There’s been much discussion lately about the influence of accessibility upon the design and development process (and vice versa). Some of the posts and comments have been very volatile and may be offensive to some. These heated discussions between the visual design and accessibility community have begun to form a rift between the communities. The […]
I love Firefox. I only converted to using it about a year ago and am kicking myself for taking so long to make the switch from Internet Explorer. I have Firefox loaded with excellent extensions and have written a bunch of Greasemonkey scripts to make my web experience more enjoyable. While the ‘official’ browser share […]
Federal District Court Judge Marilyn Hall Patel ruled that the lawsuit filed against Target.com by the National Federation for the Blind may move forward. Target had requested a motion for the case to be dismissed on the grounds that the American’s with Disabilities Act, the California Unruh Civil Rights Act, and the California Disabled Persons […]
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 […]
