STS New Methods for Creating Accessible Material in Higher Education Introduction to the Special Thematic Session

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Authors	HANOUSKOVÁ Michaela JANČA Boris MÁSILKO Lukáš MUELLER Karin ONDRA Svatoslav PAVLÍČEK Radek PEŇÁZ Petr PETZ Andrea SCHWARZ Thorsten STIEFELHAGEN Rainer
Year of publication	2024
Type	Article in Proceedings
Conference	COMPUTERS HELPING PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, PT I, ICCHP 2024
MU Faculty or unit	Support Centre for Students with Special Needs
Citation
web	https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-62846-7_34
Doi	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-62846-7_34
Keywords	Accessibility; Higher Education; Inclusive Education; Disability; STEM Accessibility
Description	This paper introduces the Special Thematic Session (STS) on New Methods for Creating Accessible Material in Higher Education [1]. Inclusive education, as mandated by the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, demands universities to provide accessible study conditions. However, many study materials lack accessibility especially for visual content such as graphics and there are only few universities that offer a transfer service. Therefore, most students have to create solutions themselves. It is therefore necessary to develop new standardized methods that make it easier for students with visual impairments to access visual content of teaching material and exams e.g. by generating captions of charts, providing standardized descriptions and making graphics available tactilely.