[Athen] [EXTERNAL *] Re: Accessible APA Publication Manual

[Mark Weiler via athen-list]

Thanks George.   I’ll reach out to CELA to let them know there is a better version.

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Sent: July 10, 2025 5:01 PM
To: Mark Weiler <mweiler at wlu.ca>; 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' <athen-list at u.washington.edu>; 'Ho, Joyce Y - (joyceho)' <joyceho at arizona.edu>
Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL *] Re: [Athen] Accessible APA Publication Manual

Dear Mark and all,

I think we at Bookshare have gotten to the bottom of this.

The correct link to the publisher quality on Bookshare is: https://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/6278083

This title is provided by the publisher. I have pasted Below the portion of the title around 5.2 as Mark asked for. This shows bullets and list items.

Several years ago, Bookshare received a request for this title and at that time it was not available from the publisher. We acted quickly and chopped and scanned the title and put it in the collection.

Normally when a publisher version comes in, we remove the scanned version. The chop and scan version is of course inferior to the one directly from the publisher. We appreciate DSO staff that fix up these titles before providing to the students. There were some ISBN and metadata differences between the two titles, and the scanned version was not taken down. It is coming down today! Sometimes it is hard to detect duplicates and remove older versions, and we are trying to improve that process.

It seems that CELA has the scanned version, and they may have the publisher quality version.

Below my name is the portion of the text before and after section 5.2.

Best
George

• When writing about age, exact ages or age ranges (e.g., 15–18 years old, 65–80 years old) are more specific than broad categories (e.g., under 18 years old, over 65 years old; see Section 5.3 ). Also include the age mean and median in addition to the range of ages to increase the specificity of the reporting.
• When writing about disability, names of conditions (e.g., Alzheimer’s disease) are more specific than categories of conditions (e.g., types of dementia) or general references such as “people with disabilities” (see Section 5.4 ).
• When writing about gender identity, descriptors with modifiers (e.g., cisgender women, transgender women) are more specific than descriptors without modifiers (e.g., women) or general nongendered terms (e.g., people, individuals; see Section 5.5 for how to differentiate between gender and sex).
• When writing about people who took part in research, terms that indicate the context of the research (e.g., patients, participants, clients) are more specific than general terms (e.g., people, children, women; see Section 5.6 ).
• When writing about racial or ethnic groups, the nation or region of origin (e.g., Chinese Americans, Mexican Americans) is more specific than a generalized origin (e.g., Asian Americans, Latin Americans; see Section 5.7 ).
• When writing about sexual orientation, the names of people’s orientations (e.g., lesbians, gay men, bisexual people, straight people) are more specific than broad group labels (e.g., gay; see Section 5.8 ).
• When writing about socioeconomic status, income ranges or specific designations (e.g., below the federal poverty threshold for a family of four) are more specific than general labels (e.g., low income; see Section 5.9 ).
5.2 Be Sensitive to Labels
Respect the language people use to describe themselves; that is, call people what they call themselves. Accept that language changes with time and that individuals within groups sometimes disagree about the designations they use. Make an effort to determine what is appropriate for your study or paper, particularly when these designations are debated within groups. You may need to ask

From: Mark Weiler <mweiler at wlu.ca<mailto:mweiler at wlu.ca>>
Sent: Wednesday, July 9, 2025 3:04 PM
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Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL *] Re: [Athen] Accessible APA Publication Manual

When I compare the version available through CELA, which I understand comes through Bookshare, and the EPUB from APA directly, I observe significant differences in quality.  CELA has missing figures, no links, and lists that seem to use asterisks.  I base my observation on a spot check with JAWS.

I wonder if the one through CELA is actually different than the one through Bookshare? George, can you confirm that in the version from Bookshare, before section 5.2, there is a properly bulleted list that starts with “When writing about age, exact ages or age ranges…”.  In the one through CELA, this is a clip of the speech history with JAWS. Notice how it incorrectly starts with an asterisk:

* When writing about age, exact ages or age ranges (e.g., 15-18 years old, 65-80 years old) are more specific than broad categories (e.g., under 18 years
old, over 65 years old; see Section 5.3).

This image shows the corresponding section in the EPUB from CELA.
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This second image is from the same section  in a EPUB directly from APA.  Notice it uses a bullet and also has a hyperlink.

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Sent: July 9, 2025 3:38 PM
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Subject: [EXTERNAL *] Re: [Athen] Accessible APA Publication Manual

Hello, It is in Bookshare, ISBN 9781433832185
Best
George


From: athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman22.u.washington.edu<mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman22.u.washington.edu>> On Behalf Of Ho, Joyce Y - (joyceho) via athen-list
Sent: Wednesday, July 9, 2025 12:50 PM
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Subject: [Athen] Accessible APA Publication Manual

Hello!

Would anyone happen to have an accessible copy of the following book:


  *   Title: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th Edition
  *   Publisher: American Psychological Association
  *   ISBN: 978-1433832178

Thank you!
Joyce

Joyce Ho
Accessible Content and Media Coordinator
Disability Resource Center | The University of Arizona


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