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DTSTART:20240822T140000Z
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URL:https://myfest.equityunbound.org/events/disability-inclusion-in-the-sc
 holarly-communication-community/
SUMMARY:Disability Inclusion in the Scholarly Communication Community
DESCRIPTION:There has been renewed interest in making academic content more
  accessible in recent years\, in line with new legislation like the Europe
 an Accessibility Act\, but it’s important that this content accessibilit
 y is matched by increased equity for disabled people working in the indust
 ry. \n \nThe Toolkit for Disability Equity aims to fill this gap\, by addr
 essing the needs of people working in the scholarly communications industr
 y. Modelled on prior C4DISC Toolkits for Equity projects\, the Disability 
 Toolkit is something different: an interactive\, easy-to-update online hub
  providing access to high-quality and accurate resources\, curated and vet
 ted by knowledgeable people\, that both people with disabilities and those
  wanting to successfully recruit\, hire\, and retain them can use to help 
 achieve those goals. Like other C4DISC Toolkits\, the Disability Toolkit i
 s openly available and offers good search capabilities\, topic and format 
 filtering\, and a variety of resource types (text\, video\, audio) with ac
 cessibility affordances.\n \nWe will present and discuss the Toolkit's fir
 st iteration\, which includes resources\, an FAQ\, and personal stories. A
 ttendees will also learn about the current work underway to expand the Too
 lkit. Participants will come away with a better idea of how they can help 
 make the scholarly communications industry more disability-confident\, as 
 individuals\, teams\, and organizations.
CATEGORIES:Accessibility,Social Justice
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