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Mid-Atlantic Accessible The Mid-Atlantic Accessible Education-Based Information Technology Consortium is comprised of state programs funded under the Assistive Technology Act of 1998. We provide training, information, and technical assistance to promote access to electronic and information technology by people with disabilities in educational settings within the Mid-Atlantic Region (including PA, DE, MD, VA, WV, and DC). Our audience includes higher education faculty, educators, policy makers, librarians, technical support staff and others who work or participate in education settings, students with disabilities and their families, advocates and employees with disabilities. The Mid-Atlantic Accessible Education-Based Information Technology Consortium is coordinated by the Institute on Disabilities at Temple University, administered by TransCen as part of the DBTAC: Mid-Atlantic ADA Center and funded by the National Institute on Disability Rehabilitation and Research of the U.S. Department of Education. Consortium members are regarded as a leading source of information about assistive technology, educational accommodations, procurement and /or development of accessible education-based information technology, and related law and policy in their respective states. Section 508 defines electronic and information technology to include any equipment or interconnected system or subsystem of equipment that is used in the automatic acquisition, storage, manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching, interchange, transmission, or reception of data or information. This includes computer hardware, software, networks, and peripherals as well as many electronic and communications devices commonly used in offices. It also includes Information/Transaction machines (ITM's) including Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), fare vending machines, information kiosks, and other unattended machines for conducting transactions or providing information. Winners for the Third Annual Web Accessibility The Mid-Atlantic Consortium on Accessible Electronic and Information Technology in Education has announced the winners of its third annual Web Accessibility contest. Quince Orchard High School is the overall winner and first place for the high school entries, while Flower Valley Elementary took the first position for the elementary school entries. To read the entire announcement, go to the events page at http://www.adainfo.org/accessible/it/events.asp New tool available to check accessibility in K-12 (Accessibility Checklist)!
Project Coordinator: Pennsylvania's Initiative on Assistive Technology (PIAT), Institute on Disabilities at Temple University, is the Commonwealth's statewide, cross-age and cross-disability program under the Assistive Technology Act of 1998. As specified in the "AT Act", PIAT conducts its priority activities through a statewide network of regional Assistive Technology Resource Centers. These activities include the provision of public awareness, technical assistance, training, outreach support to community-based organizations, and the promotion of interagency coordination. PIAT's mission is to improve access to assistive technology for all Pennsylvanians with disabilities and older Pennsylvanians.
Amy Goldman (Director) Participating States:
Note: Information provided on this website does not constitute an endorsement by the Mid-Atlantic Accessible Education-Based Information Technology Consortium, its individual members, Transcen Inc., or the National Institute on Disability Rehabilitation and Research, U.S. Department of Education.
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