Department of Justice Releases New Digital Accessibility Rules
These rules give clarity to public, post-secondary education’s responsibilities for ensuring a digitally accessible environment for disabled individuals.
University of Wisconsin-Madison
These rules give clarity to public, post-secondary education’s responsibilities for ensuring a digitally accessible environment for disabled individuals.
This guidance reminds and affirms university’s obligation to ensure its digital tools are accessible and usable by people with disabilities.
The McBurney Disability Resource Center is pleased to introduce Annie Butler as UW–Madison’s first visitor and program participant access consultant.
Surveyed employers report that the benefits from making workplace accommodations far outweigh their associated costs.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission just recently released federal guidance concerning hearing disabilities in the workplace.
Office for Civil Rights and ADA National Network releases digital accessibility video series covering a variety of topics including how people with disabilities use technology, applicable Federal regulations, and identifying and remediating barriers to access.
Office of Compliance releases assistance and service animal guidance to assist the university in enforcing its policies regarding animals while protecting the rights of disabled individuals. Guidance can be found on the new Assistance and Service Animals webpage.
The Employee Disability Resources Office is hiring an Employee Accommodation Specialist! The application period closes March 28, 2022.
The Department of Justice updates its “Common Questions About COVID and the ADA” to ensure rights of access for people with disabilities during the pandemic.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) updated its COVID-19 technical assistance today adding a new section to clarify under what circumstances COVID-19 may be considered a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act.