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Melissa Fortson

@mbfortson

Teacher, librarian, and technology enthusiast mostly tweeting about accessibility/#a11y #UDL and teaching with and about technology. She/her

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New teaching/learning/demo resource from the World Health Organization! Training in Assistive Products: who.int/news/item/10-1…

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What's New in WCAG 2.2? Our Melissa Green (@MBFortson) previews our upcoming webinar all about the updates to WCAG. Read the post then join us on Thursday at 5 PM Central for Be a Digital Ally! knowbility.org/blog/2022/what… @W3C_WAI #A11y #Accessibility

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An opportunity to do accessibility work with the fantastic team at The University of Alabama Online! Accessibility Specialist - 518315: careers.ua.edu/jobs/accessibi… #a11y

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A gift to @Knowbility is also a good last-minute gift! Help us create an inclusive digital world for people with disabilities: knowbility.org/donate #a11y

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John Slatin AccessU provides excellent professional development for anyone working in digital equity and disability justice. Learn the skills needed to improve the digital world for disabled people. events.humanitix.com/john-slatin-ac… #AccessU23 events.humanitix.com/john-slatin-ac…

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"The criminal legal system is set up and works in a way that hurts people with disabilities and people of color, especially disabled people of color."

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I love The The Chronicle of Higher Education's Teaching newsletter! The latest edition brings together resources and discussion around ChatGPT, an OpenAI chatbot shaking up the way some of us write, teach, and learn: chronicle.com/newsletter/tea…

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Tonight we celebrate the hard work of our Accessibility Internet Rally competition teams and reveal the winners for 2022! Join us in Austin or online.

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"The thing about accessibility is, once you know about it you can't not know about it. You see it everywhere." Reginé Gilbert speaking truth tonight at @Knowbility's Accessibility Internet Rally awards! Thanks to our advisory board, mentors, and participants: bit.ly/3VKbsj3

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Love the WebAIM Million report! This evaluation of the home pages for the top 1,000,000 web sites provides an overview of and insight into the current state of web accessibility for individuals with disabilities and trends over time: webaim.org/projects/milli… #a11y

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Can't attend #AccessU2023? No worries! Our powerful keynotes on the future of #a11y and disability innovation are free & open to the public. Bookmark our YouTube channel to watch our keynotes live, starting next Tuesday with Peter Slatin at 6:30 CST: youtube.com/channel/UC_i0B…

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Happy to be in Austin and online for #AccessU2023! Looking forward to a full week of accessibility teaching and learning. #a11y

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"For some disabled students, remote learning 'opens up learning possibilities that simply did not exist before, or were very, very burdensome on the student.'" Good stuff from Julian Roberts-Grmela and The Chronicle of Higher Education: chronicle.com/article/more-s…

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Promising news! Let's hope all third-party apps will embrace accessibility in an effort to stay operational and ensure access to the wisest possible audience.

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UA instructors, @CITatUAlabama is looking forward to seeing you during our upcoming prep days! Join us August 16 & 17 in Gordon Palmer Hall.

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Wrap up the semester in a perfect bow 🎁 with a fun holiday activity for your students! Use this #GoogleSlides template to personalize a holiday sweater to share with friends and family. Happy holidays ❤️ goo.gle/3RpQ16P

Wrap up the semester in a perfect bow 🎁 with a fun holiday activity for your students! Use this #GoogleSlides template to personalize a holiday sweater to share with friends and family. Happy holidays ❤️ goo.gle/3RpQ16P