STC AccessAbility SIG
A Blog About Accessibility

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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Bazyn Communications Helping people to realize their full potential; advice on resumes and skills, setting goals, projecting an image, and more.
Bipolar Dream [Canada]
British Mental Health Law [United Kingdom]
Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons Proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 2856 (XXVI) of 20 December 1971 [Switzerland]
Handling your Psychiatric Disability in Work and School
Hyperguide to [...]

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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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AccessAbility SIG member, Whitney Quesenbery, Whitney Interactive Design, LLC, brought some exciting news to our attention. Here’s what Whitney has to say.
Plain language is not a new concept; understanding your audience, clear communication, and good information design are part of what makes us technical communicators.
Last week, we had some exciting news from the US Congress: [...]

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Bone and Joint Decade 2002-2011 The Bone and Joint Decade is a multidisciplinary world wide initiative involving everyone concerned with the care of bone and joint disorders.
Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Foreign Policy and Disability: Legislative Strategies and Civil Rights Protections to Ensure Inclusion of People with Disability [...]

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Accessibility: CHI 2001 and Beyond, Ariadne Issue 28
Action for Dystonia, Diagnosis, Education & Research (ADDER)
Artsline provides information on all the arts and leisure services available, both as audience or participants. The Artsline database provides updated data on the access to the arts and leisure venues and pursuits in the capital city of London. See their [...]

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