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Adopting a UDL Attitude within Academia by Mary Quirke et al., Routledge, 2023.
Evaluating and Monitoring Digital Accessibility: Practitioners' Perspectives on Challenges and Opportunities by Letícia Seixas Pereira and Carlos Duarte, in Universal Access in the Information Society, 2025.
Digital accessibility is a civil right. It ensures that all students, faculty, and staff—regardless of ability—can fully participate in learning, teaching, research, and campus life. Accessible digital content and tools remove barriers to education, promote equity and inclusion, and are essential for compliance with laws like the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
When UIS faculty or staff work with outside vendors—especially when buying software, digital tools, or online services—it’s important to make sure those products are accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities.
WCAG stands for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. These are rules created by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to help make digital content usable for people with disabilities.
Accessibility testing is a crucial aspect of creating an inclusive digital environment. It ensures that all users, including those with disabilities, can access and interact with web content effectively. This testing is not only important for inclusivity but also for compliance with legal standards such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 508.
Accessibility isn't a checklist we complete after the fact — it's a standard we build toward from the start. This year, the Office of Digital Accessibility is organizing our work, our partnerships, and our professional development around a simple idea: access should be designed in, not added on after the fact.
Get live assistance with digital accessibility and remediation from the Digital Accessibility Specialist during drop-in hours, or schedule a 1-on-1 meeting.
As your department or program begins your work with digital accessibility, we would recommend the following:
At the University of Illinois Springfield, we are committed to ensuring that all digital content is accessible to everyone. This page provides essential information about digital file remediation and captioning, two critical components of our efforts to broaden access to information and tools across campus.
The Office of Digital Accessibility ensures that all digital content, technologies, and learning environments are accessible to all members of the campus community and the public.