Dennis explains some types of disabilites and different kinds of tools used to help access the web. Download Web Axe Episode 25 (About Impairments and Assistive Technology) [Transcript for Episode 25] Disability Types: Visual Auditory Motor Cognitive Seizure Alternative Devices: How People with Disabilities Use the Web (W3C) How do disabled people use computers? (Joe […]
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Dennis helps explain the following acronyms and abbreviations relevant in the world of web accessiblity, and gives a little insight too. Download Web Axe Episode 20 (Explaining Acronyms) W3C WAI WCAG WebAIM XHTML DHTML DOM ALT CSS 508 AJAX SEO HCI USA Webmonkey GlossarySEO Terms
Sixty percent of government web sites fail web accessibility tests. And that’s the UK, which is much more aware and active on web accessibility and web standards that most countries, including the U.S.A. Tests were conducted by the University of Southampton. BBC Article, Government sites fail web tests
The aspects of the cognitive portion of web accessibility. Topics include use of language, consistency in layout, and clearly defined links. Download Web Axe Episode 17 More: WebAim on Cognitive Accessibility W3C on Comprehension
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Unobtrusive Javacript (and the DOM)
Ah, Javascript. The wonderful scripting language that creates lots of cool stuff on your web page. But how do you make it Accessible? Download Web Axe Episode 11 Links: W3C Checkpoint 6.3 Directly Accessible Scripts (W3C) DOM Overview (W3C) WaSP Javascript Manefesto Creating Accessible JavaScript (WebAim) This is an example of a javascript “listener” which […]