AHEAD Start: An Academy for New(er) Disability Resource Professionals
https://www.ahead.org/events-programming/conferences/2019-ahead-start
October 17-19, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Are you in your first three years of disability resource work? Are you hiring staff new to the field? Do you notice gaps in your knowledge that a foundational experience would help to fill? If so, this is the event for you!
Accessing Higher Ground: An Accessible Web, Media, and Technology Conference
https://accessinghigherground.org/
November 18-22, 2019 in Westminster, Colorado
AHG focuses on accessible media, Universal Design, best practices for web and media development, accessible curriculum, alternate format, and more!
AHEAD Fall Webinar Series
AHEAD webinars are the perfect answer for institutions that want to bring professional development directly to campus to share with the disability resource professionals and other members of the campus community who are interested in access. Covering a wide variety of topics with nationally-known presenters, AHEAD webinars are presented through Adobe Connect and live captioned. Registration includes access to a complete recording of the session that can be watched at a time more convenient for you and shared with campus colleagues.
This year, we’ve combined the AHEAD to YOU! and technology strands of webinars to offer more choice and more savings. Full information is available at https://www.ahead.org/events-programming/webinars/2019-fall-webinars. Webinars include:
- Title IX and Disability Services
- Copyright Laws and their Impact on the Alternative Format Production
- Web Accessibility Guidelines: WCAG 2.0 and 2.1
- A Deep Dive into Note-taking as an Accommodation: Where Do We Go from Here?
- Aides in the Classroom: Required, Permitted, Optional?
- The Rumble in the Publishing Jungle: PDF and EPUB duke it out!
- Student Engagement and Use of Assistive Technology
- PDF Accessibility: Know the Standards, Mitigate Your Risk
Capacity Building Program for U.S. Study Abroad Initiatives
http://www.studyabroadcapacitybuilding.org/capacity-building-initiatives/