Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Announcements
Events, Meetings, Presentations
- At the W3C Technical Plenary Week in Mandelieu, France:
- EOWG (Education and Outreach Working Group) Meeting: 27 February – 2 March 2006
- ERT (Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group) Meeting: 27–28 February 2006
- PFWG (Protocols and Formats Working Group) Meeting: 2–3 March 2006
- At CSUN in Los Angeles, CA, USA:
- "Exploring Web Accessibility: A Hands-On Introduction" workshop lead by Shawn Henry on 20 March 2006
- "Web Accessibility: Business Case And Demonstration Resources For Promotion Advocacy" presentation by Judy Brewer on 23 March 2006
- "Selecting And Using Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools" presentation by Shadi Abou-Zahra on 24 March 2006
- "Evaluating for Accessibility, Usability Testing in Diverse Situations" workshop lead by Shawn Henry at UPA 2006 on 13 June 2006 in Denver, CO, USA
- "Redesigning www.w3.org/WAI: A Tale of Two Sites" presentation lead by Shawn Henry at UPA 2006 on 15 June 2006 in Denver, CO, USA
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Documents in Progress
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 Working Draft 23 November 2005 (WCAG Call for Review)
- Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 Working Draft 22 November 2005 (ATAG Call for Review)
- Evaluation and Report Language (EARL) 1.0 Schema Working Draft 09 September 2005 (EARL Schema Call for Review)
Highlights
For Review: Updated WCAG 2.0 Working Drafts
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0) Working Draft documents were published 23 November 2005. See:
- Call for Review: WCAG 2.0 Working Drafts
- Introduction to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Working Draft Documents
Please send comments by 21 December 2005. (2005-11-25)
For Review: Updated ATAG 2.0 Working Drafts
Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (ATAG 2.0) Working Draft documents were published 22 November 2005. See:
Please send comments by 21 December 2005. (2005-11-25)
Want to know how people with disabilities use your Web site? Ask.
Web accessibility guidelines, techniques, and tools provide the basis for Web accessibility. Including people with disabilities in the Web development process helps to understand the "why" behind accessibility. It leads to more effective accessibility solutions, developed more efficiently. See "Involving Users in Web Accessibility Evaluation". (2005-11-02)
Web Accessibility 101: The Basics and Beyond
WAI's recently updated "Introduction to Web Accessibility" addresses key issues of making the Web accessible, including:
- An accessible Web is essential for equal opportunities for people with disabilities
- Web accessibility benefits others, such as older people with changing abilities due to aging
- Web software has a vital role in Web accessibility (2005-09-12)
W3C Replies: Single Browser Bad for Accessibility
W3C responded to a US Copyright Office notice asking about making an application work only through a single Web browser. W3C comments explain that "requiring use of a particular software product for accessing Copyright Office services... could put Web users with disabilities at a significant disadvantage." (2005-09-06)
The Business Case for Web Accessibility: Three Carrots and a Stick
"Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization" describes the social, technical, financial, and legal and policy factors relevant to developing a customized business case for Web accessibility for a specific organization. (2005-08-23)
Finding Your WAI: Exploring the New Web Site
WAI's new Web site has been carefully designed to make it easier for you to find information on making the Web accessible to people with disabilities.
WAI Web Site Redesign Project lists on-going development to refine the markup, design, and features. (2005-07-22)
Web Accessibility: The Fellowship of the Guidelines
Many people know about WAI's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and the responsibilities of Web developers in making the Web accessible to people with disabilities. But Web developers alone cannot make the Web accessible.
Web browsers, assistive technologies, and authoring tools also have a vital role in Web accessibility. Essential Components of Web Accessibility describes these roles along with the WAI guidelines. (2005-07-22)
Blogs, Wikis, CMS... Got ATAG?
Web content is created by many different types of tools these days: Web log (blog) comment features, Wikis for editing Web pages, content management systems (CMS), e-mail archivers, word processors, and more.
All of these tool are covered by WAI's Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG), which explain:
- how tools should help Web developers produce accessible Web content,
- how to make tools accessible to people with disabilities.
Does your tool know ATAG? (2005-07-22)
[Highlights Archive] WAI home page Highlights are edited by Shawn Lawton Henry, WAI's Education and Outreach Working Group, and other WAI Team and Working Groups.
Sponsors
WAI is supported in part by: the U.S. Department of Education's National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, European Commission's Information Society Technologies Programme, Canada's Assistive Devices Industry Office, CA, Fundación ONCE, HP, IBM, Microsoft Corporation, SAP, Verizon Foundation, and Wells Fargo.