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This site is focused on making e-learning decisions on utilizing common Web 2.0 tools to fully meet the accessibilities needs of impaired individuals. You can search using the top tabs for specific "Activities" such as concept mapping, charting, assessments/surveys, etc., or by specific Disabilities" such as visual, mobility, auditory, or cognitive impairments. Each activity or disability will be accompanied by suggested Web 2.0 tools and their accessibility evaluations, based on the impairment, in percent form and broken-down by specific drawbacks to accessibility. The Web 2.0 tools referenced in the site were evaluated or tested to their accessibility for each impairment using various guidelines and services including: W3C, the Web Accessibility Group, JISC TechDis, WebAIM, CEUD, IBM, and VPAT.

This is a wonderful resource. I love that you can sort by disability or you can sort by activity, and then when you click on activity (like chart creation or assessment and survey) it will then list each application or Web 2.0 tool separately with their score. Great find! -Megan

by Scheer, J.M., Kroll, T., Neri, M. T., & Beatty, P. (2003). Access barriers for persons with disabilities: The consumer's perspective. Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 14(4), 221-230. Scheer, Kroll, Neri, & Beatty (2003) studied specific barriers that people with disabilities face when obtaining needed health-care services. Scheer et al. This article focuses particularly on the existance of barriers that inhibit access for the person with a disability. I 'm reminded of my close friend who is especially gifted as a musician and is restricted to his wheelchair for being mobile. He encounters far too many barriers in his travels and this causes obvious limitations.

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