Easton Brundage: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day

The Year of Keyboard Accessibility project was created to raise awareness of the needs of individuals with disabilities. It is a project of The Digital Accessibility Team in the Office of the Chief Information Officer. This initiative especially focuses on the importance of the keyboard as an assistive technology for people with motor, visual, and cognitive disabilities. Easton Brundage collaborated with co-fellow Bailey White to create new resources, trainings, and outreach efforts to improve library operations and overall accessibility. On this team, Easton created a comprehensive assistive technology guide to educate staff on the diverse ways people navigate and engage with Library of Congress websites, apps, and more. This guide includes explanations, video demonstrations, and related resources for various hardware and software assistive technology. Easton also created documentation and workflows to help the team develop lessons; this included a detailed lesson plan framework, a complementing reference guide, and an example lesson plan. These materials streamline future lesson planning and improve current training materials.Easton also added instructions and explanations to the Year of Keyboard Accessibility activities, so people could have multiple options to participate. It was important to Easton that everyone was given the opportunity to learn more about incorporating accessibility into their daily lives, regardless of their current knowledge about accessibility. Easton's project created tangible elements to increase people's options for access and engagement, while raising staff awareness of the needs of people with disabilities.

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