Year 1

• Disability and Business Technical Assistance Centers (DBTACs)
• Human Computer Interaction (HCI) International
• IDEAS
• Industrial Designers Association of America (IDSA)
• Information Technology Association of America (ITAA)
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Accessibility
• Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA)
• Web conferences in collaboration with the FCC

• Making Final Preparations for Section 508.
• Making Telecommunications Products and Services Accessible to People with Disabilities

• Using the expertise of the ITTATC project collaborators, provided technical assistance to businesses, state officials, and individuals with disabilities
• Developed the ITTATC website that provides extensive information on legislation, training resources, publications, and a calendar of training events
• Developed Accessible Design: Problems and Solutions, a literature review to support the ITTATC needs assessment
• Conducted interviews with "visionary" leaders in the field of accessibility
• Developed an accessibility evaluation methodology
• Developed and published Section 508 Overview for Consumers
• Developed and published Section 508 Overview for Managers
• Compiled and published Information Technology: State Level Documents of Interest and State Level Web Sites of Interest
• Compiled and published Electronic and Information Technology Resources: Software Accessibility
• Compiled and published Glossary of Telecommunications Access Terms

• Developed an online course covering website accessibility, which is aimed at web developers

Year 2

• Accessibility Forum
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Computer-Human Interaction (CHI)
• Disability and Business Technical Assistance Centers (DBTACs)
• Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES)
• National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO)
• Rhode Island School of Design's (RISD) Design that Works for Everyone

• State IT Accessibility Initiatives I
• State IT Accessibility Initiatives II
• Product Accessibility Evaluation
• Section 508 Anniversary Webcast

• Established TA processes to ensure rapid yet high quality responses to individual requests including a target to respond within 24 hours of the request
• Completed State E&IT Initiative Survey
• Completed an Industry Survey
• Developed reports on Structured Interviews of Accessibility Visionaries and An Optimistic Vision of the Future of Accessible Information Technology
• Commenced work on a knowledgebase that addresses accessible technology
• Began redesign of the ITTATC web site including implementation of a natural language search feature that links to other 508/255 related sites
• Initiated a "Case Study" project to examine accessibility programs currently in place in technology companies for the purpose of identifying interventions that promote success

• Published the ITTATC Toolkit version 1.0, training materials to help DBTACs educate general audiences on accessible E&IT, Section 508, Section 255, barriers to accessibility, and resources
• Continued to offer accessibility design training at the Trace Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Began providing Train-the-Trainer offerings to a national network of accessibility trainers
• Developed a detailed training matrix to define typical learning objectives of particular stakeholders
• Developed a training survey to inventory training that is currently being offered on Sections 255 and 508 across the U.S.; results will guide the team in determining where the greatest need for training exists

Year 3

• Accessibility Forum
• Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA)
• Audio-Verbal International Conference
• California State University, Northridge (CSUN)
• Closing the Gap
• Conference on Hearing Aide Interference
• FOSE
• Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) SE Regional
• Innovation Through Convergence (ITC) Expo
• National Association of Independent Living Centers (NAILC)
• National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO)
• New York State Independent Living Centers (NYS ILC)
• Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA)
• RESNA State AT Technical Assistance Conference
• Self Help for Hard of Hearing (SHHH)
• Telecommunications for the Deaf, Inc. (TDI)
• Telephone and Voice Interface Conference
• Usability Professionals Association (UPA)
• W3C Best Practices Conference

• Help America Vote Act (HAVA), Part I
• Help America Vote Act (HAVA), Part II
• Procurement of Accessible IT at a Federal Level: Multiple Agency Perspectives

