STC AccessAbility SIG
A Blog About Accessibility

The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) sent out a call for review of its First Public Working Draft of Web Accessibility for Older Users: A Literature Review, one of the WAI-AGE project deliverables. It was published 14 March 2008, and WAI encourages review and comments, all to be submitted by 4 June 2008, if possible.
This draft [...]

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Spine-health.com Provides in-depth peer-reviewed information about most conditions with clear animations of spine anatomy, conditions, and procedures. It also provides a "Find a Doctor" directory of board certified / board eligible spine specialists in the U.S. and UK.
SpineUniverse Provides peer-reviewed information to patients and physicians. Medical information includes reviews of non-surgical and surgical treatments and [...]

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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
Apple® Accessibility Features built into all Macintosh computers provides adjustable keyboard, an ergonomic mouse, CloseView screen magnification software, Easy Access system software (StickyKeys, SlowKeys, MouseKeys), electronic documentation, key-repeat disable, text-to-speech synthesis and voice recognition (PlainTalk), sticky mouse, and visual alert cues.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking (Windows platform only)
Job Access With Speech (JAWS) for Windows® screen [...]

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American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASN)
American Sleep Apnea Association
Circadian Lighting Association (CLA) an international association of manufacturers who supply lights for circadian applications.
Bright Light Therapy devices to help regulate circadian rhythms and treat Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

Blu-Lux™ fill spectrum light boxes, tubes, and neon night lights from Pure n Natural
Bluwave™ from [...]

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ABA Commission on Disabilities
ACLU position / briefing paper: Disability Rights, January 1, 1999
ADA&IT Technical Assistance Centers
ADA Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities (ADAAG)
ADA Guide for Places of Lodging: Serving Guests Who Are Blind Or Who Have Low Vision
ADA Hot Links and Document Center
Adapt grassroots disability rights organization
Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD) U.S. Department of Health [...]

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Concept Coding Framework (CCF): people with impaired communication, including difficulties to read or write, may use symbols as an alternative or complement to character based texts. Referencing to, and exchanging these alternatively coded messages over the Internet is difficult due to the lack of standardised encoding schemes and common practises. This site is intended to [...]

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American Heart Association (AHA)
American Heart Association CPR Courses
American Red Cross
Angina Pectoris: What is it? American Heart Association
Angina Facts National Institutes of Health
Angina Resources on the Web MEDLINEplus health information
Australian Resuscitation Council
Chain of Survival web site
Citizen CPR Foundation
CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care, American Heart Association
CPR Simulator
European Resuscitation Council co-ordinates the activities of European organisations with a [...]

Read: Heart Attack and Angina »

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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(Note: This article originally appeared in the Spring 2008 edition of Communicator, the quarterly journal of ISTC - Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators. The AccessAbility SIG is grateful for the permission to reprint the article here.)
Richard Hodgkinson reports on new developments for European ICT documentation accessibility.
Regular readers of these pages will recall my reports [...]

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Ankylosing Spondylitis from the Spondylitis Association of America
Arthritis Foundation
Arthritis Disease Center alphabetical list of information about over 100 forms of arthritis
Arthritis Disease Center Types of Juvenile Arthritis
Arthritis Society of Canada
Foreningen af Unge med Gigt (FNUG) [Danish Organisation of Youth with Rheumatism]
Gigforeningen [Danish Arthritis Society]
International League of Associations for Rheumatology (ILAR)
International Organisation of Youth with Rheumatism [...]

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