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office: 360-704-4343• </span><span lang="ES-MX" style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#153D63">website:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Accessibility is a fundamental right<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Accessibility is not a checkbox. Accessibility is a mindset that can lead to a very powerful sense of inclusion.</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">~ Maayan Ziv founder and CEO AccessNow<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman22.u.washington.edu>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 13, 2025 2:28 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> athen-list@u.washington.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Request for Review of Place Value Explanation in Math for Bakery and Business<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A colleague is reviewing a section in the <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/14GJ9MRb9zHAp-9xsF3xIAss3ry9uo3zbqafSUaDaVYg/edit?tab=t.0">
Math for Bakery and Business textbook on page 13-15</a> where the author explains place values using underlines and shading. At this time, we are aware that screen readers do not typically announce formatting unless users change those advanced settings. I would
appreciate it if someone could look at this portion of the text along with the comments that were shared about this approach.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you have time to review the materials and offer your thoughts, your perspective would be very helpful.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you in advance for your assistance.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Vicki <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#153D63">Pronouns: they/them<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#153D63">Web Accessibility Specialist/IT Quality Assurance Tester<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#153D63">Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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office: 360-704-4343• </span><span lang="ES-MX" style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#153D63">website:
<u><a href="https://www.sbctc.edu/default.aspx"><span style="color:#153D63">www.sbctc.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Accessibility is a fundamental right<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Accessibility is not a checkbox. Accessibility is a mindset that can lead to a very powerful sense of inclusion.</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">~ Maayan Ziv founder and CEO AccessNow<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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