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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 …

  • 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.

  • Presentation
    Logo for CSUN Assistive Technology Conference over the Anaheim, CA skyline

    Monday, March 11 – Friday, March 15, 2019

    Known as a forum that showcases cutting edge technology and practical solutions that can be utilized to remove the barriers that prevent the full participation of persons with disabilities in educational, workplace and social settings, the conference is the largest of its kind in the world. CAST is pleased to participate in this important event.

  • 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.

  • Webinar
    students using Read&Write

    2:00PM – 3:00PM ET on Tuesday, February 23, 2021

    This webinar from the AEM Center will explore Texthelp’s Read&Write—a literacy support tool that helps students move forward with rigor and without barriers, no matter where their learning takes place.

  • Shortly after the year 2000 kicked off, I found myself working at a small company that provided educational content and digital solutions to the K12 market. In my first week on the job, David Rose, Skip Stahl, and Chuck Hitchcock walked into our little office (in the recently renovated Schraft Center). I had no idea who they were, but for the next several hours, I watched and listened intently as they talked about how print-based learning materials were a huge barrier to lots of learners who could not get access to the material and also learned differently than the then standard "average child" approach that dominated how schools worked.

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