Accessibility


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No, I'm not referring to the election (even though that's technically correct), nor am I referring to the Accessify redesign/rebuild (which is almost as correct!), rather the Web Content Accessibil... As Birmingham bruiser Brucey pointed out over the weekend, the W3C are keen for web developers to start embracing WAI-ARIA techniques now. As he said: The Web Accessiiblity Initiative?s Accessibl... Apologies for those who've already seen this posted elsewhere (lateness excuse: on holiday, no internet etc etc). It should be no surprise that it's getting so much coverage, though - the Accessibi... Following coments on Twitter, one might think that the case of the National Federation of the Blind v. Target lawsuit ended up with a big win for accessibility. On the face of it, this may appear t... It almost slipped my mind - I was too busy marvelling at the speed and efficiency with which Firefox 3 handle multiple open tabs compared to Firefox 2 - but with that browser's v3 release last week... There are some web sites that, when they start to use certain certain technologies, it becomes a 'seal of approval'. When a massive site like the BBC starts using technology X, it's a fairly good i... The RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People), in conjunction with The Paciello Group (pronounced 'pass-ee-ello', not 'patchy yellow' as I'd always assumed!), has announced a beta release of ... If you happen to find yourself in the lovely surrounds of Boulder, Colorado in November, you may want to make a note of this event taking place (details quoted from press release with some minor ed... So, I'm a bit late in posting about this, as the site was launched earlier in the week, but you still may not know that Captioning Sucks. Joe Clark would like you to know why this is. The site itse... It was not long ago that we learnt of John Slatin's passing. As a long-time active member of the accessibility world who worked with the W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative and co-authored a book ...

3 Nov 2008 at 12:00am

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 was published as a W3C Proposed Recommendation on 3 November 2008. This means that the technical material of WCAG 2.0 is complete and it...

29 Oct 2008 at 5:02pm

One Saturday afternoon, I agreed to take my daughter to the AT&T store, just to LOOK at an iPhone... touch one... explore a little. MISTAKE. I should have duct-taped myself to the mast — and my ...

21 Oct 2008 at 4:09pm

(Part of a series on disability human rights.) Friends know that I've been experimenting lately with new assistive technology for users who have low-vision or are blind. Here is a helpful list of U...

21 Oct 2008 at 4:08pm

One of the activities in H810 asks students to reflect on their role and context in education and how they relate to accessibility and online learning. My own situation is complex because I have ma...

21 Oct 2008 at 4:06pm

This issue of the Drum Beat explores some of the ways that adaptive (or assistive) technology is being used around the world to facilitate access to information, communication, and education for pe...