Virtual Meetings Accessibility Checklist
Trying to make sure your remote virtual meetings are accessible for people with disabilities? Our handy guide will help you make sure that everyone is included.
COVID-19 Resources
Programs, materials, and articles relating to the COVID-19 pandemic
Zoom Accessibility Guide for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing
As much of the legal profession shifts to remote work in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Zoom calls have rapidly become part of our everyday lives. Our guide (in accessible PDF form) is a handy reference for making sure that deaf and hard-of-hearing users are fully included.
Zoom Keyboard Accessibility Shortcuts
No mouse? No problem! Here's our handy guide on how to use Zoom with just your keyboard.
Programs and Articles
COVID-19: Remote Learning and Working for Law Students and Lawyers with Disabilities
The legal profession and the legal academy adapted quickly to remote working and remote teaching in mid-March when the scope of the COVID-19 pandemic became clear, but not all lawyers and law students have fared equally well. This webinar will focus on the impact of COVID-19 on remote learning and remote work for law students and lawyers with disabilities.
Learning for Students with Disabilities in the Time of COVID-19
The switch to homeschooling and other educational service delivery models necessitated by the coronavirus raise a myriad of issues for students with disabilities, their families, educators, and related service providers.
ARTICLE: COVID-19 and Disability-Based Discrimination in Health Care
CDR Commissioner Elizabeth Pendo has written an article addressing the disability discrimination in how the healthcare system is dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 - Who Gets Left Behind?
The COVID-19 pandemic poses serious challenges, with projections showing that the need for life-saving treatment may far exceed both the capacity and resources of the U.S. healthcare system. This webinar discuses how to address those challenges.
COVID-19: Virtual Classrooms and Institutional Barriers
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed access to classrooms and lectures. This webinar examines the pandemic's effect on learning in the law school environment, focusing on how typical barriers to access for disabled law students have shifted in the virtual learning environment.
The COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Impact on Employees With Disabilities
Commissioner Michael Sabella and former Commissioner Anat Maytal authored an article for Baker Hostetler examining how the pandemic has affected employees with disabilities, including discussing and dispelling certain preconceived ideas about employees with disabilities as well as how the pandemic has forced companies to design work-from-home frameworks.