When I watched Tina's post - I along with several of you could not believe that the biggest social network does not meet the accessibility standards for people with disabilities. These are the people that need a site like Facebook, to connect with their peers, friends and family. I did not know a lot about assistive technologies until one of the earlier Lesley courses. It helped me realized what I need to do in the computer lab to assist our students with disabilities.
It is frustrating to think some of the largest technology progressive companies would not automatically build these
assistive technologies into their format.

I chose this article because it encompassed the importance of the growing consortium of groups to encourage web designers to embed assistive technologies within the site. To use a "universal design" theory for the development of websites for ease of use to everyone. I liked this quote: "Just enhancing the computer that older people and people with disabilities use through Assistive Technology products is not enough for tomorrow's fully interactive web content, we must make accessibility tools available everywhere, all the time. By making these available by default, it will become possible to provide more efficient, inclusive and cost-effective access, to allow productive participation and greater independence."