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NFB vs. Target Lawsuit is Settled!

Big news! The NFB versus Target lawsuit is settled! As expected, there are good points and bad points to the settlement. You may read an excellent summary of the settlement by Jared Smith of WebAIM in the blog entry Target lawsuit settled. Some of the wins from the lawsuit are: Target will pay NFB $90,000 […]

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50 Useful Tools for Evaluating Your Website

Some good web accessibility tools are listed in the post Is Your Site Hot or Not? 50 Useful Tools for Evaluating Your Website. Look under the heading “Accessibility & Usability”. Other good tools are listed for SEO, stats, performance, and code validation.

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Podcast #64: Language, Abbreviations, and Quotes

This podcast covers the markup for Language, Abbreviations, and Quotes; CSS is a whole other issue which may be covered in a future podcast. Download Web Axe Episode 64 (Language, Abbreviations, and Quotes) News Update on the ADA (WebAIM) Web Accessibility. Life In the Post-Guideline Age Andrew Kirkpatrick’s slides for presentation “Webmaniacs Talk on Flex […]

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Web Accessibility Conference (Nov 11-14, Boulder, CO)

The University of Colorado-Boulder is hosting the 11th Annual Accessing Higher Ground Accessible Media, Web and Technology Conference, November 11- 14, 2008. The main topics include: implementation and benefits of Assistive Technology in the university and college setting legal and policy issues, including ADA and 508 compliance campus media and information resources, including Web pages, […]

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Five Most Common Accessibility Errors

In the blog post Web Accessibility – The Power of Five, E-Access Bulletin Live reports on a web accessibility study completed by the Society of IT Management (Socitm). The study cites the five most common web accessibility errors, which reportedly make up 76% of all website accessibility failures. no alternative text for images inappropriate use […]