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Podcast #85: Drupal 7 Accessibility

Dennis speaks with Everett Zufelt (@ezufelt) on Drupal and the accessibility improvements in Drupal 7 which is now in beta. Drupal is an increasingly popular open-source content management system (CMS). Download Web Axe Episode 85 (Drupal 7 Accessibility) [Transcript of podcast 85] Transcript sponsored by Accessibility DC (@AccessibilityDC), meetups on accessibility in the Washington, DC, […]

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Web Accessibility Jobs

A good sign! Here are more than several job openings relating to web accessibility posted within the last month or so. (U.S. and Canada.) Facebook: User Experience – Accessibility (Palo Alto, CA) Salesforce.com seeks Senior Accessibility Specialist (San Francisco, CA) Contract job Web Portal #Accessibility Business Analyst (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) Online Communications Coordinator/Web Developer at […]

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Link Roundup – September 2010

Bonus! An offer to the HTML5 team to save longdesc by Vlad Alexander at XStandard Landmark Technology Access Bill Heads to President Obama’s Desk Accessibility testing tools (Steve Faulkner, The Paciello Group) Response to HTML5 editor on Canvas accessibility (by Rich Schwerdtfeger) Adobe’s Andrew Kirkpatrick interviewed on Accessibility in Government (video) Accessibility for web writers, […]

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Web Accessibility Law

Policies Relating to Web Accessibility The DDA and Its Implications for Your Website Overview of U.S. State Accessibility Laws Section 508 (U.S. Federal) http://blog.accessibilityassociates.com/2010/12/01/you-mean-the-ada-doesnt-already-cover-web-sites/

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Screen readers and Testing

Response to article by @vavroom Should Sighted Developers Use Screenreaders To Test Accessibility?http://accessibility.net.nz/blog/should-sighted-developers-use-screenreaders-to-test-accessibility/ Good to test with screen reader, but best to have screenreader users themselves test a web site for accessibility.