Center for Inclusive Design and Innovation

Today is ! We have seen so much growth in digital accessibility over the years. Progress continues to take place, and we will be here as accessibility grows.

Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2024 Heather Johnson: Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day. We have been supporting students with access here at CIDI since 2006 by training them about access...

Join us on May 14 at 2 p.m. ET for our upcoming webinar “Higher Ed and the Revised Title II Requirements: How CIDI Can Assist.”

We will discuss the new Title II updates announced by the Department of Justice strengthening web and mobile app access for people with disabilities. You'll also get a chance to meet our service managers and learn how they can assist you in meeting these new standards.

Visit https://bit.ly/4dtN7s9 to register today!

What a great day to gather together and witness history!

Some of the CIDI team gathered to witness the solar eclipse. Even though Atlanta was not in the path of totality, we still had a great time to see the partial eclipse. 🌒

The CIDI team had a successful time at the annual CSUN Conference!

Maureen Linden, Nathan Moon, and Beverly Vaz presented a session focused on providing students with disabilities with the right mentorship supports to help retain them in STEM.

Johan Rempel, UX/ICT Quality Assurance Manager, joined others from the Rhonda Weiss Center to share information about accessible educational materials (AEM). He even got a photo opportunity with Stevie Wonder!

We hope to return next year for more learning!

What an amazing and fun day the Tools for Life team had with The AbleGamers Foundation yesterday!

Tools for Life, Georgia's AT Act Program, was honored to host a few of the staff from AbleGamers as they shared information about accessible gaming, including settings within game consoles and controllers. The team even got the chance to check out the new PlayStation Access controller, designed with people with disabilities in mind and make gaming more accessible!

If you want to learn more about accessible gaming, reach out to Tools for Life! The team is ready to help you play! 🎮

Stop by our booth at Accessing Higher Ground to meet us in person! Let's brainstorm accessibility solutions and talk about your adventures in accessibility.
Booth 6!

Doug, Norford, Valerie, Sheryl, and Raminta from CIDI are at the Accessing Higher Ground in Colorado this week! Be sure to stop by booth No. 6 to learn more about accessible textbooks, braille, captioning and described media, assistive technology, digital accessibility trainings and evaluation, Student Accommodation Manager and more.

On Wednesdays, we wear pink! 🎀

Our Accessibility team provides a variety of onsite and remote accessibility trainings to meet specific needs. Trainings cover topics including employee disability awareness, digital accessibility compliance, creation of accessible documents, and familiarity with universal design

The CIDI supports students from a broad range of disciplines, including industrial design, computer science, and public policy, through research assistantships and project mentorships. Check out https://cidi.gatech.edu/research/student-research to check out their research projects

Happy International Friendship Day! Take a moment to recognize and appreciate your friends for being there with you.

Today, we celebrate National Disability Independence Day to mark the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990. The CIDI works sincerely to support this cause and achieve equity for everyone by creating fair opportunities and assistive technology for all.

In this week's highlight of the specific Captioning services, we recognize the Remote-Real Time CART Services offered at the CIDI. Our team will listen to your live event or class remotely and provide access for your client(s) or student(s) in real-time.

The Accessible Workplace Lab develops new workplace technologies and strategies that maximize the independence and participation of people with disabilities in the workplace. The lab provides educational products and resources to support those trying to improve workplace accessibility.

Often, universally designed assistive technology does not fully match the individual needs of those with disabilities. CIDI’s Assistive Technology works with individuals to identify appropriate assistive technology and develops tools and resources to aid others with this decision-making process

The Digital Accessibility & UX team at the CIDI performs Usability Training regularly to see how well a certain piece of assistive technology functions with users to recognize if any changes or accommodations need to be made to better fit individual demands

In this week's highlight of the specific Captioning services, we recognize the Captioned Media Services offered at the CIDI. Our team adsd captions to video content used in the classroom, on an e-learning platform, or anywhere else.

Our CIDI team is presenting at the Equity and Excellence conference in Portland, Oregon. Tune in on Wednesday, July 19 to Friday, July 21 at booth #526 to support the CIDI.

In this week's highlight of the specific Captioning services, we recognize the Transcripts Services offered at the CIDI. Our team provides transcripts in the following formats, doc, PDF, .txt, RTF, of audio-only recordings.

Happy Independence Day! Today, we celebrate the 247th birthday of America and our ancestors' strive for freedom.

TFL offers access to and acquisition of assistive technology for Georgians of all ages and disabilities so they can live, learn work, and play independently in the communities of their choice. Learn more about our services at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m6UCoUjr2A

The disability community has historically been excluded from health research studies. The All of Us Research Program wants to change that. All of Us honors the vision of “Nothing About Us Without Us” by inviting people with disabilities to contribute to research advancing individualized treatments and care for all.

Learn more about All of Us at: https://bit.ly/AllofUsInclusion-FB

In this week's highlight of the specific Captioning services, we recognize the Audio Description Services offered at the CIDI. Our team makes media fully accessible for individuals with vision-related disabilities by adding vivid, succinct, and objectively narrated descriptions of prescient visual content.

The disability population has often been excluded from biomedical research. Just as people with disabilities have often been excluded, systemic barriers exist that slow the growth of disability and health researchers.

The All of Us Research Program is both recruiting underrepresented populations to enroll in the program, including people with disabilities, and is supporting the expansion of disability and health researchers.

Visit https://ow.ly/QG3L50OXwrS to sign up to learn more about how you can incorporate All of Us data in your research.

Our Braille team at the CIDI holds a strong partnership with members of the National Prison Braille Network (NPBN) and collaborations with braille organizations like the Braille Authority of North America (BANA). Learn more about our services at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVzAx36zvc4

In this week's highlight of the specific Captioning services, we recognize the Remote Real Time-Captioning Services offered at the CIDI. Our captionists will listen to your desired live event remotely and provide access by real-time text interpreting of the spoken information.

Our innovative E-text team works with cutting-edge technology to specialize in accessible PDF, DOC, EPUB, DAISY, HTML, Powerpoint, and Learning Ally Audiobook formats. Learn more about our services at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVZUd6JGz7s

Happy International Yoga Day! Yoga has deep roots in enhancing flexibility, strength, and balance. Take a moment today to perform a few asanas and improve your own fine motor skills.