Educational and Training Resources and Materials
If you belong to an educational or training institution and a student notifies you of a need due to a disability, you must:
- Provide learning resources or material in an accessible format that takes into account their accessibility needs.
- Provide student records and program information in an accessible format that takes into account their accessibility needs.
You can provide the student with one of the following:
- An accessible or conversion-ready electronic format, where available or
- A comparable resource in an accessible or conversion-ready format, if the resource cannot be obtained or converted into an accessible format.
Any electronic or digital format that facilitates conversion into an accessible format, such as Braille, large print, audio, etc.
When do you need to comply?
Organization Type |
Compliance By |
Large designated public sector organizations and Large organizations | January 1, 2013 |
Small designated public sector organizations and Small organizations | January 1, 2015 |
January 1, 2013
Large designated public sector organizations, and large organizations with 50 or more employees must comply by January 1, 2013
January 1, 2015
Small designated public sector organizations, and small organizations with 1 to 49 employees must comply by January 1, 2015