{"id":250,"date":"2025-09-16T21:54:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T21:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/digital-accessibility\/?page_id=250"},"modified":"2025-09-19T19:12:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T19:12:32","slug":"uwsa-digital-accessibility-community-of-practice-and-steering-committee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/digital-accessibility\/uwsa-digital-accessibility-community-of-practice-and-steering-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"UWSA Digital Accessibility Community of Practice and Steering Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee;flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contacts &amp; Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n<nav class=\"is-responsive wp-block-navigation is-layout-flex wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Digital Accessibility - Contacts 9-16-25\" \n\t\t data-wp-interactive=\"core\/navigation\" data-wp-context='{\"overlayOpenedBy\":{\"click\":false,\"hover\":false,\"focus\":false},\"type\":\"overlay\",\"roleAttribute\":\"\",\"ariaLabel\":\"Menu\"}'><button aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-label=\"Open menu\" class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-open\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.openMenuOnClick\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleMenuKeydown\"\n\t\t\t><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M4 7.5h16v1.5H4z\"><\/path><path d=\"M4 15h16v1.5H4z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container\"  id=\"modal-1\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--has-modal-open=\"state.isMenuOpen\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--is-menu-open=\"state.isMenuOpen\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-watch=\"callbacks.initMenu\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleMenuKeydown\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--focusout=\"actions.handleMenuFocusout\"\n\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-close\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-dialog\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-modal=\"state.ariaModal\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.ariaLabel\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--role=\"state.roleAttribute\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button aria-label=\"Close menu\" class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-close\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.closeMenuOnClick\"\n\t\t\t><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"m13.06 12 6.47-6.47-1.06-1.06L12 10.94 5.53 4.47 4.47 5.53 10.94 12l-6.47 6.47 1.06 1.06L12 13.06l6.47 6.47 1.06-1.06L13.06 12Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-content\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-watch=\"callbacks.focusFirstElement\"\n\t\t\t id=\"modal-1-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-navigation__container is-responsive wp-block-navigation\"><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/digital-accessibility\/uw-campus-contacts\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Digital Accessibility Community of Practice Campus Members<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/digital-accessibility\/uwsa-digital-accessibility-community-of-practice-and-steering-committee\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">UWSA Digital Accessibility Community of Practice and Steering Committee<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Scope of Digital Accessibility (DA) Steering Committee<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The steering committee\u2019s purpose is to provide support to UWSA and the UW Digital Accessibility Community of Practice (CoP) regarding compliance with the new Title II Digital Accessibility rule and SYS 655 policy requirements, with a focus on policy and technical standards.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This work will include, but not be limited to, identifying and evaluating issues, challenges and opportunities related to digital accessibility. &nbsp;It will develop written communications, agendas, flowcharts, topic-specific guidance and other resources to assist universities in their overall management and oversight of SYS 655 compliance. It will provide updates and reports on this work with the UW DA CoP.&nbsp; &nbsp;The committee shall meet bi-monthly to complete its work, as well as attend the DA CoP monthly meetings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Members<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Paige Smith and Myriam Young (UW-Administration co-leads)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Noah Brisbin (UW-Administration)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jason Zapf (UW-Administration)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bridget Bishop (UW-Administration)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dan Calarco (UW-Administration)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amber Handy (UW-Parkside)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ruben Mota (UW-Madison)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mark Whittaker (UW-Madison)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elizabeth Watson (UW-Milwaukee) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ian Foley (UW-Stout)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contacts &amp; Resources Scope of Digital Accessibility (DA) Steering Committee The steering committee\u2019s purpose is to provide support to UWSA and the UW Digital Accessibility Community of Practice (CoP) regarding compliance with the new Title II Digital Accessibility rule and SYS 655 policy requirements, with a focus on policy and technical standards.&nbsp; This work will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5450,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-250","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5450"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":275,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/250\/revisions\/275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}