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Re: ADA-compliance for abstract reasoning testing

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From: Amber Holladay
Date: Apr 9, 2020 3:07PM

Danielle,

There are multiple answers based on how each question is
presented, written, etc. You may need to re-design the assessment, add
elements to ensure it is accessible, or rethink the assessment/question so
it can be created accessibly. Maybe you could give an example question for
feedback?

On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 12:13 PM Danielle Chouhan <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hello, I work for a company that offers various types of content
> development work and manage a large freelancer database. As part of that
> database, we ask -- but do not require -- freelancers to take several
> different types of abstract reasoning tests so that we can help to better
> match up freelancers to projects. We are trying to come up with a way to
> make these types of tests accessible and ADA-compliant. It is NOT mandatory
> for freelancers to take these tests to be a part of the database, but those
> who have results in our database would benefit more than those freelancers
> who do not. These tests are often heavily visual and I assume that just
> offering alt-text will not truly suffice as I imagine there are better ways
> to approach abstract reasoning testing for visually impaired users. Does
> anyone have any recommendations for the best way to approach
> accessibility/ADA-compliance with abstract reasoning tests?
>
> Thank you for any guidance or direction anyone can offer!
> best,
> Danielle
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