Submitted an Abstract to All Things Open

[Charles Severance]

Patrick,

Thanks for the nudge - I submitted an abstract to All Things Open.  It
is my stock Sakai / Accessibility pitch.

/Chuck

Embracing Accessibility in the Sakai Open Source LMS

Sakai has been committed to delivering a product that meets and exceeds
standards for accessibility.  This is particularly important as access
for all to an education is a basic human right.  About five years ago,
Sakai decided to try to take its commitment to accessibility to the next
level.  By hiring a accessibility lead who is legally blind to improve
accessibility of both the Sakai product as well as the Sakai community
meetings, communications, and processes. Further efforts included
training developers on accessibility testing tools and hiring an Indian
team of blind and low vision staff to do continuous quality assurance
and accessibility testing.  As our skill and investment increased, we
decided to create our own VPAT for Sakai-23.  We worked with an
accessibility lead at University of Michigan to iterate with us to help
us create an outstanding VPAT.  As our VPAT process developed, we
decided to make our VPAT a live document that would be continuously
updated to guide our efforts in between releases.  Throughout the
effort, we worked to employ staff with limited vision.