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A Push to Make 'Computer Science for All' Accessible to Students With Disabilities
The CSforALL Consortium, a leading supporter of the "computer science for all" push in U.S. schools, wants everyone from vendors to investors to school districts to publicly commit to supporting improved accessibility for students with disabilities.
"It's early enough that if we address this now, we can build a fully inclusive" movement for expanded computer science education, says Ruthe Farmer, the chief evangelist at the CSforALL Consortium.
For vendors and developers, that means taking steps such as putting captions on videos, ensuring compatibility with screen readers for visually impaired students, and making sure all online materials are compliant with accessibility standards, Farmer says. The pledge calls for organizations that develop curricula, content, tools, and devices for computer science education to assess their existing tools, create an improvement plan, develop guidance on accessibility for educators, and make the issue a priority moving forward.
From Education Week
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