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  • Webinar
    graphic showing text being read aloud on multiple devices

    2:00PM – 3:00PM ET on Tuesday, October 20, 2020

    Learn about the built-in features of reading systems that allow learners to personalize and customize their experiences once they have downloaded a high-quality, accessible EPUB title. Part 2 of a 3-part series from the AEM Center at CAST.

  • Podcast
    The Accessible Learning Experience | CAST, Illustrations of a microphone, sound waves, digital text, and wifi

    National AEM Center at CAST, 2022

    In this episode, our guests from the Tigard-Tualatin School District in Oregon share powerful personal and professional stories highlighting the power of assistive technology and accessible educational materials.

  • The Joy Zabala Fellowship logo and a photo of Dr. Joy Smiley Zabala

    The fellowship will support emerging, early career professionals who, in collaboration with a seasoned mentor, will strengthen their expertise and skills in the use of assistive technology and accessible materials and share what they learn with the larger community of stakeholders.

  • Headshot of Charles Hitchcock

    Several groundbreaking initiatives unfolded during my tenure as Chief Officer of Technology and Policy at CAST from 1993 to 2016. CAST pioneered Researchware and the Pioneer Program, offering tailored software to enhance learning accessibility. This caught the attention of Alan Alda, who featured CAST's work on PBS's Scientific American Frontiers.

  • Photo of Joy Smiley Zabala

    Thursday, July 1, 2021

    It is with profound sadness that we share the news of the death of our dear friend and colleague, Joy Zabala. Her joyous spirit lives on in each life she touched, including ours.

  • CAST logo

    Monday, October 18, 2021

    Read our letter to the National Assessment Governing Board urging them to include UDL principles when updating the National Assessment of Education Progress science framework.

  • UDL On Campus logo

    Thursday, October 8, 2015

    CAST today made public a redesign of UDL On Campus: Universal Design in Higher Education (http://udloncampus.cast.org), a popular website that helps postsecondary educators improve learning opportunities for all students through better curriculum design and technology choices.

  • Article

    T. Hall, et al., 2014

    Information on the theory and research behind differentiated instruction and its intersection with Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is examined. The article begins with an introduction to differentiated instruction by defining …

  • Quick Read
    Screenshot of the UDL TIps for Learning Environments PDF

    CAST, 2016

    Using the UDL framework, we can proactively design learning environments so that everyone can work toward becoming expert learners.

  • Headshot of Martha Minow

    As Congress amended the law governing education for students with disabilities in 1997 to require access to the general curriculum, David Rose approached me, aware of my work on education for children with disabilities. He introduced me to Universal Design for Learning and Bobby, the tool to assess website accessibility.

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