone who Uses this technology themselves on a regular basis Has a disability Describes first person concerns such as: How do they the use device to meet their needs? In what ways does it help or fall short? What improvements or changes would they like to see? Is their use of the AT specific to needs in their life (i.e. commuting, work)? A first person account that meets the requirements of this assignment is not A teaching video/presentation An advertisement. Based on your personal experience How to demonstrate this competency: Turn in a brief reflection explaining how your first person account meets the criteria above

The primary measure of competency for this is the ability to argue for how a given technology meets or fails to meet the 10 principals of disability justice laid out by Sins Invalid. How to demonstrate this competency: Define each principal you are analyziing in your own words.  Write 1-2 paragraphs (~200-300 words) explaining how the service or technology described in the article you picked addresses, or fails to address, that principal.