Higher Education Institutions are not only digitalizing their degree programs but also aiming for a more open and inclusive Higher Education. Among these efforts to increase inclusivity lies the accessibility of degree programs, courses and the university campuses to enable students with disabilities and/or chronic illnesses (SwDI) to participate in everyday university life.

However, digitalization and accessibility are often not planned for together and accessibility gets relegated to an afterthought or quick fix applied in the end. This creates barriers for SwDI to participate as intended. This is even more apparent in STEM laboratories (conventional and digital ones) which are normally not accessible.

The project "Lab4All - Access@DigitalLabs" dedicates itself to researching and improving the accessibility of digital laboratories ranging from Desktop VR-Simulations over Ultraconcurrent Remote Laboratories to real-time Remote Laboratories. Besides legal regulations and guidelines of the WCAG, SwDIs are integrated into all processes from assessing needs, requirements, experiences and expectations to testing the accessibility of selected laboratories to evaluating the success of revising the laboratories to be more accessible.