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GOVERNOR DAVIS SIGNS LEGISLATION THAT INCREASES OPPORTUNITIES FOR CALIFORNIANS WITH DISABILITIES; STREAMLINES SERVICES 9-29-2002
Governor Gray Davis has signed legislation that will
markedly improve the lives of Californians with disabilities by creating
more job opportunities and streamlining services.
Web and IT Accessibility
Link to Adobe PDF Reader
Distance Education
The Chancellor’s Office of California Community Colleges has
issued Distance Education Access Guidelines for Students with Disabilities in
August 1999. These guidelines have been issued to insure that distance
education in the community college system in California is accessible to people
with disabilities. As far as is known this is the first set of specific
accessibility guidelines issued for distance education in this country by a
state. They can be found at the following address:
http://www.htctu.net/publications/guidelines/distance_ed/disted.htm
The Chancellors office has issued
Guideline
for Producing Instructional and other Printed Material in Alternate Media for
Persons with Disabilities. Below are the new guidelines for providing
this accessible media (Electronic Textbooks and Web Pages) in the California
Community Colleges.
http://www.htctu.net/publications/guidelines/altmedia/altmedia.htm
These links were reviewed 4/25/08 - ICDRI Editors
Chancellor’s Office
California Community Colleges
California E-Government Blueprint
Initiative:
Accessibility of
Electronic & Information Technology Briefing
Presentation made by Cynthia Waddell to the State of California
on May 2, 2000
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