STC AccessAbility SIG
A Blog About Accessibility

Fahrner Image Replacement (FIR) FIR is a standards-compliant technique that uses stylesheets and ordinary HTML to provide a visible image, usually consisting of text. The CSS specifies that the image will display in most cases; if it should not display for some reason, the underlying structural HTML markup is supposed to take its place… Because [...]

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3M Office Ergonomics Audit A simple self-assessment of your own workplace.  New
AbilityNet is a UK charity helping disabled adults and children use computers and the Internet by adapting and adjusting their technology.  New
AbilityNet Resource Pack Available free of charge from Superhighways.  New
A-Chat Web-based chat tool, designed with accessibility in mind
Accessible Web Developers group is [...]

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Specialist Task Force 333:
European Accessibility Requirements for Public Procurement of Products and Services in the ICT Domain (EC Standardization Mandate M/376, Phase 1)
If you are interested in what’s happening in Europe regarding the accessibility of ICT products purchased by government organizations (EU reaction to Section 508), please check out the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) [...]

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SIG member, Richard N. P. Hodgkinson, Fellow of the U.K. ISTC (Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators), is the editor for two ISO standards related to usability, accessibility, and systems software documentation:

ISO/TS 16071:2003: "Ergonomics of human-system interaction — Guidance on accessibility for human-computer interfaces"
ISO/IEC FDIS 18019:2003(E): "Software and systems engineering — Guidelines for the design [...]

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Equal Access to Software & Information (EASI) provides online training on accessible information technology for persons with disabilities.
Online courses in eClasses.Org over 50 online instructor-led courses and 4 Web certificates.
Section 508 Training

Acquiring Technology: What Every Federal Employee Needs to Know About Section 508
IRS presents a course on Section 508 for Software Development
Section 508 Awareness CD
The [...]

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Web Accessibility problems may involve

Cognitive
Reading disorders, learning disabilities, reading disabilities, thinking, remembering, sequencing disabilities, and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Useability will be enhanced with illustrations, good graphics, organized content with headings, and visual cues for navigation.
Hearing
Deafness and hard of hearing. Users may need assistive technology to read audio transcripts or view fully captioned multimedia content.
Motor
Physical disabilities, [...]

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