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The United Nations (UN) observes International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3 December. Here is an update on just a few of the things that W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) is doing to improve digital accessibility for people with disabilities around the world: documenting user needs, translating resources, and updating language. Documenting Accessibility User […]
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We've got another update to the WCAG 2.0 supporting documents for your review... Some of the updates in these drafts provide important clarifications on the role of techniques....
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We're very pleased to announce that WCAG 2.0 is now also an ISO International Standard, ISO/IEC 40500:2012. ISO/IEC 40500 is exactly the same as the original WCAG 2.0 standard from the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), which remains freely available along with supporting resources from the WCAG Overview.
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Do you remember a time when people around you broke out in laughter, but you didn't hear the joke? You could be doing a similar thing to your audience — leaving some people out.... Read on to learn how to make your presentations, talks, meetings, training, conferences, etc. accessible to all of your potential audience, including people with disabilities and others...
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Today W3C WAI published updated Techniques for WCAG 2.0 and Understanding WCAG 2.0... We encourage you to learn more about the stable WCAG 2.0 standard and the "informative" Techniques...
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Today W3C WAI published updated Techniques for WCAG 2.0 and Understanding WCAG 2.0, following a public review and comment period. The WCAG Working Group is developing more techniques and would like your help...
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Do you remember a time when people around you broke out in laughter, but you didn't hear the joke? You could be doing a similar thing to your audience — leaving some people out.... Read on to learn how to make presentations, talks, meetings, and training accessible to all of your potential audience, including people with disabilities and others...
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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...
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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?...
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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...
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