Terrill F. Thompson

Terrill Thompson is technology accessibility specialist with the University of Washington (UW) and DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking and Technology). DO-IT promotes the success of students with disabilities in postsecondary education and challenging careers. Terrill has presented at numerous national conferences, seminars and workshops on the topic of technology accessibility, and has consulted with local and state government, private industry, and K-12 and postsecondary education entities on technology access issues.

For additional information, see Terrill's vita.

Projects

• UW Information Technology Accessibility
• AccessComputing
• DO-IT Knowledge Base
• DO-IT Video Search

Talks

• My talks at Accessing Higher Ground 2009:
  • Video Accessibility (slides available in two formats: multimedia.ppt | multimedia.pdf)
  • A Longitudinal Study on Higher Education Web Accessibility: Implications for Advocates (slides available in two formats: longitudinal.ppt | longitudinal.pdf)
• Universal Design in Higher Education: From Principles to Practice (slides in PDF), presented with Tami Tidwell at CSUN 2009
• DO-IT Video Search: A Case Study in Accessible Multimedia (slides in PDF), also presented at CSUN 2009
• Multimedia Accessibility, presented at CALWAC 2009
• Issues in On-line Learning, also presented at CALWAC 2009
• Web Accessibility: How Higher Education is Responding to the Need, presented at HighEdWeb 2008
• Issues in Accessible Online Learning, presented at CALWAC 2008
• Multimedia Accessibility, also presented at CALWAC 2008
• Is Your Website Accessible?, presented at TechEd, Ontario, CA, March 2007
• Research on Accessibility of Higher Education Websites, presented at CSUN, Los Angeles, CA, March 2007
• Powerpoint & Friends: Accessible Slides on the Web, presented at CSUN, Los Angeles, CA, March 2007
• Presentation to Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA)
  October 30, 2006

Personal

• Each March since 2006, I have produced an Accessible NCAA Tournament Bracket
• On Twitter: @terrillthompson
• My blog: TerrillThompson.com
  This is my personal blog, but it frequently includes IT accessibility information.