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Campus-wide captioning policies clarify workflows, funding, and accountability so media accessibility is built into everyday operations instead of reactive accommodations….
Type: Resources
Resource Type: Practices
Useful For: Higher Education Administrators
Topics: Captioned Media
High-quality captions are essential for accessibility, learning, and legal compliance, ensuring deaf students receive communication equivalent to audio content….
Type: Resources
Resource Type: Practices
Useful For: Higher Education Administrators
Topics: Captioned Media
Captioned media ensures accessible video across campuses, reducing barriers, supporting universal design, and creating smoother, more sustainable access for everyone….
Type: Resources
Resource Type: Practices
Useful For: Higher Education Administrators
Topics: Captioned Media
Lived Experiences of Deaf People isn’t just an introduction to deaf identity—it’s a call to action. In this one-hour, self-paced module, you’ll meet real people from across deaf communities, explore how communication and access vary widely, and learn how systemic…
Useful For: Higher Education Administrators
Deaf professionals strengthen campus access systems—but too often, they face the same barriers they’re hired to remove….
Type: News
Useful For: Higher Education Administrators
Categories Impact Stories
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), a time to celebrate the contributions of people with disabilities and to reflect on how we can create more accessible pathways to employment. For deaf youth, that discussion often starts with education….
Type: News
Useful For: Higher Education Administrators
Categories Media Mentions, Tools and Resources
While many deaf students use signed languages—sometimes as their primary language—their rights to accommodations are protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504. Their access needs are related to disability, not second-language acquisition. Applying English learner restrictions…
Type: News
Useful For: Disability Services Professionals
Categories Tools and Resources
Tests are frequently used within higher educational programs and careers. Many tests are not designed with deaf people in mind, leading to inaccurate assessments of their true knowledge and skills. Explore testing issues, common accommodations, and considerations to improve testing…
Useful For: Higher Education Administrators
Mentoring provides deaf youth with valuable personal, academic, and career growth opportunities. It can be formal or informal, involving adult-youth, peer-to-peer, or family relationships. Regardless of the form, mentoring helps deaf youth develop essential life skills for post-high school success….
Useful For: Higher Education Administrators
Data, data, DATA! Data is everywhere, but how do we use data to make decisions, evaluate programs, and improve processes and procedures for deaf students? In this module, we will explore data-driven decision making….
Useful For: Higher Education Administrators
One of many barriers to successful postsecondary outcomes for deaf people is the impact of negative attitudes. Deaf people encounter negative attitudes across many settings. This, along with “the historical trend of low expectations” have served as a persistent barrier…
Useful For: Higher Education Administrators
Historically, deaf communities, especially communities with marginalized identities, have not been a part of the decision-making surrounding programs or services for their communities. Instead, building relationships with communities can ensure that programs are person-centered and sustainable over time….
Useful For: Higher Education Administrators