• Built annual TA volume from 109 to 192 activities, representing a 76% increase over Year 2
• Improved usability of the ITTATC website and incorporated an accessible natural language search engine that searches ITTATC and four other accessibility-related sites (AccessIT, Disabilityinfo.gov, Assistivetech.net, and www.section508.gov)
• Continued work on an accessibility knowledgebase
• Continued the "Case Study" project to examine accessibility programs in place at several companies so that specific "interventions for success" can be identified
• Developed an initial version of a guide that describes how consumers can use federal complaint procedures to voice their need for accessible technologies
• Surveyed 50 states to identify existing accessibility-related laws, policies, standards and other resources available online; published excerpts from these directives and provided links to the sources
• Served as an expert advisor to Congressional aides concerning the AT Act
• Made meaningful contact with the Federal agencies making the most progress toward implementing Section 508 standards
• Started recruiting experts to serve as TA advisors
• Developed and implemented formalized TA feedback reporting mechanism and started using a centralized database to track TA activities

• Began recruiting a national network of trainers and offering "Train-the-Trainer" opportunities as necessary
• Published the Accessibility Training Preview materials and provided several synchronous "Train-the-Trainer" opportunities (both in person and via web conferencing)
• Produced the DO-IT video that demonstrates how people with disabilities use accessible technology and assistive technology to successfully participate in the workplace (collaborative with the DO-IT project)
• Produced a digital talking book that reads the Section 508 law and its standards
• Developed and tested two consumer training modules: "How to Find and Buy Accessible Technology" and "Technology Access for All"
• Developed a presentation on the Business Case for Accessibility, which will be delivered by the training network
• Developed curriculum for a two-day intensive training course for marketing and accessibility program professionals

Year 4

• American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
• American University
• Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA)
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) ASSETS
• California State University, Northridge (CSUN)
• Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA) Wireless
• Closing the Gap
• Families USA
• Gallaudet University (multiple disability advocacy organizations)
• General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Technology Service (FTS)
• Georgia Tech Disability & Diversity Days
• Georgia Tech Public Policy Class
• Government Technology Conference (GTC) West
• IDEAS
• Northern Virginia Chapter (NOVA ONE) of SHHH
• Section 508 Coordinators Conference
• Self Help for Hard of Hearing (SHHH)
• University of Iowa
• Usability Professionals Association (UPA)
• Wireless Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center

• IDEAS Conference 2003: Breakthroughs in Access (selected sessions)
• State E&IT Accessibility Initiatives: State of the States
• Speaking Out About Inaccessible Information and Telecommunication Technology

• Built annual TA volume from 192 to 629 activities, representing a 228% increase over Year 3
• Completed a user needs assessment that laid the foundation for a major deliverable in year 5 - the 508 Assistant - which will provide mission critical information on Section 508 to product designers, product managers, marketers, state procurement officials, and consumers
• Published an online resource that helps usability professionals incorporate accessibility considerations into product development processes
• Updated the popular and unique online resource that lists the 50 states’ accessibility-related laws, policies, standards, and other resources available online
• Published an online tool that helps state officials and others develop policies and standards in support of website accessibility
• Developed a working prototype of a wizard that steps users through the process of choosing an accessibility consultant

• Continued recruiting a national network of trainers and offering "Train-the-Trainer" opportunities as necessary
• Published a consumer training kit that can be used by professional trainers and consumers to help others find and buy accessible technology and to speak out when it cannot be found
• Packaged experiential activities related to disability awareness in a kit that can be used to help designers, marketers, faculty members, and others "simulate" the technology barriers experienced by people with disabilities
• Identified the teaching aids that would be most useful at the university level when teaching universal design to industrial design students; some of these teaching aids will be developed and distributed during Year 5
• Developed a beta version of an interactive, media-rich tutorial that explains how to create accessible software
• Developed and tested training materials that explain the business benefits of accessible design

Year 5

• Continue recruiting experts into the resource network so we can tap their ideas, provide support, and gain insight into the deliverables that ITTATC can provide
• Publish and disseminate the products that are close to completion: the Accessibility Consultant Chooser; the Accessible Software Tutorial; the third module in the Consumer Training Kit (Where Do Products Come From?); the Industry Case Studies; the Market Forces Preview; and a Study of the Accessibility of Ten States’ Web Services
• Develop and publish the "508 Assistant," which will serve as a useful and lasting legacy of the ITTATC project
• Conduct end-of-project program evaluation activities to measure the impact that ITTATC has made over the years