Accessibility and Special Needs

Specific Audiences and Accessibility Needs

• Computer science for blind students

  • Hear from Rachel Billman at Towson on the need to provide access to computing for blind students

  • Completely accessible programming environment with Quorum

  • Blocks4All works with a variety of robots as well

  • Scratch tactile blocks

  • Code Jumper

• Computer science for deaf students

  • Deaf Kids Code Project with resources and workshops.

• UDL for optimum design for all students. UDL4CS

Accessibility is the LAW:

Maryland Senate Bill 617 requires local school systems to provide equivalent access to digital tools for students with disabilities. Introduced during the 2022 Regular session and Approved April 21, 2022 . The statute is here, and a good summary is in this article.​

Get an overview of accessibility issues from MSDE

View the MSDE video and slide presentation with the follow-up Q&A session video 

Resources

• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1

• How to Meet ECAG (Quick Reference) 

• WebAIM’s WCAG 2 Checklist

• The 6 Essential Steps to Making Accessible content for teachers