Source: http://disabilityblogger.blogspot.com/2010/10/social-security-disability.html

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Automated web accessibility evaluation tools are hard to trust, understand and typically provide feedback on a small amount of factors that influence accessibility. Also, a unified web evaluation methodology should be adopted to provide consistent results across tools. In this article I let the tools test each other.

Source: http://www.standards-schmandards.com/2009/pitfalls-of-web-accessibility-evaluation-tools/

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The "UK Accessibility Roundtable for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2010", a HiSoftware event at Microsoft's offices in London Victoria. The day revolved around several demos of SharePoint 2010 and Compliance Sheriff, and was fleshed it out with some quite good accessibility information. These are my notes on the event, with a lot of interspersed commentary.

Source: http://alastairc.ac/2009/11/sharepoint-2010-accessibility-event/

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In celebration of its 5th anniversary, Dennis and Ross discuss the history of Web Axe and several memorable moments. Then, nine special guests provide excellent insight and information relating to web accessibility including Paul Boag and Bruce Lawson. It's great stuff, don't miss it!

Download Web Axe Episode 84 (Web Axe 5-Year Anniversary)

[Transcript of podcast 84]

Some History

• Dennis Lembree launched Web Axe in September 2005 with a boost from the Detroit Podcasters Network.
• Co-host Ross Johnson joined September of 2006 in Lists and Accessibility -- How and Why? (podcast #26).
• Readership continues to grow; over 5,400 Web Axe RSS subscribers (85% of my RSS subscribers are using Google Reader or iGoogle). Number of Twitter followers continues to grow (@WebAxe).
• Interesting topics for web accessibility: business reasons, bandwidth and loadtime, and screen resolution.

Memorable Moments

• Nominated three years in a row in the .net magazine Best of the Web awards.
• Web Axe featured in BBC Podcast, segment on accessibility in Pods & Blogs show.
• First interview: Jared Smith of WebAIM, Podcast #27 (September 2006).
• Podcast #74: Awards, Events & Back to Basics recorded from Santa Cruz, California (September 2009).
• Podcast #35: Usability and Accessibility Conference recorded from event in Lansing, Michigan (November 2006).
• Visit to Yahoo! Accessibility Testing Lab (July 2009).
• NFB vs. Target Lawsuit is Settled!
• Critiques invoke responses: Recovery.gov, ca.gov, section508.gov

Special Episode Podcast Contributors

• Bruce Lawson (Opera, HTML5Doctor) - great HTML5 info.
• Denis Boudreau (A11Y_MTL) - French Canadian up very late recording.
• Jennison Asuncion - Accessibility tester, researcher, and all-around nice guy.
• Karen Mardahl (STCAccess) - Wicked good technical communicator.
• Mike Gifford (OpenConcept) - Drupal expert.
• Paul Boag (Boagworld) - Well, everyone knows this guy!
• Steve Grobschmidt - User Experience Lead and blogger.
• Terrill Thompson - A cool musician, basketball fan, and Technology Accessibility Specialist.
• Tom Babinszki (Even Grounds) - Accessibility consultant and blogger.

Addendum: Podcast Corrections

• Steve Grobschmidt's last name was announced incorrectly (it's not "Aquinas", that's part of his Twitter handle).
• We state that there are 8 guest speakers; there's actually 9!
• We mentioned that Boagworld is no longer podcasting, but failed to mention that they plan on returning in January 2011. (Paul mentions this in his commentary.)

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WebAxe/~3/eIzj4EmvIHI/podcast-84-web-axe-5-year-anniversary.html

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When guest author Roger Hudson presents accessibility seminars or workshops, he usually asks those attending to indicate if they have seen a screen reader being used. Several years ago, it was not uncommon for only about 10 percent of the audience to indicate that they had. Recently, often more than three quarters of the people attending say they have seen a screen reader in use. However, nearly all assume a screen reader is an audio output device and when asked if they have seen a Braille device, the answer is usually no. So Roger and Braille user, Bruce Maguire, decided to create a video demonstrating a refreshable Braille device in use. They hope that this will provide viewers with both a basic understanding of how the device is operated and a feeling for what it might be like to access the web without relying on the senses of sight and hearing.

Source: http://accessites.org/site/2009/06/refreshable-braille/

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As this year comes to an end, we at WebAIM wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. This is an appropriate time for us to look back at the previous year and also to the future. In 2010, WebAIM saw many changes. For the first time in our history, we functioned primarily without any [...]

Source: http://webaim.org/blog/webaims-2010-year-in-review/

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DRC submitted comments to the Department of Public Health, Licensing & Certification Division, in response to Senate Bill 852, requiring the Department to solicit feedback from stakeholders regarding a recent Bureau of State Audits (BSA) report. Read the BSA Fact Sheet Summary, BSA Summary, and BSA Full Report.

Among other things, the BSA report exposed serious problems with the Department of Public Health?s failure to collect millions in fines and for allowing appeals to be dragged out by the nursing home industry, sometimes for years. 

DRC?s investigations into nursing home abuse and neglect mirror the BSA report?s findings.  The Department of Public Health takes years to issue citations, even in extreme instances of neglect such as a resident choking to death after the nursing facility failed to initiate CPR or other life saving techniques; and a resident dying after cracking her head from a fall from a bed sling weakened by repeated washings in bleach. 

DRC urges the Department of Public Health to adopt the BSA?s reform recommendations, and put in place additional measures to ensure that nursing home residents are protected. 

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DisabilityRightsCalifornia-HotTopicsDisabilityNews/~3/zovhBSRtgzE/BSA%20Comments-final.pdf

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SPSARV grant applications to fund ministries and initiatives globally that support The United Methodist Church's position on alcohol, other drugs, and...

Source: http://gbgm-umc.org/global_news/full_article.cfm?articleid=5941

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The Finnish government has published their quality criteria for public websites in english. This makes it possible to compare your own national guidelines to thos of other countries. Quoting from the intro page: The purpose of the quality criteria is: to act as a tool for developing and assessing public web services to improve the [...]

Source: http://www.standards-schmandards.com/2008/finnish-quality-criteria-for-public-websites/

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There are many design considerations when creating or re-designing a Web site.

• Corporate branding.
• Providing quality content for your visitors.
• Ensuring that the site is accessible via a range of different devices to users with varying needs.

However, all of this is going to be pretty pointless unless people have a reasonable chance of finding your site via Google or another search engine. Enter the art of Search Engine Optimisation or "SEO" for short.

Source: http://accessites.org/site/2010/03/nine-accessible-steps-to-search-engine-optimisation/

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