Industry variation in Accessibility
Sitemorse runs regular surveys of the quality of web site coding and accessibility for different industry sectors. Local Government are better than most. Why?
Court case shows that education must be accessible
A recent court case has shown that IT education must be accessible. Lessons must be learned from this case by vendors and education providers.
IAccessible2 for Dummies
A short explanation of why IAccessible2 is needed, what it solves, what its limits are and what should be done next.
Web Compliance – Company Information
A new law has turned good practice on company information in a web site into a legal requirement.
Second Life open source accessible client
Linden Labs has just announced that it has made the Second Life client open-source. This opens the opportunity for accessible interfaces to SL.
UN Convention on Disabilities adopted
The Plenary of the UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 13 December 2006. What impact will this have?
Petition Number 10 on accessibility
The government is not abiding by its own rules on accessibility and a petition has been set up to make the PM aware.
Internet psychologist and accessibility
Can internet psychology help us design more accessible web sites?
Websites – Fixed size text and other matters
A comment from a reader has made me look at fixed size text on websites again. Here is a bit about how to do it right and what to do if a website does not comply.
UN International Day of Disabled persons
Listening to a sermon given by a disabled person reminded me of how miserable people with disabilities can become if they are excluded.