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We have designed these pages to be as accessible as possible. However since trAce is interested in web-based experimentation there will always be some sections of the site which are less accessible than others. For example, users may find that parts of The Noon Quilt, and also frAme, may not be easily readable, and there will be occasions when other parts of the site also present problems. In the main, however, we have done our best to make the site easy to read via a variety of formats.
We welcome your suggestions on how we might make our site more accessible.
Please contact us at trace@ntu.ac.uk.
Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) .
Overview of the Web Accessibility Initiative (slide show).
Legislation.
Section 508: the US requirement for Federal websites to be accessible to people with disabilities,
The Disability Discrimination Act of 1995 seeks to ensure equality for people with disabilities in the United Kingdom. This includes the accessibility of Government web sites and eventually could force accessibility across the board on web sites in the United Kingdom.
Example legal case.
Mr Maguire argued that the organisers of the Sydney Olympics were in breach of their obligations under Australian law by providing a Web site which was inaccessible to the visually impaired like himself.
Think about:
Video-clips or audio recordings: for the hearing impaired.
Online discussion forums & VLEs: do they follow the World Wide Web Consortium' Web Accessibility Guidelines (WAI)?
Do you cater for keyboard navigation of the site? For those with motor impairments, and unable to use a mouse.
Using frames and graphics and not offering a 'no frames' alternative or ALT attributes on the images? For the visually impaired.
Articles and Information.
E-Learning and Legislation by Martin Sloan (UK Higher Education).
Institutional Web sites and Legislation by Martin Sloan.
International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet .
Accessible Web Authoring Resources.
How accessible can we make art?
AbilityNet is a new charity, formed jointly by The Computability Centre and The Foundation for Communication for the Disabled, to make mainstream computer technology accessible to people with disabilities.
Bobby is a web-based public service offered by CAST that analyzes web pages for their accessibility to people with disabilities as well as their compatibility with various browsers.
Other ways to check your website include: Site Valet and HTML Tidy.
The CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) is a research and development facility that works to make media accessible to underserved populations such as disabled persons, minority-language users, and people with low literacy skills.
Trace (our namesake!).
The Trace Center is an interdisciplinary research, development and resource center on technology and disability. It is part of the Waisman Center and the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. The mission of the Center is: "To advance the ability of people with disabilities to achieve their life objectives through the use of communication, computer and information technologies."
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