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From: Paul Bohman
Date: Sep 11, 2015 3:19PM

Thanks for your question Dave. You do actually fit the description of who
should be certified. Here's what I said:

"Our target audience is designers, developers, and engineers (and the
people who manage them, or who test the quality of their output)."

You would fit into the last part of what I said: "people who... test the
quality of their output." In other words, people who test web sites for
accessibility are very much in the target audience because they are testing
the quality of the output created by designers, developers, and engineers.




Paul Bohman, PhD
Director of Training, Deque Systems, Inc
703-225-0380, ext.121
https://DequeUniversity.com


On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 4:30 PM, Dave Bahr < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I guess I'm a little confused. I had joined the IAAP in hopes of
> understanding more about certification and it's ongoing progress. However,
> I
> was under the impression that it was being designed for people such as
> myself who are totally blind and interested in testing websites/software
> for
> accessibility. According to your description below, this is not to be the
> case? This begs the question, if I wantto be certified as some sort of
> accessibility specialist who has a disability, where would I look?that's
> why
> I posted what I did on the community foruma few weeks back.I feel like I
> have the passion and some of the knowledge necessary for understanding
> accessibility, but I will be the first to admit that I need help in
> acquiring more skills and suitable credentials. so… Where do I go and what
> do I do?
> Thanks, Dave
>
>