STC AccessAbility SIG
A Blog About Accessibility and Technical Communication

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"Disability, Accessibility and Electronic Literacy" Special Topic in Currents in Electronic Literacy, Spring 2001 (No. 4)
Daisy Consortium The DAISY standard is [...]

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"Bibliography for Performance Systems Technology (PST) and Computer-based Instruction (CBI)" published in the ACM SIGDOC Journal of Computer Documentation (JCD) [JCD is no longer being produced. ACM SIGDOC members are able to get copies of archived journals.]
California Learning Resource Network
Learning Disabilities Association of America
LD Online provides information on learning disabilities for parents, teachers, and professionals.
National [...]

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Accessibility and E-Learning Useful links from the CETIS-TechDis Accessibility SIG
AbleNet products and solutions for teaching children with disabilities
accesselearning A free, online 10-module tutorial that offers information, instructional techniques, and practice labs on how to make the most common needs in distance education accessible for individuals with disabilities, and enhance the usability of online materials for [...]

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The Accessibility Guide to the STC 55th conference (see http://www.stc.org/55thConf/access/index.asp) was prepared to help you with your conference preparation. As promised in the guide, we are continuing the discussion of tips and suggestions here on the blog.
Just in from Marc Gravez, Vice-President and acting/interim President of the Philadelphia chapter, is a very useful description of [...]

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In this year’s pre-conference program, Whitney Quesenbery is running a certificate program that should catch the attention of any technical communicator interested in usability and accessibility. Anyone attending will definitely learn from this very, very knowledgeable member of - among other groups - the STC’s AccessAbility SIG and Usability and User Experience SIG.
Whitney comments [...]

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The AccessAbility SIG of STC is pleased to bring you another STC conference accessibility guide. Download a PDF of the guide at http://www.stc.org/55thConf/access/index.asp. To help you plan your journey to Philadelphia and the 2008 Technical Communication Summit, look for the guide on the conference site under "Accessibility" at http://www.stc.org/55thConf/index.asp.
Don’t miss the scooter rental offer [...]

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