{"id":55785,"date":"2025-12-10T12:49:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T17:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/bulletin\/?p=55785"},"modified":"2025-12-10T12:49:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T17:49:22","slug":"new-accessibility-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/bulletin\/2025\/12\/10\/new-accessibility-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"New Accessibility Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>New Digital Accessibility Resources&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Accessibility work is student success work. It&#8217;s also employee support work. It&#8217;s also, yes, compliance work. 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