Summary: Moving from Accommodation to Accessible Education

The third section of the training module outlined the following:

• How establishing and implementing accessibility standards may prevent and remove barriers for students with disabilities in the postsecondary environment.
• The five categories of barriers to accessibility as well as ways that accommodations can be implemented to prevent and remove barriers in the learning environment.
• How the principles of effective teaching and learning take a proactive approach to move beyond providing individualized accommodations to an accessible education framework that benefits all students.
• The advantages of accessible education for students and educators.