Consistent Navigation and Identification Consistency is important for web site accessibility and usability. WCAG 2.0 Success Criterion 3.2.3 (Level AA) requires that navigation elements that are repeated on web pages do not change order across pages. Success Criterion 3.2.4 (Level AA) requires that elements that have the same functionality across multiple web pages be consistently […]
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Webinar: eQuality: The Struggle for Web Accessibility by Persons with Cognitive Disabilities Date: Thursday – October 16, 2014 Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Please join us for this informative discussion on web accessibility as BBI Chairman, Dr. Peter Blanck, will discuss and answer questions about his new book entitled “eQuality: The Struggle for Web Accessibility by Persons […]
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Large Clickable Targets Some mouse users have may have difficulty with fine motor control, so it is important that clickable targets be sufficiently large. Radio buttons and checkboxes should include properly-associated labels (using the <label> element). Small icons or text, such as previous/next arrows or superscript links for footnotes, should be sufficiently large or combined […]
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Why Take Pictures If You Are Blind? Contributed by Lou Smith, Amateur photographer and rehabilitation counselor in Maryland As a person who is blind and uses an iPhone, this question has been posed to me. The logic behind the question is, as a person who is blind, what kind of enjoyment could I possibly derive […]
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Smart canes, smart glasses, smart cars…a little food for thought this week for all those smarty-pants technology lovers out there! AT in the news for the week of 8/11 thru 8/15 Cyberbullying alert app for parents made in Thunder Bay Apple Patented A Mouse That Would Vibrate At Your Touch Driverless cars could change lives […]
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This has been a week full of not-so-good news (you know what I’m talking about). So, I’m here to cheer you up and take your mind off so many sad & seemingly impending things. Smart shoes for the blind, remote coaching for parents, customized chopsticks, taking exams using blink-technology, and so much more. It’s a […]
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