Shortly after launching our new web site in June, I started receiving e-mails regarding the alternative text for several of the images on the site. Most of the e-mails went something like this, “I can’t believe that a reputable accessibility group like WebAIM could launch a site that has images with missing ALT text. Shame […]
The final federal regulations are now available for the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) in Part B of IDEA 2004. They were published by the Department of Education Thursday in an "unofficial" form pending their publication in the Federal Register. Although the document is well over 1700 pages, staff from NCDAE (a partner) has […]
I spent last week in sunny San Diego at the Association of Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD) conference, which was comprised of over 1,200 professionals who serve students with disabilities in postsecondary education. Although San Diego was unseasonably warm, the weather was still beautiful. Here is a picture from the balcony of my sixth-story hotel […]
Google Accessible Search has been released. It is “designed to identify and prioritize search results that are more easily usable by blind and visually impaired users.” Hurray to Google for providing this useful tool. Google Accessible Search provides a simple, scaled down interface.
During @media 2006, I blogged about the need for a U.S.-based conference that focused on web standards for web developers. Well, now we have it. The Refresh the Web conference, held in Orlando, Florida in November, will provide over 16 hours of non-stop web standards, plus optional crash courses from Andy Budd and Jeremy Keith.
