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Abstract
Digital accessibility is the inclusive practice of ensuring that all people can equally access digital information. However, this good practice has yet to be fully embraced by practitioners and educators in the chemical sciences. This article will describe and explain the key requirements of digital accessibility and how they apply to educators in the chemical sciences, with the emphasis on supporting visually impaired students; it will illustrate a case study of training students in adopting digital accessibility good practices in order to enable a culture change of greater inclusivity for the next generation; and finally illustrate low cost laboratory adaptations that were found to aid a visually impaired student in the laboratory.
Recommended Citation
Biagini, Stefano C G
(2024)
"Teaching and normalizing digital accessibility for students in the chemical sciences,"
Journal of Science Education for Students with Disabilities: Vol. 27
:
Iss.
1, pp. 1-26, Article 7.
DOI: 10.14448/jsesd.16.0006
Available at:
https://repository.rit.edu/jsesd/vol27/iss1/7
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