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Re: Intro and digest question

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From: ssims
Date: Aug 15, 2001 1:37PM

Lisa and all,
We formed a 4 person committee from within our team and we ended up going
in depth with both the 508 and W3C. We pulled out what we liked looking at
the issues from many perpectives, including that of a disabled visitor, and
also from what was really feasible time wise for the team. The end result
was our own checklist. The ITS checklist is based on the 508 and W3C and
includes all of what W3C suggested for priority one, much of what they
suggested for Priority 2 and 3, most of what was in 508 in addition to
approximately 20 items that were not in either 508 or W3C. Some of these
additional items were not really accessibility issues, but just things that
should be done to any web site our team develops.
I realize that is vague, but that's what we did. Hope it helps. Feel free
to email me privately if you have any other questions.

Suzanne
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From: "Cohen, Lisa A." < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Subject: RE: Intro and digest question

Hi Suzanne,
Thanks for the Intro and the info...
To Suzanne and EVERYONE,
I am also trying to develop standards and procedures for web developers, to
meet or exceed the Section 508 requirements for accessibility.
One of the things I am doing is breaking out the 508 requirements by each
impairment or disability, in order to allow those with identifiable
disabled
communities to prioritize the accessibility work.
Is this something that you did as well, or did you work with the set of
accessibility requirements as a whole?
Any info or lists of standards beyond the Access Board's and the W3C's
would
be MOST welcome. The task of identifying coding standards with so many
variables (different disabilities, browsers, OSs, assistive technology
tools) seems daunting, at best.
Thanks!
Lisa