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Podcast #62: Web Accessibility News

Dennis and Ross discuss a variety of recent web accessibility news and events.

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HTML 5 and Accessibility post — comment from Laura Carlson of Web Standards Group with great info and links.

WAVE toolbar and blog available

Reference Card for Accessible PDF Creation from Word from the Adobe Accessibility blog by Andrew Kirkpatrick (Download Reference Card)

For Review: UAAG 2.0 First Public Working Draft

Joe Clark has released the (final?) update to the WCAG Samurai’s errata. Also see The WCAG Samurai Errata are now available.

Moving WCAG 2.0 to the next stage (W3C March 2008 Update)

Radio New Zealand Interview of Shawn Henry, February 2008

Are Lists Becoming the New Tables?

IE8 announces change in “version targeting”:

CSS Globe, 11 Good Accessibility Tips

SXSW panels of note:

The Digital Bus – a blog about digital marketing

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standards

HTML 5 and Accessibility

HTML 5 is under development, and I thought I’d point out some proposed changes that directly affect accessibility, namely, the removal of certain attributes:

  • accesskey attribute on a, area, button, input, label, legend and textarea
  • longdesc attribute on img and iframe
  • target attribute on link
  • summary attribute on table
  • headers, axis and abbr attributes on td and th
  • scope attribute on td

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disability stats

Most web design companies ignore disabled people

In a report from the UK, where web accessibility is more widely practiced than in most other countries, 75% of Local web design companies ignore disabled people. Unfortunately, I’m sure that percentage is much higher here in the United States, where accessible web sites are still limited to not much more than some government and education sites.

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"assistive technology" articles

Assistive technology for the disabled

Assistive technology for the disabled is an article describing assistive technology (AT) for those with visual, hearing, and mobility impairments. The author is physically challenged himself.

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podcast

Podcast 61: Accessibility Statements

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News

Listener’s Comments

Main Segment Topics

  • What is an accessibility statement?
  • Should an accessibility statement be on my web site?
  • Where should I provide links to the accessibility statement?
  • What should be included in the accessibility statement?
    • A brief description of the policy.
    • How to report failures on the site.
    • Details of the functions built-in to the site.
    • Information on browser options.
    • The standards used in the building of the site.
    • The verification processes used.
    • Links to further information.

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