session details

WebDev 2001 Technology Dialogue Day

title

Web Accessibility and the Disabled

presentation type

Poster Session

site represented

Glendale Community College

session description

JAWS for Windows is only one of many technologies for persons with disabilities aimed at removing the barriers on teh Information Highway. The obvious benefit of this program is that it allows the unsighted user to reap the rewards offered in an educational environment.

This presentation will allow teachers creating websites, for web-based courses in particular, to understand the importance of creating something that does not exclude anyone from accessing their course materials. Understanding how screen reading software interprets text on a screen can assist the novice web builder in incorporating accessible web design into their web materials.

project url

http://www.isc.rit.edu/~easi/index.htm
http://www.itaa.org/events/event.cfm?EventID=302
http://www.trace.wisc.edu/world/web
http://www.dist.maricopa.edu/its/webden/ada

fit with theme

This project aligns with the theme by showing educators how important it is to make all of their materials accessible to everyone and places to go on the Web to get more information about accessibility issues.

primary contact person

Becky Lombard

primary contact role in project

Designer of GCC DSR web site, student and researcher of accessibility issues

primary contact email address

bjlombar@student.gc.maricopa.edu

primary contact phone

(623) 587-9193

other project team members

Carol Myers (ITS Web Team Director, and member of statewide Section 508 guidelines committee)
Don Shuck (GCC Data Processing Lab Tech, and expert on hardware and software for the disabled)

location / time

Pod 1 Facing West (1:00 - 3:45 PM)

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