Illinois Information Technology Accessibility Act

In August of 2007, a law was passed in Illinois that requires university web sites be accessible by people with disabilities.  The Illinois Department of Human Services was tasked with creating an updated version of the Illinois Web Accessible Standards that WIU has been using as a guide for the past several years. The goal is to have new standards available for university webmasters by mid February 2008. After the guidelines are established, University web sites will have to be brought up to those standards. You can track developments in this process and find out more information at the DHS web site.

WIU established a web accessibility committee over a year ago to facilitate reporting the status of our web site to government; to provide a forum to discuss and establish guidelines and standards; and to become a resource for training and assistance for people responsible for official University web sites. The committee recently proposed a University Web Accessibility policy that has  been approved. In addition to the guidelines, it lists members of the committee whom you can contact for assistance with web accessibility for your site.