[DRAFT] Papers, Posts, Podcasts, Interviews, and Articles

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Ageing & Web Accessibility
General
WCAG

This page provides pointers to articles, conference papers, blog posts, podcasts, and interviews with WAI staff. WAI Presentations are on a different page.

Primary WAI publications are linked in the navigation and listed on the WAI Site Map.

Highlighted Listings

Take a few minutes to encourage web accessibility. You can make a difference (2010-January): Text blog post.
What do you do when you come across an inaccessible website?. . .
...WAI just published: Contacting Organizations about Inaccessible Websites. It walks through steps, provides lots of tips, and includes sample e-mails...
Older Users Online: WAI Guidelines Address Older Users Web Experience (2009-January): Text article from UPA's UX User Experience magazine, by Andrew Arch, Shadi Abou-Zahra, and Shawn Lawton Henry. Developed as part of the Web Accessibility Initiative: Ageing Education and Harmonisation (WAI-AGE) Project.
This article explains age-related impairments that impact Web use, requirements for web design that enhance the ability of older people to use the Web, how existing accessibility guidelines for people with disabilities cover the needs of older users, and future work in this area.
Share Resources Supporting the Web Accessibility Business Case (2009-December): Text blog post.
W3C WAI today published a collection of statistics, case studies, and articles supporting the business case for web accessibility in Resources for Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization.... Would your organization be willing to share your case study to support the business case for web accessibility?...

Ageing and Web Accessibility

Older Users Online: WAI Guidelines Address Older Users Web Experience (2009-January): Text article from UPA's UX User Experience magazine, by Andrew Arch, Shadi Abou-Zahra, and Shawn Lawton Henry. Developed as part of the Web Accessibility Initiative: Ageing Education and Harmonisation (WAI-AGE) Project.
This article explains age-related impairments that impact Web use, requirements for web design that enhance the ability of older people to use the Web, how existing accessibility guidelines for people with disabilities cover the needs of older users, and future work in this area.

General

Take a few minutes to encourage web accessibility. You can make a difference (2010 January): Text blog post.
What do you do when you come across an inaccessible website?. . .
...WAI just published: Contacting Organizations about Inaccessible Websites. It walks through steps, provides lots of tips, and includes sample e-mails...
Share Resources Supporting the Web Accessibility Business Case (2009-December): Text blog post.
W3C WAI today published a collection of statistics, case studies, and articles supporting the business case for web accessibility in Resources for Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization.... Would your organization be willing to share your case study to support the business case for web accessibility?...
Discover new ways of thinking about accessibility (2009-December): Text blog post.
As an employee of the W3C Web standards organization, you might think that I would say the most important thing to start with when addressing web accessibility is standards. I don't. I say the first step is learning how people with disabilities use the web. You might be surprised to learn that is the W3C's advice. We've now got it more clearly in writing, in the new document published today by the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI): Involving Users in Web Projects for Better, Easier Accessibility and...
Web Accessibility Interviews with Shawn Henry, WAI and W3C (2008-June-10): Audio interview with text transcript.
Web Accessibility Interview with Shawn Henry, Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) (2008-June-09): Audio interview with text transcript.
Radio New Zealand Interview with Shawn Henry (2008-Feb-14): Audio interview with text transcript.
New resources on making Ajax and related technologies accessible (2008-Feb-04): Text blog post.
Today WAI published documents that help Web content developers know how to use WAI-ARIA to develop accessible rich Web applications, including WAI-ARIA Primer and WAI-ARIA Best Practices. We also posted a WAI-ARIA FAQ that answers questions such as "As a Web developer, what should I do with WAI-ARIA now?"
A Video Interview with Shawn Henry, From California to Japan (2007-July-11): Video interview with English audio and Japanese subtitles, and text transcripts.
As part of the Mitsue-Links "Meet the Professionals" video series, Shawn Henry of W3C WAI talks with Kazuhito Kidachi about shared responsibilities between web site developers, browsers, and assistive technologies; the importance of different types of authoring tools supporting accessibility; how WCAG 2.0 and WAI-ARIA address the more difficult aspects of Web accessibility; WAI's outreach resources; and what led Shawn to accessibility years ago.
Webtalk: Shadi Abou-Zahra über die Web Accessibility Initiative (2007-Nov-22): Text interview, in German.

WCAG

WCAG 2.0 in your mother tongue (2009-June): Text blog post.
I come from Egypt, live in Austria, work in France, and when I start speaking, some people think I'm American. I speak fluent German and English, but no matter what I do, some expressions and thoughts will always be easier...
A personal reflection on the WCAG 2.0 publication (2008-Dec-11): Text blog post.
Today W3C WAI published Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. This is a momentous occasion. Another post links to the official announcements. Here is another perspective, my personal perspective... -Shawn Henry
A New Era for Web Accessibility: WCAG 2.0 is Finalized (2008-Dec-11): Text blog post.
WCAG 2.0 was published today as a final Web Standard "W3C Recommendation". Check out the official announcement, e-mail, press release, testimonials, and a personal reflection on WCAG. Here are some additional perspectives on a few points...
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines V2.0 - An Interview with Shawn Henry (2008-Dec): Audio interview with text transcript.
With Gerry Gaffney, for the User Experience Podcast, following the UPA Europe 2008 conference.
With real world implementations WCAG 2.0 steps closer to expected Dec 2008 publication (2008-Nov-03): Text blog post.
Today W3C WAI published WCAG 2.0 as a "W3C Proposed Recommendation". This means that the technical material of WCAG 2.0 is complete and it has been used successfully in real websites. Up next: final publication as a Web standard, which we expect in Dec!
WCAG 2.0 takes a giant leap forward — Now it's your turn: Text blog post.
WCAG 2.0 is going, boldly, where it's never gone before: Today WCAG 2.0 is at "W3C Candidate Recommendation"! Can you feel the Web accessibility world shake? Candidate Recommendation means that we think the technical content is stable and we want developers and designers to start using WCAG 2.0, to test it out in every-day situations....
Shawn Henry Interview with Roger Hudson at Webstock (2008-Feb): Video interview with text transcript.
Discusses people's perception of accessibility, the role of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), the differences between WCAG 1.0 and WCAG 2.0, and more.
Is WCAG 2.0 almost done?! (2007-Dec-12): Text blog post.
A Last Call Working Draft of WCAG 2.0 was just published. This means that the WCAG Working Group has integrated all resolutions from previous comments. Yeah! Now the question is whether this draft of WCAG 2.0 is ready for the community to support moving it on towards becoming a Web standard (W3C Recommendation)...
WaSP Interview: Judy Brewer on WCAG 2 (2007-May-07): Text interview.
Judy Brewer discusses WCAG 2.0 status and upcoming drafts with Web Standards Project (WaSP) Accessibility Task Force member Jared Smith. See Interview with Judy Brewer.
Podcast: Shawn Henry Interview on WCAG 2 (2006-July-06): Audio interview with text transcript.
With UK UPA president Giles Colborne.
WWW2006 Edinburgh Conference podcast (2006-May): Audio with text transcript.
"With web accessibility we wanted to take advantage of all the new technologies and developing technologies and help make those improve accessibility." — Shawn Henry

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