iSchool Capstone

Improving Access to Information from the Washington Health Benefit Exchange

Project tags:

information policy & ethics

mobile or web development

Project poster

Accessible design improves websites for everyone. Yet many websites do not yet follow these principles, creating a barrier for people with sensory, motor, cognitive and other disabilities. The Washington Health Benefit Exchange (WAHBE) wants to create specific policies and procedures to ensure such accessibility, which federal law requires. This project kickstarts their policy work, by pulling together an online resource guide of standards, toolkits, models and best practices. The guide can be updated and shared, and reflects scholarly and popular literature, practices and expertise from national and international sources.

Project participants:

Sarah Carnes

MLIS

Kathleen Sullivan

MLIS

Johanna Jacobsen Kiciman

MLIS