2018 UPDATE: Visit our 2018 CSUN Backchannel for presentations, tweets, and interviews from the last CSUN Assistive Technology Conference in San Diego. The 2019 CSUN ATC will be in Anaheim.
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The 2017 CSUN Assistive Technology Conference, sponsored by the California State University Northridge Center on Disabilities, is the largest international conference focused on assistive technology. The goal of the conference is to expand the awareness of professionals and introduce newcomers to the disability field.
Microassist is represented at CSUN 2017 by Chief Technology Officer Hiram Kuykendall, VP of Sales and Marketing Jack McElaney, and Senior Learning Architect Kevin Gumienny. Below are official conference pages, a selection of tweets, links to the keynote address, and as many presentation slides and related resources as we were able to discover. If you would like your presentation content added, please contact us.
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Official CSUN 2017 Conference Pages
- Main Conference Page
- Program Overview Page
- Pre-Conference Workshops
- Conference Sessions
CSUN 2017 Conference Curated Tweets
Unable to attend the conference? Our team has curated notable tweets from the conference below.
CSUN 2017 – Curated tweets by Microassist
Keynote Address
Dr. Kellie Lim’s Keynote Address
Presentation Slides
Sidestepping Ableist Language By Ashley Bischoff
Words Matter Writing for Everyone By Allison Ravenhall
Success Criteria Dependencies and Prioritization: Implication and Use By Sean Kelly and Bill Tyler
Beyond the Tick box: Getting Accessibility Buy In By Rebecca Nancarrow
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Universal Design By Stein Erik Stokjerra and Anders Skifte
Social Media and Accessibility By Gian Wild
Priority-Based Approaches to Procurement, Planning, and Implementation By Nate Evans and Kristine Moore
Using Mindfulness to Accommodate Mental Health Disability By Sharon Rosenblatt
2017 Digital Accessibility Legal Update By Lainey Feingold and Linda Dardarian
March 2017 Digital Accessibility Legal Update By Lainey Feingold
The Language of Lines: How to Design and Use Tactile Graphics By BJ Epstein, Greg Kehret, Frank Welte, Theresa Postello, and Jerry Kuns
Automatica11y: Trends, Patterns, Predictions in Audit Tooling and Data By Job van Achterberg
Rethinking Accessibility: Role-Based Analysis of WCAG 2.0 By Bill Tyler
Resources and Technology for Transition By Chris Corrigan
VPATs – For Business or Measure? By Ted Gies and Jay Nemchik
Voice Guided Mobile Deposits for Visually Impaired Users By Harmony Clauer Salyers
iOS Accessibility Evaluation of the Canvas By Scott Williams, Walt Stover, and Brandon Werner
Multi-device Automated Transcription for use in Classrooms By Will Lewis and Tanvi Surti
Using Skype and Skype Business for More Inclusive Meetings By Phil Garding and Becky Montgomery
New reading & writing tools in Word for people with learning differences By Kenichiro Chiba, Seth Fox
Exhibiting Accessibility: How to Make Museums More Inclusive By Dana Marlowe and Sharon Rosenblatt
Accessibility Ambassadors: Building a Community of Accessibility Advocates By Monica Reha
The Art of Language in Accessibility By Crystal Baker
Color Contrast: A Deep Dive into Our Colorful World By Crystal Baker
Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning By Krista Greear
Accessibility Data Metrics and Reporting – Industry Best Practices By Ted Drake and Sagar Barbhaya
Preparing the Enterprise for Challenges Presented by Section 508 Refresh By Marc Johlic, Michael Gower and Tom Babinszki
Automatic and Semi-Automatic 2-Tier Check System for EPUB Accessibility By Hyun-Young Kim
Mystery Meat 2.0 – Making Hidden Mobile Interactions Accessible By Ted Drake and Poonam Tathavadkar
Assistive Wearables: Emerging Trends and Design Considerations By Shaun Kane
Accessibility and Design — Where Productivity and Philosophy Meet By Ryan Strunk
Joe Lonsky
Reusable Acceptance Criteria and Test Cases for Accessibility By Sarah Pulis
Getting an Entire State to Make Accessible Word and PDF Documents By Jennie Delisi. Kim Wee, Becky Bernauer and Tamara Sawyer
Paul Adams Pre-Conference Accessibility Workshops
Mind Your Lang By Adrian Roselli
Microsoft Presentations at CSUN 2017
Accessibility at Microsoft by Jenny Lay-Flurrie
Windows 10 Accessibility By Jeff Petty and Brett Humphrey
What’s New in Office 365 By Malavika Rewari and Clint Covington
Accessibility in Sharepoint and OneDrive for Business By Aneetha Jayaraman, Microsoft
Resources
Ableist Terms and Words to Avoid
Quotable Quotes from CSUN 2017 By Dennis Deacon
CSUN 2017 Megalist of Presentation Resources By Dennis Deacon
CSUN 2017 Review and By WebAxe
Blogs and Other External Posts
CSUN 2017 Conference Recap By Jenny Lay-Flurrie, Microsoft Chief Accessibility Officer
Technology conference helping people with disabilities via The CW6
Life after Blindness Podcast of CSUN 2017 Assistive Technology Conference
