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Daniel Hilton Chalfen, Ph.D.
Adaptive Computing Consulting
for Higher Education

daniel_chalfen@msn.com

Experience

Founder and Director, 1984-1998
UCLA Disabilities and Computing Program
Developed innovative, campus-wide adaptive computing services for UCLA students, faculty and employees with disabilities. Under the coordination of the DCP, UCLA became the leading national model for distributed computer accessibility in higher education.

National Chair, 1990-1992
EDUCOM's Project EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information)
Developed EASI into the leading national resource for adaptive computing in higher education.

Adaptive Computing Background

As founder and director of the UCLA Disabilities and Computing Program (1984-1998), I established one of the first adaptive computing service programs in a college or university in America. The DCP gained a national and international reputation as one of the top university programs in adaptive technology. The "UCLA Model" was noted for innovative leadership in a number of areas:

• A distributed approach to providing computer access campus-wide.
• Support to all campus members with a disability, including students, faculty and staff, and members of the information technology services community.
• Access to online resources, including library and campus-wide information
• Integration of disability computing and ergonomic computing support.
• Core funding for program services.

As chair of EDUCOM's Project EASI, (Equal Access to Software and Information, now a part of AAHE), 1990-1992, I helped develop EASI into the leading national support organization for adaptive computing in post-secondary education. EASI provided the materials, seminars, online resources, and one-to-one consulting that enabled many campuses to develop or enhance adaptive computing services.

Selected Publications

• "Universal access and the ADA: a disability access design specification for the new UCLA Library on-line information system." By Daniel Hilton Chalfen and Sharon Farb. Library Hi Tech Journal Vol. 14, No. 1, 1996.
• "Information Technology, Campus Libraries, and Patrons with Disabilities: Emerging Issues and Access Strategies." By Daniel Hilton Chalfen. EDUCOM Review, November/December, 1992.
• "Distributed Computer Access for People Disabilities." By Daniel Hilton Chalfen, Ann Neville, Curtis Griesel, and Bill Cooper. Proceedings of the 1993 CSUN Conference on Computers and People with Disabilities.
• "The EASI Adaptive Computing Evaluation Kit for Colleges and Universities." By EASI, Equal Access to Software Information.
• "Some Practical Considerations for Wheelchair Access your Micro Lab." By Daniel Hilton Chalfen. UCLA Microcomputing, March-April 1990).
• "Creative Funding for Adaptive Computing Technology." By Daniel Hilton Chalfen. EDUCOM Review, January/February, 1992.
• "Information Technology Access and the Law: New office of civil rights letter a wake-up call for campus computer and information accessibility." By Daniel Hilton Chalfen. Information Technology and Disability Journal, July 1994.

Education

University of California, Los Angeles, Ph.D. 1990

University of Pennsylvania, BA, 1978

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