This Mind Map of Accessibility in Idaho Higher Education was something Jeremy Seda put together after CSUN 2018 to help explain all the intricacies of the laws and guidelines that relate to accessibility in higher education. The highest-level goal is Universal Design. In order to be successful in Universal Design, we must provide accessible solutions to Stakeholders adhering to Standards, which help us comply with the State and Federal Laws to avoid receiving OCR Complaints and becoming a Legal Precedent for others to learn from.
The laws around accessibility have a firm foundation planted and there are standards that we will all need to eventually adhere to. Jess Thompson of the Washington State Board nailed it when she said, “if you’re trying to find some sort of deadline for making your ITC resources accessible, it was 20 years ago. Instead just start working on accessibility. Something as easy as adding headings to your Word Documents will get you 80% improvement on accessibility. Though it is not perfection, it is progress."