This final project was created in response to the Individual Data Advocacy Project assignment sequence as the final project in an upper-division technical writing course dedicated to data advocacy and is shared here with the permission of the author.
Accessibility in the ATLAS Building at the University of Colorado Boulder
Contributor: Kai Franks
Created as part of WRTG 3035: Technical Communication and Design (Fall 2023, taught by Nathan Pieplow at the University of Colorado Boulder)
Project Overview:
This white paper uses original research to document the number of doors that can and cannot be opened using push buttons in the ATLAS building at the University of Colorado Boulder. It finds that the ATLAS building is in compliance with minimum ADA requirements, but advocates for additional push buttons to improve accessibility on exterior doors and the entrances to popular workspaces and labs..
Caption: Screenshot of an isotype data visualization showing the number of doors with and without functioning push buttons in the ATLAS building at the University of Colorado Boulder