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From: Morin, Gary (NIH/OD) [E]
Date: May 27, 2014 9:02AM


Hi, Greg - from one single father to another, welcome!

you could do a random web search for "accessibility remediation" or "Section 508 remediation", "accessible Word/PDF/PowerPoint/fill-in-the-blank.

I do have a listing of such companies, that I can happily share with you if you'd like. Is your research to find such companies or to study some aspect about them?


Gary M. Morin, Program Analyst
NIH Office of the Chief Information Officer
10401 Fernwood Rd, Room 3G-17
Bethesda, MD 20892, Mail Stop: 4833

(301) 402-3924 Voice, (301) 451-9326 TTY/NTS
(240) 200 5030 Videophone; (301) 402-4464 Fax

NIH Section 508: http://508.nih.gov, NIH Section 508 Coordinators list: https://ocio.nih.gov/ITGovPolicy/NIH508/Pages/Section508Coordinators.aspx

NIH Section 508 Team: mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ?subject=Section 508 Help or, for Section 508 Guidance, http://www.hhs.gov/web/508/index.html

Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to.

WHAT IF THE FIRST QUESTION WE ASKED WAS, "WHAT IS SO UNIQUE ABOUT THIS SITUATION THAT IT JUSTIFIES EXCLUSION? INSTEAD OF, "HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE?


-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Wocher [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
Sent: Monday, May 26, 2014 1:33 PM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: [WebAIM] Advice needed

Hello everyone,
First off I want to apologize for this rather lengthy e-mail with a vague subject line but I did not know where else to get advice. I will be graduating college at the end of June and my ceremony will be in July. I am getting a bachelors degree in Computer Information Systems specializing in Web Development and Administration. I am 38 years old and I am also a single father. In one of my final classes I am being asked to do research on companies I would like to work for. What I am wanting to do is to turn my degree into first testing web sites and web applications for accessibility so I can get exposure to things like the WCAG on a professional level. I eventually want to start doing development work, helping to create accessible websites and web applications. What would be a good way to research companies that do this kind of work? There are some other factors at the moment that make it necessary for me to work at home if possible. It is not just important anymore f
or websites and web applications to be accessible it is becoming a necessity since so many services are going online. Thank you for reading this long e-mail of mine.

Greg Wocher

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