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- 1. Janet Ward Edited by Bette and Shohreh El Centro College July 15, 2008
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- What does it mean to be 508 compliant?
- What are the types of disabilities?
- What are the Statistics?
- How can I make my class 508 compliant?
- What are free evaluation and testing Tools?
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- Rehabilitation Act - Section 508 :
- Requires equal access for disabled employees and members of the public to information that is comparable to the access available to others.
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- Visual
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- From low vision to blindness
- Hearing
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- From partial hearing loss to deafness
- Motor
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- From partial to full loss of mobility or dexterity
- Cognitive
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- From learning to developmental disabilities
- Other
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- Other types of disabilities, such as seizure disorders
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- Number of disabled Internet users has increased dramatically since 2000 and continues to increase
- 54 million Americans that have some type of disability
- 74.4% of disabled individuals use the Internet at home
- 82.8% of disabled individuals use a computer at home
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- Design Considerations
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- Must be:
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- Efficient
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- Effective
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- Easy to
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- learn
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- remember
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- access
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- interact and collaborate
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- Training PowerPoint: http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/508_Training_Presentation.ppt
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- A text equivalent for every non-text element must be provided.
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- Example : http://www.doit.wisc.edu/accessibility/online-course/standards/images.htm
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- Equivalent alternatives for any multimedia presentation must be synchronized with the presentation.
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- Example :
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- http://www.doit.wisc.edu/accessibility/video/ScnRdrpt2.mov
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- Web pages shall be designed so that all information conveyed with color is also available without color, for example from context or markup.
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- Example:
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- http://www.doit.wisc.edu/accessibility/onlinecourse/standards/formatting.htm#explanationc
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- Documents or Web pages shall be organized so they are readable without requiring an associated style sheet.
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- Example 22d :
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- http://www.doit.wisc.edu/accessibility/video/scnrdrpt1.mov
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- Watchfire WebXACT :
- Bobby
- Lynx Viewer
- Vischeck
- Cynthia Says
- A-Prompt
- Others:
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- Test Me: 25 Freebie Website Accessibility Checkers
- 12. Computer Aids for Disabilities http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v = yGwED-BZeQQ