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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 […]

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Podcast #63: Reviewing Accessible Ajax Recommendations

In Webcredible’s article AJAX accessibility for websites, a list of recommendations is presented for creating accessible Ajax web pages. In this podcast, Dennis and Ross discuss the accessibility issues and benefits of Ajax, and the recommendations from Webcredible which are: Inform users early in the page that dynamic updates will occur Highlight the areas that […]

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Cognitive Accessibility Survey

Cognitive disabilities are the least recognized in the world of web accessibility (as opposed to visual, auditory, and motor). The goal of WebAIM’s Steppingstones Project is to “help web developers consider issues of cognitive disability in their designs”. To assist in this process, WebAIM is inviting people to complete its Cognitive Disability and Web Accessibility […]

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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 60: Web Axe 2007 Year in Review

Happy New Year! Dennis highlights and discusses numerous podcasts and news/blog events about web accessibility in the last year. Download Web Axe Episode 60 (2007 Year in Review) Podcast #56: Web Axe 2-Year Anniversary! Podcast #55: WCAG Samurai Podcast #52: REL Attribute Podcast #51: Option Groups (OptGroup) Podcast #50: Analysis of WCAG 2.0 Podcast #47: […]