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UWM ADA Advisory Committee

UWM ADA Advisory Committee
April 16, 2009
1:00 p.m.- 2:30 p.m.

Location: Union 344


AGENDA

1. Call to order

2. Automatic Consent

  1. Minutes From 03/04/2009

3. Information Items

  1. Provost Cheng to meet with the Committee, May 14, 1:00-1:45 pm
  2. ADA Coordinator Update (K. Sparks)
  3. SAC Update (L. Petersen)

4. Policy Initiatives to Monitor; Form Subcommittees

  1. ADA Amendments Act of 2008
        UWM Action Plan

  2. UWM action plan for ADA training (awareness and technical assistance)
        Create a campus 508 policy
        Review federal statute

               http://www.section508.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Content&ID=14
        Review model campus policies
            University of Texas, Austin

               http://www.utexas.edu/web/guidelines/accessibility.html
            University of Wisconsin, Madison
               http://www.wisc.edu/policy/wwwap.php
            University of Colorado, Boulder
               http://www.colorado.edu/webcom/access/508.html
  3. Campus Master Plan
        Accessible Design Commitment
        Universal Design Review Process

  4. Centralized Funding of Accommodation Requests
        Create a process

  5. Enhanced ADA Web Presence
        Decision tree for faculty, staff, and students to navigate resources
        Review of web accessibility:
    http://www.uwm.edu/policy/standards.html

5. Disability Awareness Month

  1. October Activities

Committee Web Page: http://ada.uwm.edu
Committee Email Reflector: adaac-08@uwm.edu