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This report scores some of the most popular Web 2.0 resources in their ability to be accessible to individuals with disabilities.

The report focuses on Facebook, MySpace, Yahoo, Bebo, and Youtube. All scored only one star - except Yahoo which scored two stars (out of five possible). They were scored based on their compliance to provisions within the Electronic and Information Technology Act.

After looking at Carlow's website and then seeing your post, I see how frustrating it must be for disabled people to use some of these SNS. I, at times, can find them hard to use and I have no disability. After reading and watching the videos on webAIM, I wondered if they were accessible friendly or not. I obviously have my answer.

As user generated content become more of the drive force on the Web there is a need to update the accessibility for all to share. This article shed some light on the issues and challenges that programmers and people are facing.

Your resource punctuated on the reasoning for many Web 2.0 technologies to score so low in the Social Networking Accessibility Report I shared. These technologies are user created content and are growing at such a rapid pace, noone at this point can keep up to make sure its accessibility is available to all individuals with disabilities.

This is exactly what I was thinking about...how do you govern all the people that are contributing? I guess the best way is to try to inform and teach about the factors of accessibility. The web is a great place for that.

I chose this site because, as I was browsing before, I saw SO MANY devices and links for students with visual and auditory issues, but very little (in comparison) for physical and cognitive issues. In this article/video, I was amazed to read and see a student able to be successful even though he could only use his eyebrows!

This site was touching. It does a great job of hooking the reader into the cause of advocacy for individuals with disabilities. I am very impressed with the progress that has been made through the DO-IT program. Edutopia is a great resource in itself.

A better bookmark for this assignment would be DO-IT, because DO-IT perfectly meets the assignment requirement of information about web related issues of accessibility.

Sorry I mis understood the directions. This is an article I found through my original website I shared. I believe this is what you are looking for. This program at UW is right in my backyard. I do not know much about it; however, a colleague of mine has had two previous students whom have graduated and are current students at UW both using some component of these accommodations. I highlighted a section about accessing computers that you might find ineresting

I choose this site for a variety of reasons. Number one is for the tutorials it offers on a variety of hardware and software resources available for assistive technology. Any help in how to use some of these devices is bound to be beneficial. Another reason is for the abundant number of resources it provides - organizations, education, government, products, etc. Lastly, I choose this site because it provides basic information on AT use for elementary students with disabilities - including laws, computer adaptations, curriculum, and specialized options for distinct disabilities.

Since you mentioned you chose it for the tutorials & the tutorials link was prominent on the page you bookmarked, I found the web related material easily. Your bookmark would better fit the assignment requirement if it went directly to the Tutorial page because information on web related issues of accessibility is immediately presented there. The tutorials page is an excellent resource.

Thanks for the feedback, Carmin. To make things easier for future reference, here is the sight for the tutorials, http://atto.buffalo.edu/registered/Tutorials.php.

It is important to make the curriculum accessible to all learners and provide opportunities for struggling learners to demonstrate what they know using principles of universal design.

I watched the video by the Blue Man Group! Very interesting! I couldn't imagine wearing that dress. Thanks for the site! All the resources for assistive technology look very helpful.

Diigo allows you to highlight and bookmark specific sections of webpages. You should find an Internet or web 2.0 related section on the page you bookmarked. Highlight & bookmark that section. Or bookmark a webpage clearly focused specifically on web related issues of accessibility.

Looks at specific disablilities and some online offerings that could help those students. Also lots of general sites to help students of all ability levels.

Dustin bookmarked an article about Proloquo2Go. This product offers speech communication assistance on an i-phone or i-touch. My Proloquo2Go bookmark demonstrates Diigo's Highlight feature. None of you used it in the assignment. But it is a powerful way to bookmark specific material. OK.. this is not exactly pure Web 2.0 AT, but it is an example of bookmarking a specific section of a page by using Diigo to highlight & bookmark the highlighted section.

Not sure that the magnifier my student used is here, since I saw her using it years ago.

Is I have mentioned before I'm getting a visually impaired student next year, and I'm always looking for ways to eliminate barriers for her. I was wondering if the reader software requires that you hit certain keys to navigate the program.I would be interested in the cost and if their would be any funding available.You will need to be a good listener. Wouldn't you have to have a computer with braille keys? I'm wondering how much AT equipment she already has.

I don't know the answers to the question about braille keys. I am no expert in this field. I suggest you do some research to see what you learn in preparation for your student.

Tools for students with special needs. This site lists lots of published articles, but you have to refer to the publisher for a copy of the article.

This is a FABULOUS resource! I went to a regional AT conference last year, and this was one of the big topics of discussion.

Thanks for this site also. I really want my student to feel part of the class in every way that I can.

This is a wonderful website that I found linked to a blog about Web 2.0 and students with disabilities. This site contains a wealth of information for people with disabilities and those wishing to learn more. There is also a huge section on education and different technology tools that can be used to enhance learning.

Great Find! From the article on the Abilities Expo I followed a link to an article, Assistive Technology Gets a New Voice, which led me to ablebody.com, and their blog, filled with up-to-date information on AT.

The blog about Web 2.0 and students with disabilities would be a better bookmark for this assignment, because the assignment requires that you bookmark a webpage specifically about web related issues of accessibility. Disaboom most likely also has information specific to the web & disabilities. Diigo allows you to highlight and bookmark specific sections of webpages. You should find an Internet or web 2.0 related section on Disaboom. Highlight & bookmark that section. Or bookmark a webpage clearly focused specifically on web related issues of accessibility.

I chose this site because I first stumbled upon a blog that talked about how this website was changing to include social networking for people with disabilities. There are links to assistive technology sources, employment and support for those people who need to find an organization to join by their state, or if they just want to hear what's new .

Diigo allows you to highlight and bookmark specific sections of webpages. You should find an Internet or web 2.0 related section on the page you bookmarked. Highlight & bookmark that section. Or bookmark a webpage clearly focused specifically on web related issues of accessibility.

Here is the new link to my bookmark: http://www.disability.gov/technology/Assistive_Technology/computer I decided to highlight what I thought were the best links from the original link I posted. Should I add a new bookmark to the entire page?

ELL podcast example for & by little ones